Reading & Writing Practice - Summary

Name: Click here to enter text.

Date: Click here to enter text.

When you have finished all the preview steps and read the piece of news,
answer the following questions:

1. What notes did you take as you read, “(title of your news)” by (name of the
author or source)? Type your notes here (at least 5).
Write your answer here.

2. Use your notes to identify the main points of the reading. Using phrases,
what are the main ideas from the article?
Write your answer here.

3. Using only your notes and NOT looking at the article, write a summary of the
reading. Remember to include the title of the article in the first sentence of
your summary. Also remember that you are summarizing the authors ideas
so you should not include your own opinion in your summary.
Write your answer here.

4. Read the following paragraph. Then write a summary of the paragraph.

o “One of the most important skills in the area of time

management is the skill of properly setting and pursuing
priorities. A priority is a rating of importance. To set priorities in
your work (studies) would be to identify those items that are of
most worth or those items that carry the most importance. Very
often, the simple question ‘What is the best use of my time right
now?’ is an extremely valuable tool.” (Rex W. Allred, “Personal
Time Management: One Key to a Leader’s Effectiveness,” New
Era, June 1977.)
Write your answer here.

Review 3 vocabulary words you don’t know from your piece of news. Write 1
complete sentence using each vocabulary word:
5. anxiety: I feel anxiety when I don’t fulfill all the tasks I set to myself to do.

6. schedule: My boss has a busy schedule, so I can talk to him only once a week.

7. to burden: Sometimes gets difficult to burden other people’s problems.

Submit your assignment as follows:

1. PROOFREAD YOUR WORK AND SAVE THIS DOCUMENT TO YOUR COMPUTER.
2. SAVE YOUR DOCUMENT IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT: “YOUR NAME ASSIGNMENT
NAME”.
3. UPLOAD YOUR COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT INTO “ASSIGNMENT LABEL”IN AULA
VIRTUAL
o DUE DATE TO UPLOAD YOUR ASSIGNMENT: JUNE 21st, 2018, 23:55 hrs.
4. PRINT YOUR ASSIGNMENT AND FILE IT IN YOUR FOLDER
o DUE DATE TO FILE YOUR ASSIGNMENT: JUNE 25th, 2018.
5. THE CRITERIA FOR YOUR WORK IS THE FOLLOWING ONE:

Criteria Points Your points Comments

Type your notes to submit 5 points
to this assignment.
Use your notes to identify 2 points
the main points of the
reading. Using phrases,
what are the main ideas
from the article?
Using only your notes and 2 points
NOT looking at the article,
write a summary of the
reading. Remember to
include the title of the
article in the first sentence
of your summary. Also
remember that you are
summarizing the
AUTHOR’S ideas.
Read the following 2 points
paragraph. Then write a
summary of the paragraph.
Wrote a complete sentence 3 points
using the vocabulary word.
Uploaded in Aula Virtual by
2 points
June 21st
Printed assignment and filed 2 points
in your folder by June 25 th
Overall Score 18 points