Summary Essay
Jan 19: Rough draft of summary—bring an electronic copy.
You will upload this to the Olsen File Folders so that
your group members can access it.
Jan 21: Final draft due.
Hand me a hard copy.
Choose one of the following essays from
The New Humanities
Reader:
Gertner, “The Futile Pursuit of Happiness”
or
Twenge, “Army of One: Me”
or
Jenkins, “Why Heather Can Write”
Write a summary of 500-600 words.
This is a strict word
requirement, the only one I will give you this quarter.
You are to summarize the author’s argument—do not “respond”
to it via critique or counter-argument.
Instead, you are
simply paring away the explanations and subtopics to find
and convey the author’s key point(s). You may find that you
have to explain some key terms.
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