ASSIGNMENT: For this essay, you will select one of the articles provided below and engage in a 2-3 page summary and response dialogue with the source. This will involve providing a detailed summary of

ASSIGNMENT:
For this essay, you will select one of the articles provided below and engage in a 2-3 page summary and response dialogue with the source. This will involve providing a detailed summary of the source’s argument and responding to that argument with your position based on the information provided in the source.
Article Option 1: “The Recess Debate: A Disjuncture between Educational Policy and Scientific Research”Article Option 2: “Sugar in School Breakfasts: A School District’s Perspective”
How does paying attention to the way you respond to a source help you formulate your stance on a topic? (2-3 sentences)
C. Rubric
Source Summary
Summarize the main argument of a research source.Provides a complete and accurate summary of the article’s main purpose and argument in the writer’s own words.Provides an accurate summary of the article’s main purpose and argument in the writer’s own words.Provides an accurate summary, but relies too heavily on source quotations.Provides an incomplete summary of the article’s main purpose and argument and/or relies too heavily on source quotations.Does not provide a complete and accurate summary of the article’s main purpose and argument in the writer’s own words.
Source Response
Articulate a response to the argument presented in a research source.Constructs a thoughtful and academically appropriate response to the source, including samples from the source that relate to the response.Constructs an academically appropriate response to the source, including samples from the source that relate to the response.Constructs an academically appropriate response to the source, but could include more samples from the source that relate to the response.Constructs a response to the source, but does not include samples that relate to the response.Does not construct an academically appropriate response to the source and/or does not include samples from the source that relate to the response.
Exhibit competent organizational writing techniques.Includes all of the required components of a summary and response essay, including an introduction with an engaging summary of the source’s argument, body paragraphs containing a detailed and thoughtful response to the argument, and a conclusion with a concluding statement.Includes all of the required components of a summary and response essay, including an introduction with a summary of the source’s argument, body paragraphs containing a response to the argument, and a conclusion with a concluding statement.Includes nearly all of the required components of summary and response essay; however, one component is missing.Includes most of the required components of a summary and response essay, but is lacking two components; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are sometimes unclear and the reader may have difficulty following the progression of the essay.Lacks several or all of the components of a summary and response essay; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are often unclear and the reader has difficulty following the progression of the essay.
Follow conventions for standard written English.There are only a few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are occasional minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are some significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are frequent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are consistent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.
D. Requirements
Composition must be 2-3 pages (approximately 500-750 words).
Double-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
E. Additional Resources
This page on the official APA Style website provides numerous examples of reference list formatting for various source types.