WELCOME TO THE REVISION WORKSHOP!
On this blog, you will hone your revising and editing skills, so that you may be a better editor by the time you begin drafting your research paper. Each day I will post a blog entry for you to try your hand at revising, editing or summarizing. It may be a shirt entry containing a variety of errors -- spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. -- that I will ask you to correct. I may ask you to focus on a single type of punctuation, but be aware: the passage will probably have other errors/problems, too! I may ask you to revise an overly wordy passage or make a passage read more clearly. And finally, I may ask you to summarize, in your own words, an article or other piece of writing. The summaries are to prepare you for summarizing your research in your research paper.
Good luck and have fun!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

You go JT!


Today I am posting a link to an article about popular actor/former boy band star Justin Timberlake. This is a three-page article; however I want you to SUMMARIZE ONLY THE FIRST PAGE. Feel free to read the rest as it is a strong example of great writing.
The page has nine paragraphs. I would like you to summarize it in TWO OR THREE paragraphs. Use your own words; do not quote from the article itself. A good technique is to read the page twice, then quickly jot down what you think it said. Go back to the article and check yourself to make sure you remembered accurately, then develop your notes into a full summary.
Go here to read the article.
Remember SUMMARIZE THE FIRST PAGE ONLY IN TWO OR THREE PARAGRAPHS. Post your summary as a response to this blog entry.
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