Healing Historic Trauma: A Report from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation - Article Summary and Gradi

 Healing Historic Trauma: A Report from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation by Marlene Castellano and Linda Archibald (2013). A grading rubric has been included in this course outline. 2.Your summary should be divided into INDENTED paragraphs and the idea in each paragraph should flow logically into the next paragraph. This article summary is NOT a critique…imagine you are giving a synopsis of the article to someone who has never read it. I expect you to use direct quotations to provide “evidence” that your interpretation is indeed, what Johnson meant. 3.You must use Citations are to be (Castellano & Archibald, 2013, p. XX). Note that the citation is included IN the quotation with the . after the citation!! 6 You should never drop a quotation into your paper unannounced. Use a signal phrase that incorporates the quotation smoothly into your writing. When using a signal phrase an author: acknowledges comments describes maintains reports adds compares disputes notes responds admits concedes emphasizes observes shows agrees confirms endorses points out states argues contends illustrates reasons suggests asserts declares implies refutes summarizes claims denies insists rejects writes Grading Rubric for Article Summary Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Overall assessment In the introduction, the article is summarized accurately AND shows depth of thought. The writer has demonstrated a full understanding of key points in the article. Student’s ideas are fully developed. Offers a well designed framework of ideas, or purpose, around which to build discussion. One’s “neighbour” would grasp the essential points in the article. Expansive and correct use of citations. In intro, the article is summarized accurately. Adequate understanding of some of the key points in the article. Student’s ideas are somewhat developed. Paper’s “framework”/thesis is mediocre. One’s “neighbour” could grasp some of the essential points in the article. Citations require additional information. In intro main points of article not summarized accurately. Writer does not appear to really understand the article’s key points. Ideas are minimally developed. No thesis exists. One’s “neighbour” wouldn’t grasp the essence of the information in the article. Citations POORLY done. Organization Entire paper has clear topic sentences Report has a well defined sense of “unity” as writer moves from idea to idea. Introduction, body and conclusion are clearly delineated. Writer’s opinions/ideas very well backed-up by evidence from the article. Most paragraph sentences ARE topic sentences Some paragraphs better organized than others. Reader “guesses” where introduction stops and where conclusion begins. Some statements/ideas put forward are not well backed-up by evidence. Some ideas too vague. Short, or incomplete sentences with few topic sentences. Paragraphs lack a single “focus.” No clear separation of intro, body and conclusion. Student’s ideas are not substantiated by evidence from the article. Broad, general statements that don’t really “say” anything. Mechanics Paper is extremely “clear” of spelling errors, typos, and/or grammar mistakes and sentence structure shows “complexity” of thought. The title and author of the article contains enough detail for “neighbour” to locate the article, if they wanted to. Paper is “liberally sprinkled” with appropriate citing AND direct quotations. Paper is generally clear of spelling errors, typos and/or grammar mistakes. Sentence structure is appropriate. Something is missing from the date, title and author of original article. Pages numbered. Paragraphs indented. Margins OK. Line spacing OK. Paper requires a few more citations OR direct quotations. Paper has too many spelling errors or typos or grammar mistakes. Sentence structure makes student’s ideas difficult to understand. Title and author of original article is missing. Line spacing not OK. Pages not numbered. Paragraphs not indented. Margins too wide. Citations missing OR direct quotations missing. .