Article Summary:choose an article from the Podolefsky reader

Writing Assignment 1

· Article Summary:choose an article from the Podolefsky reader (Applying Anthropology)

• Due Friday, Feb. 21^st

• Worth 20 points

• Your score will drop a letter grade every day it is late

• One to two pages long (1.5 or double-spaced)

• You may use the writing style of your choice: MLA, Chicago, etc.

• Grading:

• 5 points: spelling, grammar, and paragraph structure

• 15 points: content (an accurate summary: mention the main points of the article)

• Structure:

• Introduction: paragraph beginning with a topic sentence such as

• In the article “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari,” author Richard Lee explains his surprise at the !Kung San’s lack of appreciation of his Christmas gift.

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• Body: a few paragraphs covering the main points of the article in your own words

• Citations:

• For a specific idea using most of the authors’ words, cite (Lee) after the sentence or write: Lee suggests that…

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Direct quotes (exact words of the authors) should be cited with double quotation marks: “The Christmas ox was to be my way of saying thank you for the cooperation of the past year” (Lee).

• Avoid plagiarism:

• Includes either presenting the author’s exact words without quotation marks (even if you cite the source) or presenting the author’s ideas as your own:

• When paraphrasing, at the very least, the wording, sentence syntax, and order of ideas should be changed from those of the author

• Conclusion: summary paragraph (restate introduction)

• Students will need to upload their papers into a plagiarism checker (Turnitin) on Blackboard: (I will also need a printed/hard copy of your paper.)

• Turnitin flags text that appears exactly the same way on the internet, in articles, and in other students’ papers

• Indicates the percentage of a paper that is attributable to other sources

• How to upload your papers:go to Assignments (BB), select View/Complete under Writing Assignment 1, and follow the instructions

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