A summary is a concise version of a longer text. In writing a summary, you do not include your own ideas -- you simply present the main ideas in the longer text.  In class, you will be given a passage from a book. You will have time to read it and to write a summary of it. Be sure you introduce it as a summary of the author's ideas and include the in-text citation. (You can use A Basic Guide for Producing the Research Paper in class.) After your summary, write the citation for the Works Cited list.

10 points for summary; 5 for introduction; 5 for citation; 5 for Works Cited entry