Article summary

ESC 100 Article Summary #2 Directions and Grading Rubric

You will need to write a summary and analysis on a NEWS article. This article can come from the newspaper or you can get it online from a reputable news source. The news article needs to be recent (no more than 2 years old) and needs to show an aspect of environmental science in the report. This means it could address such things as: climate change, pollution, energy initiatives, oil use, renewable energy sources, population issues for various animals/insects/plants due to environmental or habitat changes… There are many things that would qualify. Ask if you have a question!

• Choose a news article pertaining to any area of environmental science
• Introduce the article and the topic it pertains to in our class (paragraph 1)
• Summarize the article (Paragraph 2)
• Provide an analysis (your thoughts on the matter) (Paragraph 3)
• Conclusion (Paragraph 4)
• Include the web address of where you found the article
• Works Cited (Website of the article)
• Type and save as a Word document

Grading is based on: (Please see the attached rubric below for detailed grading breakdown)

• the presence of all 4 elements (introduction, summary, analysis, conclusion)
• following directions
• grammar
• Formatting (APA Formatting – title page, headers, references, in-text citations) Please see the APA formatting section on the main page of the course in Moodle for help
• proper detail – assignment should be at least a page long – a minimum of 4 well developed paragraphs
• Works Cited (Website of the article)