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Purpose:

Most of us use critical reading strategies everyday to effectively process all of the information we are consistently bombarded with.  This assignment allows you continue to explore ideas of reading and writing rhetorically, as you will use different strategies to write your summary and your strong response.

The Assignment:

This assignment will have two parts:

1.) Summary

Summarize in 150-200 words the article your instructor has chosen from the assignment: “Children Need to Play, Not Compete,” on pages 250-255 of your 10th edition textbook (or pages 270-274 of your 9th edition textbook).** In this summary, you should relay the article’s main points, completely and accurately, in your own words.  If you find yourself in a situation in which the author’s words needed to be quoted directly (perhaps for emphasis), you must make it clear that these words are the author’s by using quotation marks appropriately.  You will not want to quote anything over one sentence in length, and you will want to limit yourself to no more than 2-3 direct quotes, if you use any at all.  Remember that the whole point of this portion of the assignment is for you to restate the author’s points objectively in your own words.

In general, I recommend you structure your first sentence something like this:

            In “Children Need to Play, Not Compete, Jessica Statsky…

This will function as the thesis statement of your summary, so this first sentence will need to convey the main point(s) of the article to give your reader an overall view.

2.) Response

Write a 1 ½ to 2 page response to “Children Need to Play, Not Compete.” Before you even begin drafting, you will want to decide on the terms of your response.  Once you decide on the terms (or grounds) of your response, you’ll want to figure out how you can support your points—using logic, outside evidence, examples from your personal life—whatever is appropriate.

an example of a summary

Summary of  “Sticks and Stones and Sports Team Names” 

            In “Sticks and Stones and Sports Team Names,” Richard Estrada argues that sports teams should not be allowed to

continue using ethnic-based names and mascots.  Estrada claims that teams such as the Braves, Indians, Seminoles, and

Redskins—no matter how established or popular—should change their team names and mascots, which are degrading to

Native Americans.  He further suggests that the stereotypes accompanying these mascots, such as “tomahawk chops

and war chants,” dehumanize and single out Native Americans, setting them aside from the rest of society.  “Nobody likes

to be trivialized or deprived of his or her dignity,” Estrada asserts, and yet allowing ethnic-based mascots enables—and

even promotes—such trivialization.  What makes matters worse, according to Estrada, is that such mascots target one of

our nation’s least politically powerful ethnic groups.  He provides examples of other possible team names based on other

ethnic minorities (such as the “New York Jews”), which would never be tolerated in our society.  As a result, Estrada

concludes that Native Americans should be treated with simple human dignity, just like everyone else. 

example of strong response 

Sticks and Stones and False Concerns

          I strongly disagree with Richard Estrada’s article, “Sticks and Stones and Sport Team Names.”  As a Native American

myself, I have no real problem with the use of ethnic mascots.  In my opinion, this is the least of our problems.  Further, I feel

Richard Estrada has no authority whatsoever in writing Research Paper from online articles,Business & Finance,,

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