For today’s beginning of class writing assignment, you will practice paraphrasing the paragraph that sets out the argument or emphasis from the article that you read for today’s class. Or, you can paraphrase a passage from the article that highlights what the article is discussing. The target audience is a co-worker.
Paraphrasing is a form of citing the words and ideas of someone else by taking what they have written and re-writing it into your own words followed by an in-text citation and a References entry. It does not mean changing a few words of what the author wrote and calling it a day. Instead, you read what they have written, think about the idea that they are conveying in their words, and then with their writing put away, you write that idea down using your own words. The in-text citation shows that you are giving them credit for the idea, but by using your own words, you are able to improve the flow of your writing without the jarring insertion of a quote.
Use this template for your memo, but feel free to rephrase some of the supplied text below to meet your needs:
TO: Scottie Pippin
FROM: YOUR NAME
DATE: 3/6/2019
SUBJECT: Interesting article about [what is the article about]
When you have a chance, I think you should read this article about [write a short phrase describing the article’s main focus], because [imagine a reason why your co-worker should read it–help his thinking on a collaborative project, a new opportunity, something fun, etc.]. In particular, you should check out the author stating/arguing/implying [write one or two sentences paraphrasing the paragraph that sets out the thesis or emphasis of the article] (Last, year, p. #).
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
These resources will be for Project 1 review after you complete the beginning of class assignment.
http://career.opcd.wfu.edu/files/2011/05/Action-Verbs-for-Resumes.pdf
TO: Scottie Pippin
FROM: Eugenia Pierre
DATE: 3/6/2019
SUBJECT: Interesting article about [Compete, Lead, Succeed]
When you have a chance, I think you should read this article about competing, leading and succeeding, because as a business owner you’re always competing with other business owners and I think this article could help you understand how to compete in a way that’ll help you be in in the lead and succeed. In particular, you should check out the author how Robert Savage Jr. argued that he’ll do everything in his power to win, at all cost. One of the cause of him winning would be the fact that, as a leader he’ll make sure everyone in his team is the best version of themselves, the best at what they do, as successful as they can be doing their own specific job as member of his team. If you ask me he couldn’t go about winning any other way than making sure every member of his team was the best at playing their part and successful doing their job (Savage, 2018, p. 4).
Savage, Robert, Jr. (2018).Compete, Lead and Succeed. Journal of Dental Technology, 4.
TO: Scottie Pippen
FROM: Kyrah McFarlane
DATE: 3/6/2019
SUBJECT: Interesting article is about explaining if journalism is still a good career choice or not.
When you have a chance, I think you should read this article about why journalism is still a good possible career choice to consider , because it helps you keep good communications skills which is needed when you work at any job not matter what the career choice is. I would like to create a project sooner or later where you go and talk to some journalist about their job choices and what benefits they’ve gotten from working there.In particular, you should check out the author stating “Core journalistic skills such as content creation and managing information are prized in other sectors where communication skills are important, says Richard Sambrook. Jo Price adds, “in a world where the internet has enabled citizen journalism to flourish, there’s an even greater pressure for professional journalists to remain a trusted source of information.” Journalistic skills can help you in the real world and always keep you reminded of communication skills. Also the internet isn’t helping making journalism any better by not helping people trust news that’s put on the internet. (Whitmell, 2012, p. 1).
Clare Whitmell, A. A. (2012). “Is journalism still a good career choice?”. The Guardian, 1 pg.
To: Michael Jordan
From: Savan De Jesus
Date: May 22, 2019
Subject: Author Envy
I think you should check out this article entitled, “The Literary Life” William Giraldi explains how every single one of us writers is guilty of a serious sin. One of the seven deadly ones in fact. The sin of envy. Author envy that is! All writers consciously or unconsciously envy others writing success. Weather you’re a best seller or some lowly column writer. We all just want our thoughts to be shared with others. But in a world where everybody is a “writer” and less and less people are readers there’s only so much oxygen to go around. What do you do? You say “f*** money and do it for the art and culture.”
Giraldi, W. (2019, May/June). Shadow Narrative. Poets & Writers, 47(3), 42-49. 35 – 41