Summary & Responses Assignment Sheet What is the topic? For this assignment you will write a summary and present at least two different responses to our class reading: “College Mentors Serve Savvy Students Most” Who is the audience? Your audience will be the Oakton community, students, student support staff, faculty and administrators. What is my role as writer in this assignment? As a college student, you will be able to bring in your own unique perspectives. You will also need to work to make sure your experiences are clearly written so that other audience members who are not students can really see your point of view. What are some of the limitations or “constraints” of this assignment? The word count must be at least 1,125 words. Please try to keep limit below 1,500 words. What is the genre (form)? This will be in the form of an essay What’s a suggestion for organizing the essay? There are many ways to organize it, but here is one suggestion: I. Introduction A. Hook or general introduction statement that gives context to understand why you are talking about this topic B. A summary (brief -about 5-8 sentences) C. Thesis that tells your reader your two responses. II. Body A. Discussion of first response/reaction B. Discussion of second response/reaction III. Conclusion A Attribution (source information) and topic B. reminder of your two responses C.one final thought on the topic (advice a prediction, a question to reflect on) How do I support my

responses? You can bring in quotes from the reading to show the idea or information you are responding to. Be sure to use quotes and cite it correctly. You can also bring in your own personal experiences to help illustrate your ideas. Will I be graded on MLA formatting and language use? Yes, a small part of the grade will be based on how well you proofread your language use. Be especially careful with end punctuation and sentence structure. You will also need to use MLA formatting. If you prefer to use APA formatting, you can. Please reach out to me for guidance if you use APA.