Humanities Homework Help

1)  Goal (s)   – sometimes there can be more than one

• What is the author attempting to do with the writing? What’s his/her overarching goal?

2) Objective (s) – sometimes there can be more than one

• What else is author conveying to you in order to fulfill the goal?

3) Summary

• Write one paragraph summary about the article you read. It must include author’s name and title of article.

4) Key Points

• Select 10 to 12 key points, that means information the author is providing the reader to prove his/her argument. Use your own words. Use bullet points for each key point.

5) Glossary

• When reading the articles, you will encounter words that are not familiar to you or are written in Spanish, therefore you must put attention and start a glossary or vocabulary of those words that you do not know the meaning of.  Also learning a new field or discipline requires learning a different nomenclature.

6) Conclusion

• Write one paragraph indicating if author did a good job in providing evidence to you.  Did author make his/her point? Did it leave you with any unanswered or new questions? Include what’s your opinion of the article as well