1. © 2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. College Writing Skills, 5E and College Writing Skills with Readings, 5E John Langan Writing a Report Chapter Nineteen Writing a Report

2. Chapter 19 College Writing Skills/ College Writing Skills with Readings, 5E © 2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Writing a Report Summarize Step 1: Summarize the work. Formulate a response Step 2: Formulate a response to the work.

3. Chapter 19 College Writing Skills/ College Writing Skills with Readings, 5E © 2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Summarize Step 1 Summarize the work. Identify Identify the author, title, and date of publication at the top of your paper. Express in your own words. Express the main points and key supporting details in your own words. Quote Quote from the material (sparingly) to illustrate major ideas. Reduce Reduce the work to its essence: do not write an overly detailed summary.

4. Chapter 19 College Writing Skills/ College Writing Skills with Readings, 5E © 2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Formulate a response Step 2 Formulate a response to the work. Focus 1) Focus on the following questions: ideas covered in classHow is the work related to ideas covered in class ? current problemsHow is the work related to current problems ? your own life, experience, and ideasHow is the work related to your own life, experience, and ideas ? Evaluate merit importance of its points, its accuracy, completeness, organization recommend 2) Evaluate the merit of the work: the importance of its points, its accuracy, completeness, organization, etc. Would you recommend that others read it?

5. Chapter 19 College Writing Skills/ College Writing Skills with Readings, 5E © 2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Points to Keep in Mind four standards UNITY,SUPPORT, COHERENCE, CLEAR, ERROR-FREE SENTENCESApply the four standards of effective writing: UNITY, SUPPORT, COHERENCE, and CLEAR, ERROR-FREE SENTENCES. Document quotations Document quotations from the work by placing the page number in parentheses after the quoted material.