ARTICLE REPORT & VOCABULARY LOG FORM

Prof. Christine Bauer-Ramazani, Saint Michael's College

Intensive English Program

Learning Outcome(s) assessed: IEP-4/510.20, 4/510.30, 4/510.40

Possible Sources: See online newspapers, magazines, Newsela. For vocabulary, see links below.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please attach a copy of each article.

Your name: __________________________ Date: _________________ Assessment of Summaries: Article Report Rubric

Summary #1: Write a paragraph about the article, summarizing the main points in 3-4 sentences. Begin your summary with a frame and in-text citation.	Reference citation (APA): Paper form: author's last name, initial of first name (year, month, day). Title of the article. Title of the magazine or newspaper, pages where the article is found. Electronic form: author's last name, initial of first name (year, month, day). Title of the article. Title of the magazine or newspaper. Retrieved from http://............ (copy/paste the complete URL).












Summary #2: Write a paragraph about the article, summarizing the main points in 3-4 sentences. Begin your summary with a frame and in-text citation.	Reference citation (APA): Paper form: author's last name, initial of first name (year, month, day). Title of the article. Title of the magazine or newspaper, pages where the article is found. Electronic form: author's last name, initial of first name (year, month, day). Title of the article. Title of the magazine or newspaper. Retrieved from http://............ (copy/paste the complete URL).












Summary #3: Write a paragraph about the article, summarizing the main points in 3-4 sentences. Begin your summary with a frame and in-text citation.	Reference citation (APA): Paper form: author's last name, initial of first name (year, month, day). Title of the article. Title of the magazine or newspaper, pages where the article is found. Electronic form: author's last name, initial of first name (year, month, day). Title of the article. Title of the magazine or newspaper. Retrieved from http://............ (copy/paste the complete URL).

Vocabulary Log: Definitions, Word Forms/Parts of Speech/Collocations
(30 points)

Word forms/parts of speech: Use these dictionaries to help you find additional word forms.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (for English learners, definitions, examples, phrases, some word families)
Cambridge Dictionary of American English (for English learners, definitions, examples, pronunciation-audio, phrases, word families)
Vocabulary (good for word families)

Collocations: Use these concordances to help you find collocations of words--how the words are used in context.

JTW (just-the-word)
Corpus of Contemporary American English (Click ENTER. Then register for a free account.)

1. New (essential) word: __________________

Sentence or phrase copied from the book: ____________________________________________

Dictionary Definition (Choose the definition that is closest in meaning to the way the word is used in the sentence copied from the book.): __________________________________________________________________

Word forms/parts of speech: Put the new word under the correct part of speech. Then use the electronic dictionaries above to find related word forms/parts of speech. For verbs, write the base form and the principal parts of irregular verbs or -ed for regular verbs.

NOUN

VERB/principal parts

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB
OTHER