Activity Guide for the Graded Exercise on Précis Writing
Activity guide
- Create a précis of “The Four Extras.”
- Save your précis in PDF using the file name
Comm 1&2 DAYS Topic 10 activity Your surname
Example: Comm 1&2 TF Topic 10 activity Salazar
- Upload the file in your Google Drive folder on October 14, 2022.
Evaluation Criteria
Your précis will be evaluated based on the rubric below.
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LANGUAGE |
CONTENT |
YOUR SCORE |
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Grammar |
Tone |
Point of View |
Restatement |
Major ideas |
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20 |
The summary is free from grammatical errors. |
The tone in the original article is preserved. |
The point of view of the original article is retained in the precis. |
All the statements in the precis are paraphrases of the original. |
All the major ideas in the article are included in the precis. |
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15 |
The summary has 1 to 5 grammatical errors. |
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10 |
The summary has 6 to 10 grammatical errors. |
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Minor ideas are included in the precis. |
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5 |
The summary has more than 10 grammatical errors. |
The tone in the original article is lost. |
The point of view of the original article is not retained in the precis. |
Portions of the precís are verbatim copy of the original. |
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Total: /100 |