Summative Activity — Overview
The following activities are required if you are completing this workshop for credit in a course you are taking. You have to earn at least 80 points total for the 8 questions in the summative activity in order to get credit for completing this workshop. If you do not earn 80 points on your first attempt, the librarian will send you suggestions for improvement and you can re-submit your activity to try to earn at least 80 points.
If you earn a passing score (80%) on the Summative Assessment the librarians will record your completion in case this workshop is a required assignment in a future class. We will be able to provide you with a record of your workshop completion.
Student will:
- detach the Summative activity sheets from the packet.
- indicate on the activity sheet if you were assigned by a professor to do the activity.
- complete the activity. Try to write as legibly as possible so the librarian can easily read what you have written.
- mail the completed activity to the library.
Librarian will:
- use the rubrics below to score and write feedback.
- record your completion.
Library/DL office will mail the student’s work and librarian feedback to the student.
Summative Activity – Questions
Your Name _______________________________________
Date you completed the activity _____________
Your Mailing Address:
Your Course Name (only if you are taking this workshop because it was assigned in a specific course)
_________________________________
Your Professor’s Name (only if you are taking this workshop because it was assigned by a specific professor)
_________________________________
Before you start, decide which citation style you will be using for this activity. Circle the citation style you have decided to use:
APA MLA
Notice about citation style: Along with this workshop, you received a guide to MLA citation. If you are using APA citation style in this activity and you would like to get the APA citation guide, please write to the library to request it.
You will need to use the citation guide to write citations in this activity. The citation rules were not covered in-depth in this workshop, but they are covered in the citation guides.
1. Read the article we provided in the Appendix section titled “Article to Use for the Summative Activity”. After you have read the article, choose a short quote from it that is related to this statement:
Protected areas, like national parks, can help animal species to survive climate change.
Follow the rules we covered in this workshop to properly format your quoted material. Review the section titled “Mark the Boundaries When Writing Your Draft” Scenario 2, for a refresher about formatting short quotations. Write your chosen quote with the boundaries marked by a lead-in and in-text citation and format the quote correctly.
- To mark the boundary of the quote, write a lead-in to the quote by mentioning the author and the author’s qualifications as well as anything else you want to say about the meaning of the quote to help your reader understand its importance.
- To format the quote correctly, put quotation marks around the quote and put the in-text citation after the last quotation mark and before the period of the sentence. The in-text citation must include the page number where you found the quote. For more information about in-text citations, use the Citation Guide that was sent to you along with this workshop.
A librarian will use the rubric below to score your answer.
| Criteria | Proficient | Developing | No Evidence |
| The quote you selected is clearly related to the statement in this activity. | 1 | – | 0 |
| The lead-in names the author of the quote. | 1 | – | 0 |
| The lead-in to the quote mentions the author’s relevant qualification. | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| The quote is punctuated correctly. | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| The in-text citation includes the correct information. | 1 | – | 0 |
| The in-text citation is punctuated and placed correctly. | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Total points earned | __/10pts |
Write your sentence here:
2. Imagine you are writing an essay about controversies related to protected wilderness areas, like national parks, and that one of the sources you are using to write the essay is the article we provided in the Appendix section titled “Article To Use for the Summative Activity”. Read the article again, and take notes in the PQC format that we recommended in the section of this workshop titled “Take Notes During Your Research”. Keep the notes for yourself; you do not need to send them to the library.
Write a summary of the article. Your summary should be one paragraph and should be 5-8 sentences. In the summary paragraph you will:
- Explain in your own words at least two key points from the article.
- Include one quote from the article.
- React to the information with your own ideas.
- Include in-text citations where they’re needed after paraphrases and quotes. (For more information about in-text citations, use the Citation Guide that was sent to you along with this workshop.)
- Write a full citation for the source in either MLA or APA format. We recommend using the citation guide for the style you choose. The MLA guide was included in the packet with this workshop. Note: Since you are probably writing your citation by hand instead of typing it, make sure to underline any words that would normally be italicized in your citation.
A librarian will use this rubric to score your summary:
| Criteria | Proficient | Developing | No Evidence |
| You paraphrased the original source by explaining at least two key points in your own words. |
7 |
5 |
0 |
| You paraphrased the key points the right way by using sentence structures different from the original. |
5 |
3 |
0 |
| You cited your paraphrases with in-text citations. |
2 |
– |
0 |
| You included one correctly formatted quote from the original source. | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| You did not over-quote by including more than one direct quote in your summary. | 3 | – | 0 |
| You cited your quote with an in-text citation. | 2 | – | 0 |
| You wrote at least one sentence that is your own idea that is relevant to the summary of the original source. | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| All sentences that quote or paraphrase the original source have correct in-text citations. | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Your full citation for the source is complete and accurate in either APA or MLA style. | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Total Points Earned | __/50pts |
Write your Summary Paragraph here (the following page has also been left blank for your use):
Write your citation here:
3. Choose one of the following common plagiarism mistakes that you think you may have made in the past without realizing that it was considered academic misconduct. Mark an X in the box next to the option you selected and also write the name of the plagiarism in the space provided below.
☐ CTRL-C: Copying and pasting without quotation marks or citations
☐ Recycle: Re-using work that you had done before
☐ Find-Replace: Explaining an idea from a source in your own words without citing it
☐ Remix: Building paragraphs from the words and ideas of several different sources without citing them
Select two strategies for avoiding plagiarism that were described in this workshop that you think could have saved you from that mistake and describe how using those strategies in the future will help you to avoid unintentionally plagiarizing.
A librarian will use this rubric to score your answer:
| Criteria | Proficient | Developing | No Evidence |
| You selected one common plagiarism mistake that you may have made in the past. | 2 | – | 0 |
| You listed two strategies from the workshop that could help you avoid a similar mistake in the future. | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| You described how using each strategy would help you to avoid plagiarism in the future. | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Total Points Earned | __/20pts |
Write the name of the plagiarism mistake you think you may have made in the past here:
Write the two strategies from this workshop that you plan to use in the future to avoid similar plagiarism mistakes and explain how using these strategies will help you to avoid plagiarism here:
4. What are you most glad you learned? (worth up to 10pts)
Write your answer here:
5. On a scale from 1-5, how well did this workshop meet your expectations for what you wanted to learn? Circle the number that most closely matches your opinion. (0 pts)
| Did Not Meet My Expectations | Exceeded My Expectations | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6. What could have been changed to have made this workshop more valuable to you? And what was it about this workshop that helped your learning the most? (worth up to 10pts)
Write your answers here:
7. What questions do you still have about plagiarism and how to avoid it? The librarians will be happy to answer you. (0pts)
Write your questions here:
8. What questions do you still have about citing sources? The librarians will be happy to answer you. (0pts)
Write your questions here: