Careers Article Précis

Assignment Overview

Using the "Career Resources" menu at http://www.monster.ca/, find and write a précis for an article of your choice. Note the marking scheme below!

Assignment Details and Marking Scheme

Write the précis¹ using Google Documents, and name it "Full Name Course Code Monster.ca Careers Article Assignment". Share the précis with your instructor (editor). (6 marks)

At the top of your précis, put the title of the article, followed by the URL of the original article, then use a heading of "Précis" to designate the start of your précis. (1 mark)

After your précis is written, condense the highlights of the précis to one sentence. (Yes -- one sentence! It could be a very long sentence!) Put this summary below the precis, under a heading of "Précis Summary". (3 marks)

Note that you must reserve your article here (sign-in req'd). You must be the only one in your class reviewing your choice of article, so reserve early!

References

• Tips for Writing a Précis

• How to Write a Précis

  • 2010-2011 ICS Summaries (sign-in req'd)

  • 2010-2011 TDJ2O Summaries (sign-in req'd)

  • 2010-2011 TGJ2O Summaries (sign-in req'd)

Old Links

• • 2009-2010 Article Reservations [teacher link]

  • 2009-2010 ICS Summaries [teacher link]

  • 2009-2010 TDJ3M & TDJ4M Summaries [teacher link]

  • 2009-2010 TGJ2O Summaries [teacher link]

¹From Wikipedia: A précis is a formal summary of a given subject. A précis does not seek to persuade in regard to a subject, but simply to present it, be that subject an artifact, a person, an event, or even a concept. It should provide the reader an accurate, brief, and well-rounded impression of the subject. Any opinion the writer may hold on a subject should not be reflected in the writing of a précis.