Redo- Harrell/Keefe Summary Response Outline Summary

Harrell/Keefe

Summary Response Outline

Summary:  

• Topic sentence: title, author, strong verb, main idea   “ A Vision of Students” written by Dr. Wesch, depicts how students in school aren’t learning topics that they need to know for the future
• Supporting ideas and explanations to prove main ideas
• Ideas attributed back to author In the video, Wesch demonstrates this by showing how students buy textbooks that they do not open once. Also, he illustrates how most students Facebook their way through class.
• Concluding sentence: restate  title, author, strong verb, main idea: Dr. Wesch explains that students don’t want to learn and pay attention in class because they find the information useless.

Response:

Topic sentence: title, author,,correctly portrays/ incorrectly portrays___(Main Idea)________ because ___________ .  “A Vision of Students” by Dr. Michael Wesch correctly captures the fact that students need to learn how to properly handle technology so they can have a more successful future.

1. Claim 1:
• Set-up In Dr. Wesch’s video he explains how students read and write more on computers than books and paper
• Evidence: Lead-in,  “ quotation” (Shakespeare 1.2.13-17).  In the video, he explains how students are moving to a new technological age by stating that students read, “2300 web pages,” and write, “500 pages of email,” while only reading, “8 books a year,”(Wesch).
• Explanation of quotation to prove claim: explain quote, connect to claim Wesch’s Ideas show how the world is moving towards being entirely digital. They must be prepared to adapt in the future using technology. Students need to learn how to use technology so they can thrive in the future.