Summary & Tree Diagram of Debbané and Keil

Target length:                        ± 300 words (will accept up to 350-380 words)

Genre:                                     Summary

Citation style:                        APA

Instructions:

Read Debbané and Keil’s article carefully and make marginal notes to capture the article’s gist. Produce a tree diagram tracking the levels of information from high-, mid- to low-levels of generality (this must be submitted with your summary). Then use your rough notes to write a 300-word summary.

Remember to include in your summary:

An integral citation in your first sentence that clearly identifies your speakers.

A high-level opening frame that introduces the reader to the article’s research site and main abstraction(s) to contextualize the article.

Reporting expressions (i.e., who, how, what) that let your reader know who is speaking, and that characterize the stance of the original source and position you, as the summarizer, in relation to that stance.

“Double reporting” expressions, if and where needed to trace the idea’s journey and to show how it arrived in your summary.

Use predominantly indirect reported speech. (When paraphrasing, remember to substantially change the wording of the original, even while keeping the same gist.)

If using direct reported speech, remember to quote selectively (using quotation marks) and to cite page numbers when doing so. (When quoting, remember to “frame” your quote with commentary.)

A mix of high levels of generality, mid-levels of explanation, and low-levels of detail to explain the author’s reasoning to your reader. Decide on what to remember (i.e., to mention) and what to forget (i.e., leave out).

Your summary needs to accurately and adequately convey the gist of the source and should provide enough context to make sense to a reader not familiar with the source text.

Your summary needs to communicate the article’s research site, research claims, and its methodology.

Ensure that in-text citations are correctly cited in APA.

Include a full APA reference of the article at the end of the summary.

Grading Feedback Abbreviations:

1. sp. = spelling

2. RSP = race, space, politics / racialisation, spatialisation, and politics

3. HLOF = high-level opening frame

4. wrt = with respect to

5. re = regarding

6. D+K = Debbané and Keil

Use only this reading Anne‐Marie Debbané & Roger Keil (2004) Multiple disconnections: environmental justice and Urban water in Canada and South Africa.