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you refine skills, and demonstrate application of knowledge. You can work on a
Touchstone anytime, but you can’t submit it until you have completed the unit’s Challenges.
Once you’ve submitted a Touchstone, it will be graded and counted toward your final
course score.
Touchstone 1.1: Engage with a Work of Research
ASSIGNMENT: For this essay, you will select one of the articles provided below and
engage in a 2-3 page summary and response dialogue with the source (not including
cover pages, headings, reference lists, or reflection questions). This will involve
providing a detailed summary of the source’s argument and responding to that
argument with your position based on the information provided in the source.
Article Option 1: “The Recess Debate: A Disjuncture between Educational Policy and
Scientific Research”
Article Option 2: “Sugar in School Breakfasts: A School District’s Perspective”
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UNIT 1 — TOUCHSTONE 1.1:
Engage with a Work of Research
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Plagiarism Detected alert. Review Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines for
more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert. For guidance on the use of
generative AI technology, review Ethical Standards and Appropriate Use of AI.
A. Assignment Guidelines
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your
Touchstone until it meets these guidelines. Refer to the Sample Touchstone for additional
guidance on structure, formatting, and citation.
1. Article Summary
❒ Have you introduced the title of the article and the author by name?
❒ Have you communicated the source’s purpose?
❒ Have you included all of the source’s main points, using page-numbered citations as
you paraphrase?
❒ Have you restated the source’s argument mostly in your own words, with at least two
direct quotations included, too?
2. Article Response
❒ Have you provided your perspective on the source’s argument?
❒ Have you used at least two specific, quoted examples cited examples with page
numbers from the source to illustrate why you either agree or disagree with the
argument?
3. Reflection
❒ Have you answered all reflection questions including specific and concrete
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examples that provide thoughtful insight in all responses?
❒ Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment?
B. Reflection Questions
DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection
questions.
. What ideas originally came to mind when you first read through the article? Did your
initial response to the article change after reading it for a second time? (3-4
sentences)
. How does paying attention to the way you respond to a source help you formulate
your stance on a topic? (2-3 sentences)
C. Rubric
Advanced
(100%)
Proficient
(85%)
Acceptable
(75%)
Needs
Improvement
(50%)
Source Summary (15
points)
Summarize the main
argument of a research
source.
Provides a complete
and accurate summary
of the article’s
contextual information,
main purpose, and
argument mostly in
your own words, with at
least two cited, key
direct quotations.
Provides an accurate
summary of the article’s
contextual information,
main purpose, and
argument mostly in
your own words, with at
least two cited, key
direct quotations.
Provides an accurate
summary of article and
contextual information,
but may be missing one
cited, key quotation.
Provides an incomplete
summary of the article’s
contextual information,
main purpose, and
argument and/or is
missing both cited, key
quotations.
Source Response (15
points)
Articulate a response to
the argument
presented in a research
source.
Constructs a thoughtful
and academically
appropriate response
to the source, including
accurately identified,
quoted, and cited
samples from the
source that relate to the
response.
Constructs an
academically
appropriate response
to the source, including
accurately identified,
quoted, and cited
samples from the
source that relate to the
response.
Constructs an
academically
appropriate response
to the source, but may
be missing one quoted
and cited sample.
Samples are accurately
identified and cited.
Constructs an
appropriate response
to the source, but does
not include quoted
and/or accurately cited
samples that relate to
the response.
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D. Requirements
Organization (5
points)
Exhibit competent
organizational writing
techniques.
Includes all of the
required components
of a summary and
response essay,
including an
introduction with an
engaging summary of
the source’s argument,
and body paragraphs
containing a detailed
and thoughtful
response to the
argument.
Includes all of the
required components
of a summary and
response essay,
including an
introduction with a
summary of the
source’s argument, and
body paragraphs
containing a response
to the argument.
Includes nearly all of
the required
components of
summary and response
essay; however, one
component is missing.
Includes most of the
required components
of a summary and
response essay, but is
lacking two
components;
sequences ideas and
paragraphs such that
the connections
between ideas (within
and between
paragraphs) are
sometimes unclear and
the reader may have
difficulty following the
progression of the
essay.
Style (5 points)
Establish a consistent,
informative tone and
make thoughtful
stylistic choices.
Demonstrates
thoughtful and effective
word choices, avoids
redundancy and
imprecise language,
and uses a wide variety
of sentence structures.
Demonstrates effective
word choices, primarily
avoids redundancy and
imprecise language,
and uses a variety of
sentence structures.
Demonstrates generally
effective style choices,
but may include
occasional
redundancies,
imprecise language,
poor word choice,
and/or repetitive
sentence structures.
Frequently includes
poor word choices,
redundancies,
imprecise language,
and/or repetitive
sentence structures.
Conventions (5
points)
Follow conventions for
standard written
English.
There are only a few, if
any, negligible errors in
grammar, punctuation,
spelling, capitalization,
formatting, and usage.
There are occasional
minor errors in
grammar, punctuation,
spelling, capitalization,
formatting, and usage.
There are some
significant errors in
grammar, punctuation,
spelling, capitalization,
formatting, and usage.
There are frequent
significant errors in
grammar, punctuation,
spelling, capitalization,
formatting, and usage.
Reflection (5 points)
Answer reflection
questions thoroughly
and thoughtfully.
Demonstrates
thoughtful reflection;
consistently includes
specific and concrete
examples that provide
thoughtful insight in all
responses, following or
exceeding response
length guidelines.
Demonstrates
thoughtful reflection;
includes multiple
specific and concrete
examples that provide
thoughtful insight,
following response
length guidelines.
Primarily demonstrates
thoughtful reflection,
but some responses
are lacking in detail or
insight; primarily follows
response length
guidelines.
Shows limited
reflection; the majority
of responses are
lacking in detail or
insight, with some
questions left
unanswered or falling
short of response
length guidelines.
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The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:
Composition must be 2-3 pages (approximately 500-750 words).
Double-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
Use a readable 12-point font.
All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
Use of generative chatbot artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard) in
place of original writing is strictly prohibited for this assignment.
Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Submission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of
your composition.
Include all of the assignment components in a single file.
Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.
E. Additional Resources
The following resources will be helpful to you as you work on this assignment:
. Purdue Online Writing Lab’s APA Formatting and Style Guide
a. This site includes a comprehensive overview of APA style, as well as individual
pages with guidelines for specific citation types.
. Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style
a. This page on the official APA website addresses common questions related to APA
formatting. The “References,” “Punctuation,” and “Grammar and Writing Style”
sections will be the most useful to your work in this course.
. APA Style: Quick Answers—References
a. This page on the official APA Style website provides numerous examples of
reference list formatting for various source types.
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