Fast Food Nation Summary-Response Assignment Length: 500 to 750 words and a works cited page First draft due: Friday, Dec. 1 st Total Points: 150 points Final draft due: Monday, Dec. 4 th Assignment Organization Begin your essay with a summary of a topic from Fast Food Nation as PARAGRAPH 1. Provide a general idea of what the source is about and the points you intend to address in your response. Avoid including any extraneous material. The summary should be no longer than a page; it may be briefer. Place your thesis statement at the end of the summary or at the beginning of the response. After reading your thesis statement, your audience should be able to predict the form and content of the rest of your essay. Your response should be PARAGRAPH 2 and could be one to two pages in length. It should include reasons and details that support your thesis statement. In your conclusion, tie together the main points of your essay, relate them to the thesis, and discuss any implications of your conclusion. Works Cited Include a works cited entry, on a separate page, for any source you use. Submission Requirements o Bring a rough draft to class with you on Friday. PRINT IT OUT BEFORE CLASS. DO NOT TRY TO PRINT IT OUT DURING CLASS. o Along with the rough draft, bring 5 Questions to use during peer revision. o Email the final draft to me on Monday, before midnight. This assignment gives you the opportunity not only to show that you understand source material but also to express what you think about the ideas it includes. The audience for this summary- response comprises your classmates and me, but it is always helpful when writing a summary- response to think of readers that may not have read the original text. By imagining an uninformed reader, you will be sure to include sufficient information in your summary. You may respond to the source text in a variety of ways. You may use personal experiences and reactions; evaluate the currency, thoroughness, and reliability of the sources; or examining the internal logic of the source. However, the most important response we have to this book is to evaluate the relevance and the changes to this fast food nation over the past 15 years since the book was first published. An important response would to support or challenge an argument of Schlosser based on the changes over the past 15 years. You must incorporate other sources as part of your response. For this assignment, you will be summarizing and responding to an important claim that Schlosser makes as part of his argument regarding our fast food nation. You must focus on an issue from chapters 4 through 10 of Fast Food Nation. You will need to use at least one secondary source to provide support for your response.