After reading about the skill of summarizing, it is time to practice. For this short essay, students will be asked to
select one piece of writing from a list below and summarize its content
• “Why We Keep Playing the Lottery” by Adam Piore on pages 698 (topic: wealth and finances)
• “Homeless on Campus” by Eleanor J. Bader on pages 710-714 (topic: education, poverty, and homelessness)
• “Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um… Focus” by Alina Tugend on pages 725-729 (topic: neuroscience and
personal technology)
• “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr on pages 735-748 (topic: the internet and cognition)
• “Wikipedia as a Site of Knowledge Production” by Danah Boyd on pages 765-771 (topic: the internet and
education)
• “Living Simply in a Dumpster” by James Hamblin on pages 885-891 (topic: the environment and sustainability)
• “Jimmy Santiago Baca:
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