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Assignment 7: Source 1 Summary

Source 1 Summary (Step 2 of 6 for your Critical Essay assignment)

You were able to practice summary writing when you  generated material for your Literacy Autobiography by taking notes on the main ideas of “From Elementary to High School,” the student Literacy Autobiography example. Then, after  organizing, revising, and proofreading, you turned this information into the beginning of your introduction for that essay. 

As you can tell by the bolded words already in these assignment guidelines, the process will be the same as you used to create the Literacy Autobiography essay.  

For your next essay, The Critical Essay, you will  generate summaries for two sources that, after  organizing, revising, and proofreading, will become the first two body paragraphs in this essay.  

Download this template  Download Download this template to complete your work and submit it for this week’s assignment.

1. Pick  one of the topics below, either “First-Gen College Students” or College Stress and Self-Care,” that you might want to know more about. 

TOPIC:  First-Gen College Students  

SOURCE 1 

Bernadotte, A. (2018, May 1).  What do we really mean when we say college isn’t for everyone? [Video]. YouTube.  https://youtu.be/eXw9o4j43iYLinks to an external site.  

TOPIC:  College Stress and Self-Care 

SOURCE 1 

Scott, E. (2025, December 3).  How stress works with and against your memory. Very Well Mind.  https://www.verywellmind.com/stress-and-your-memory-4158323 Links to an external site.

2. Read or view the source given for your topic and take notes (you are  generating material for your Crical Essay). You want to identify the source’s overall main idea and identify the main points from the beginning, middle, and end of the source that come together to build the overall main idea. (Tip: the idea from the end of the source usually concern’s the author's conclusion and call to action). 

3. You will then download and complete the  template  Download template  

Rubric

Assignment 7 Rubric

Total Points: 50

WEEK’S DISCUSSION COMPLETED WITH THE TOPIC BELOW:

College Stress and Self-Care   

What makes this topic important:

College stress and self-care is a very important topic. It is important because it is very common and many students have to juggle college, work, and a variety of things in their personal life. People do not realize how the stress of college and lack of self-care can affect their mental and physical health. Anxiety and burnout can develop as a result of college stress. This can cause you to lose sleep. The lack of sleep is never good. Physical symptoms such as headaches can develop. Overall, students can become unmotivated and lose focus for class. All of these things can have a direct impact on academic performance. When you’re not sleeping enough, you can have trouble concentrating or begin procrastinating. Those two things are directly related to falling behind, potentially failing an assignment or class. Self-care is necessary.

The reason the topic interests you:

This topic was of interest to me because I’ve experienced these things as a student. I’ve struggled with balancing school, life, work, and many other responsibilities to the point where it just became overwhelming at times. I realized how my mood was shifting, my energy was off and I could not focus. That is when I knew I was stressed and had to regroup. Instead of pushing through, I have been trying to learn ways to manage stress and build healthier habits. This is more than a class discussion, this is life, real life for so many students. Your mental state is directly correlated with being successful in school.

Assignment 7: Source 1 Summary

Source 1 Summary (Step 2 of 6 for your Critical Essay assignment)

You were able to practice summary writing when you  generated material for your Literacy Autobiography by taking notes on the main ideas of “From Elementary to High School,” the student Literacy Autobiography example. Then, after  organizing, revising, and proofreading, you turned this information into the beginning of your introduction for that essay. 

As you can tell by the bolded words already in these assignment guidelines, the process will be the same as you used to create the Literacy Autobiography essay.  

For your next essay, The Critical Essay, you will  generate summaries for two sources that, after  organizing, revising, and proofreading, will become the first two body paragraphs in this essay.  

Download this template  Download Download this template to complete your work and submit it for this week’s assignment.

1. Pick  one of the topics below, either “First-Gen College Students” or College Stress and Self-Care,” that you might want to know more about. 

TOPIC:  First-Gen College Students  

SOURCE 1 

Bernadotte, A. (2018, May 1).  What do we really mean when we say college isn’t for everyone? [Video]. YouTube.  https://youtu.be/eXw9o4j43iYLinks to an external site.  

TOPIC:  College Stress and Self-Care 

SOURCE 1 

Scott, E. (2025, December 3).  How stress works with and against your memory. Very Well Mind.  https://www.verywellmind.com/stress-and-your-memory-4158323 Links to an external site.

2. Read or view the source given for your topic and take notes (you are  generating material for your Crical Essay). You want to identify the source’s overall main idea and identify the main points from the beginning, middle, and end of the source that come together to build the overall main idea. (Tip: the idea from the end of the source usually concern’s the author's conclusion and call to action). 

3. You will then download and complete the  template  Download template  

Rubric

Assignment 7 Rubric

Total Points: 50

WEEK’S DISCUSSION COMPLETED WITH THE TOPIC BELOW:

College Stress and Self-Care   

What makes this topic important:

College stress and self-care is a very important topic. It is important because it is very common and many students have to juggle college, work, and a variety of things in their personal life. People do not realize how the stress of college and lack of self-care can affect their mental and physical health. Anxiety and burnout can develop as a result of college stress. This can cause you to lose sleep. The lack of sleep is never good. Physical symptoms such as headaches can develop. Overall, students can become unmotivated and lose focus for class. All of these things can have a direct impact on academic performance. When you’re not sleeping enough, you can have trouble concentrating or begin procrastinating. Those two things are directly related to falling behind, potentially failing an assignment or class. Self-care is necessary.

The reason the topic interests you:

This topic was of interest to me because I’ve experienced these things as a student. I’ve struggled with balancing school, life, work, and many other responsibilities to the point where it just became overwhelming at times. I realized how my mood was shifting, my energy was off and I could not focus. That is when I knew I was stressed and had to regroup. Instead of pushing through, I have been trying to learn ways to manage stress and build healthier habits. This is more than a class discussion, this is life, real life for so many students. Your mental state is directly correlated with being successful in school.