Hattery and Smith
The reading is Hattery, Angela and Earl Smith.The Social Dynamics of Family Violence. Boulder: Westview Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-8133-4463-8 (paper) ISBN: 978-0-8133-4562-8 (e-book).
Your summary should demonstrate you did the reading. The goal is to engage you in reading the assigned material. The summary should be one to two pages in length.
1) Part one of summary: Basic information to include:
Your Name
The date
The edition of Hattery and Smith you are utilizing
The chapters you are covering
2) Part two of summary: Answer ONE of the following questions.
How does the reading connect to an issue in your life?
How does the reading connect to the class subject?
How does the reading connect to another reading from this class or reading from another class?
3) Part three of summary: Answer one or more of the following questions:
What are the major points of the article or chapters?
Go over specific information from the article or chapters, such as statistics or case studies.
Summarize the evidence the author offers for their argument or discussion. Do not simply copy the abstract or “summary” paragraph of the article or chapter. I should believe that you read the article or chapter in its entirety.
