Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet

In this assignment, you will write a one paragraph summary of the Ted Talk “Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet” by Joachim de Posada. By summary, you will state what the Ted Talk is about without any opinion. The first sentence of the paragraph should include “TAG” information, that is, the Title, Author and Genre, and this can be in any order. For example: In the Ted Talk “Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet,” Joachim de Posada argues that…..(summarize the main points of his argument, without any opinion). Under that paragraph, you will have another paragraph that will offer your response, or your analysis of the material. Here you can include your opinion about de Posada’s argument. Do the same thing for the article “Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test” by Jessica McCrory Calarco, that is, a summary paragraph that includes “TAG” information and a separate response paragraph. On a separate page you will have what is called a Works Cited Page. The words Works Cited will be centered at the top, and you will have the citation below that (not centered, but at the left margin). On the Works Cited page, you will list the resources alphabetically by last name, first name. In this case, Jessica McCrory Calarco has two last names; you will list her after you list de Posada. You can only list the information that is available to you. The basic format is: Last name, first name; Title; Publication (meaning the name of the magazine it was published in, for example); Format (meaning Web or Print); Date. We see with the McCrory Calarco article, there is nothing listed about where it was published, so you do not have to include that. For de Posada, the Publication would be Ted Talk and the format is Web. Please just do your best with this and look in your English Skills Handbook starting on page 184 for information. Again, with the Works Cited page, just do your best. MLA formatting for the Works Cited page changes constantly. Please type this in 12 point font, preferably Times New Roman. You can submit it here. The file types accepted are Word and PDF (doc, docx, PDF). If you have any problems submitting it, please email it to me with the subject line Summary and Response