PART 1: SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE
- Identify the author and title of the work and include the publisher and publication date in parentheses.
- Write an informative summary of the article.
- To keep things concise, highlight the main points and the most important supporting points.
- The summary should be objective and factual; you will introduce your opinions and personal interpretations in the second part of the commentary.
- You may use direct quotations from the article to illustrate key ideas. Don't overdo it though.
PART 2: YOUR REACTION TO THE WORK
- How is the article related to ideas and concerns about environment justice?
- How is the work related to problems in our present-day world?
- Did the article increase your understanding of the topic? Did it change your perspective in any way?
- Evaluate the merit of the article: the importance of its points, its accuracy, completeness, organization, etc.
- Would you recommend this article to others, why/why not?