Annotated Bibliography
Length:2 pages typed minimum, 4 sources in Annotated Bibliography
Format:MLA
Audience: Academic
Goals:
- Students will recall the various developmental writing methods and organizational structures and use Standard English guidelines to create a college level Annotated Bibliography.
- Students will apply the rules of MLA Documentation.
- Students will evaluate the relative worth of outside sources and their usefulness in providing context to develop the literary analysis.
Assignment:
- Research Day – On Wednesday, June 18th , use your time in the library to do the following:
- Look up four scholarly sources for context on ONE of the stories we have read this semester, including Ralph Ellison, “Battle Royal,” or the Invisible Man, OR Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” or The Awakening. Use these sources to give you an idea of the background of the story or time period in which it was written or the mindset of the author who wrote it. These sources could be books from the library or information found on JSTOR or NCLive. You may not use internet sources for this research as literary research tends to be less academic when found on the world wide web. Critical sources would be the most beneficial to you when writing your essay and these can be found through books (collections of essays), JSTOR or NCLive.
- Print or copy the sources and read and highlight information that you feel is useful and helps you understand the story a little more.
- Create an Annotated Bibliography using your four sources. This should be typed, will be due on Thursday, June 19th and should be turned in at the beginning of class. In each annotation respond to the following in a ½ page paragraph: 1. Give a summary of the source 2. Evaluate its credibility and 3. Explain how this helps you understand the literary text better.
- This assignment is worth 10% of your overall grade in the class; however, you will not be required to use these sources in the writing of the essay. This assignment is meant to help you better prepare for the literary essay by gaining a better understanding of the text.
Rubric for Annotated Bibliography
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The following categories will each be graded on a 20 point scale. Excellent (20-17), Very good (16-13), Good (12-9), Fair (8-5), Poor (4-1).
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Analysis of Usefulness of Sources and Relevancy to Topic
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Understanding and summaries of each source
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Evaluation of the credibility of each source
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