short paper
For this week's Short Paper, you are tasked with the following:
Compose a 3 - 5 page document that contains 5 - 10 Works Cited citations for sources you plan to use in your Research Paper, under each of which you include a 50 - 150 word "annotation" paragraph that contains a summary of the information and/or argument within the source, some discussion of how you might use the source in your paper, and a brief evaluation of the credibility and validity of each source, based on the CRAP test and/or criteria list in Methods of Discovery for verifying credibility and validity of sources.
For reference, an example Annotated Bibliography has been included in the Week 9 Module; keep in mind, however, this is not a complete example as it lists only one source with one annotation.
This short paper must be a minimum of 1000 words and, in addition to containing proper MLA citations, must use proper MLA page formatting where it concerns page numbers, student name, instructor name, class number, date and title. Also, make sure the document is double-spaced between lines.
This assignment will be graded based the same criteria as our previous Short Paper, including Mechanics, Components, and Insight (i.e. how well do you explain the information from the source and how thoughtful are you in connecting the information with your question at issue and/or thesis?).
Submissions must be made in either .doc, .docx, or .pdf format. A rubric has been made available to facilitate your understanding of how the paper will be graded; it is available below.
NOTICE: This assignment will be submitted from Canvas to Vericite, a web-based plagiarism checker that will test your paper against multiple paper repositories as well as the broader internet, so, again, do not cheat! (see the course policy about Academic Honesty and/or the Lake Tahoe Community College standards for student conduct for further information about plagiarism and academic dishonesty)
Rubric
103 Short Paper 2 Rubric Wexelblatt
103 Short Paper 2 Rubric Wexelblatt
Criteria
Ratings
Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Mechanics
60.0 to >40.0 pts
Excellent
Submission is free of technical and grammatical errors; submission correctly uses MLA in-text citations, and those citations are properly formatted.
40.0 to >24.0 pts
Good
Submission has very few technical and grammatical errors; submission correctly uses MLA in-text citation and those citations are properly formatted.
24.0 to >0.0 pts
Fair
Submission has several technical and grammatical errors; submission either fails to include all necessary citations, or citations are present but incorrectly formatted/missing information.
0.0 pts
Poor
Submission has many technical and grammatical errors; submission fails to include MLA in-text citations.
60.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Components
68.0 to >52.0 pts
Excellent
All required components of Short Paper 2 are present and well constructed. The paper: lists proper MLA Works Cited citations for 5 - 10 sources to be used in the Research Paper, each of which is followed by a long "annotation" paragraph that summarizes the information within the source, discusses how the source pertains to the paper's question at issue or thesis, and evaluates the source for credibility, based on the CRAP test and/or criteria from the textbook; in addition, the paper is a minimum of 1,000 words and follows all other applicable MLA guidelines for formatting both the document itself and the citations there within.
52.0 to >32.0 pts
Good
All required components of a the Short Paper are present but are not well constructed.
32.0 to >0.0 pts
Fair
Submission is missing required components of the Short Paper, though the components that are present are well constructed.
0.0 pts
Poor
Submission is missing required components and the components that are present are not well constructed.
68.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Insight
72.0 to >36.0 pts
Good
Submission reflects a college level of critical thinking about the chosen subject; submission clearly explains the information presented in each source and connects that information in an insightful way to the paper's question at issue and/or thesis
36.0 to >0.0 pts
Fair
Submission does reflect some critical thinking about the chosen subject but not at a college level; submission lacks clear explanation of the sources and/or does not connect, or connect very well, the information in the sources with the paper's question at issue and/or thesis
0.0 pts
Poor
Submission does not reflect critical thinking on the chosen subject.
72.0 pts
Total Points: 200.0