Annotated Bibliography

Criteria

Levels of Achievement

Content 70%

Advanced

Proficient

Developing

Not present

Areas regarding content, analysis, synthesis, evaluation of topics, participation and timeliness

19 to 21 points

Superior work - in all areas - Student consistently exceeds minimal expectations in all areas regarding content, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of topics, participation, timeliness, and writing style.

Specifically:

· The annotated bibliography consists of 8–10 quality references (primarily peer-reviewed, scholarly journals or theoretical texts in addition to the textbook and the Bible

· The annotated bibliography describes the journal or text and includes how the resource will be used in the Research Paper

· For each source, the annotation demonstrates the value of the source in informing the research question(s)

15 to 18 points

1 to 14 points

Fair work in most areas – Student exhibits need for improvement in most areas regarding content, analysis, writing style, and/or participation.

Specifically:

· There are fewer than 5 sources listed, and most sources are not from peer reviewed scholarly journals or theoretical texts or the bible.

· Several of the annotations describing the value of the source to the research question(s) are missing

0 points

Failing – Student shows evidence of refusal or inability to meet minimum standards.

Specifically:

· Required sources are not used and few, if any, sources are from peer reviewed scholarly journals or theoretical texts or the bible.

· The annotations describing the value of each source are missing

Structure 30%

Advanced

Proficient

Developing

Not present

Writing Style (APA formatting), grammatical errors and sentence structure

8 to 9 points

Minimal to non-existent grammatical and APA errors.

6 to 7 points

Limited grammatical and APA errors.

1 to 5 points

Contains numerous grammatical and APA errors.

0 points

Contains excessive grammatical and APA errors.