5 pages due 5hrs-essay and animated bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Genre/Medium: Annotated Bibliography
Purpose: The writer of an annotated bibliography uses the bibliography to compile a list of sources to build research. The form includes a brief summary of the source and your own critical assessment of its relevance, objectivity, appropriateness, and usefulness. It is a tool that helps you keep an organized and thoughtful record of the research process and relevant information about the topic.
To this end, you will put together an annotated bibliography in preparation for Assignment 3. In addition to the primary text (Whistling Vivaldi) the bibliography will include three types of textual information: 1) a mainstream news/ magazine article, 2) a scholarly/academic “peer reviewed” article, and 3) a web-based multimedia or blog-style article.
Format: Your annotated bibliographies must paragraphs must contain a topic sentence, clear evidence from the reading, and coherent sentences on a topic. It will use transitions affectively to cohere the overall piece together. It must answer: 1) What is the information in the article you are summarizing? and 2) What is your critical assessment of the article?
Instructions:
1. Cite in MLA-citation format the name of the article.
2. Draft one or two paragraphs for each of the sources you list in your annotated bibliography.
3. Review the information in the bibliographies with your classmates to improve the grammar of the text and consider points that might help you build your argument in Assignment 3.
Grading Rubric:
|
|
25-20 |
20-15 |
15-10 |
10-5 |
5-0 |
|
Content & evidence |
Excellent annotated bibliographies. It lays out the aspects of the topic well and evaluates the sources effectively. |
Good annotated bibliographies. It lays out the aspects of the topic well and evaluates the sources. |
It is an adequate annotated bibliographies. It lays out the aspects of the topic well, but does not evaluates the sources. |
Does not fulfill the requirements of an annotated bibliographies. |
Paragraphs are too poorly written to be useful. |
|
Information Literacy |
Citation is correct. It also provides specific evaluations about the appropriateness of the medium and the information for academic research. |
Citation is correct. It provides specific evaluations about the appropriateness of the medium. |
Citation is correct. Citation is accurate. It needs to speak to the appropriateness of the medium and the information for academic research. |
Citation is not correct. Does not include any information about the medium and appropriateness for academic research. |
Citation and assessment are not adequate. |