Need by Friday by 8:30pm EST Annotated Bibliography

Subject/Course:

Composition II/English 102

Lesson Topic:

Analyzing Literature and Evaluating Scholarly Sources

Lesson Title:

Annotated Bibliography Enhanced with Critical Thinking

Level (select one):

Beginner Intermediate Advanced

1. Lesson Objective. State clearly and specifically the purpose of the lesson and ensure that the specific SLO is written at the intro of the lesson. Identify course content-specific examples of CT. Explain how the assignment encourages group or partner work and dispels any misunderstanding of the reasoning skill(s) before the assignment is given.

Purpose of the Assignment:

The purpose of the assignment is to teach students how to analyze a piece of literature, how to choose sources that could act as support for their interpretations, and how to evaluate the quality and usefulness of those sources. Students will write an annotated bibliography on 3 academic sources, altered to incorporate both analysis and evaluation. This assignment meets student learning objectives 2 and 4 of English 102. A PowerPoint presentation of the reasoning skills, analysis and evaluate, will be presented by the faculty member, which includes group work and peer review.

2. Student Learning Objectives. Which SLO is this assignment tied to?

ENG 102 Student Learning Objectives: This assignment meets these objective.

1. to incorporate factual evidence using relevant, credible and reliable, literary and non-literary sources to develop and support arguments while utilizing proper MLA format.

2. to distinguish and integrate the context of the writing task, the intended audience, and the purpose for writing following the conventions of academic writing—including the development and support of a thesis.

3. Reasoning Skills. Which reasoning skill(s) (metacognition, inference, induction, deduction, evaluation, or analysis) is/are addressed in this assignment? Describe how and when these skills will be used during the lesson.

Students will be required to analyze and do research for write a minimum of 200 words on each of the three critical sources, and this material will incorporate evaluation and analysis. Faculty members can choose to modify the assignment to allow students to analyze any work of literature covered in their course.

Evaluation – Students will find and evaluate three articles, focusing on the credibility and relevance of each source.

Analysis – Students will write their own thesis statement stating their overall analysis of literary text. They will choose a specific critical approach from literary theory and write a paragraph justifying that approach. The three articles referenced above must support their own thesis and their critical approach, and they will be required to analyze the way the source does so. Their analysis must be supported with MLA-documented quotations from the source and the piece of literature being analyzed.

Assignment to Students:

1) Select a text that you’ve read for this course and create a strong, detailed analytical thesis on the theme of the work.

2) Write a minimum of 100 words on which critical perspective you are using to analyze the text. For example, why would you think it is valuable to use the gender perspective to analyze “The Yellow Wall Paper”? You should include specific examples from the text to support your choice.

3) Find three peer-reviewed academic sources that you could use to support your interpretation. Possible databases to search include jStor, ProQuest, Literature Resource Center, etc.

4) For EACH of your three sources, you must provide:

A) An MLA-style Works Cited entry

B) A 200-word minimum evaluation and analysis of the source that answer the following questions:

Evaluation: Is the source peer-reviewed? Are there any factual errors? Is it relevant to your chosen text? What is a particularly strong quote from the source, and why would it be helpful to your research?

Analysis: How does the source relate to the critical perspective you chose in step 2? How does the source support your thesis on the theme(s) of the work of literature? What are some quotes from your work of literature that link to the arguments found in your source, and in what ways do they relate to each other?

5) You will bring a copy of this assignment to class for peer review and will revise and edit before turning it in.

5. Assessment. This assignment will be assessed using the AAC&U Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric. Explain how this assignment is aligned with each dimension of the rubric.

A. Explanation of Issues (require students to state the issue/problem): Students will write a thesis statement explaining their analysis of the short story. They will then find three critical sources and reflect, through evaluation and analysis, how their ideas might be supported by evidence.

B. Evidence (require students to collect evidence): Students will incorporate quotes from outside sources and the work of literature and demonstrate the links to their own interpretation.

C. Influence of context and assumptions (required students to analyze their own and others' assumptions and evaluate the relevance of the context): Students will evaluate the context and assumptions of the authors of the sources they are using to support their thesis statement.

D. Student's position (required students to state their perspective and provide their thesis/hypothesis): Students will write a thesis statement that takes into account the three sources read and analyzed and the piece of literature analyzed.

E. Conclusions and related outcomes (require students to present their argument logically and to place evidence in priority order): Students are asked to make a logical analysis of the piece of literature by presenting their case in logical order to reach a solid conclusion based on their own analysis of the short story and the analysis of other reliable sources. (

6. Required materials. Identify the necessary equipment, tools, resources required for completion of this lesson.

Students will also need a copy of the AAC&U Critical Thinking rubric and will need:

To know how to find reliable sources in the library databases.

To know how to cite sources in-text and in on a Works Cited page.

To know how to incorporate sources into a paper through paraphrasing or quoting.