Annotating a Scholarly Text

For this week’s concept worksheet you’ll annotate a scholarly text and identify how it displays the traits of academic writing that we have studied and discussed this week.  

What is an annotation? It’s a note of explanation or comment added to a text. Your instructors annotate your assignments in Canvas most weeks when they type the comments and feedback that appear on the side of your documents and papers.  

Using  Microsoft Word’s Comment FeatureLinks to an external site. , you’ll add annotations to a scholarly text. You can also use  Google Doc’s Commenting ToolsLinks to an external site. , or  Apple’s Pages commenting tool. Links to an external site. All Pages documents should be saved as docx files before submitting to Canvas!  Submit a  Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) only. Submissions in any other format, such as PDF, will not be accepted. Please ensure you use the correct file type before submitting.

If you’ve never used one of these tools, take some time to read through the relevant tutorial link above.  

Select one of the scholarly articles below. Using comments, highlight and comment on the features of academic writing that you notice in the article. Depending on your comment, you may highlight a single word, a sentence, or a whole paragraph.  

As a reminder, here are the  features of academic writingLinks to an external site.  that we read about this week: 

· Complexity 

· Formality 

· Precision 

· Objectivity 

· Explicitness 

· Accuracy 

· Hedging 

· Responsibility 

· Organization 

· Planning 

Leave a minimum of 10 comments on the document. Don’t just identify a feature of academic writing. Explain how it is used and analyze its effect. 

Your annotations should identify at least 5 of the features of academic writing listed above. You may also comment on other features of academic writing that came up in this week’s webinar. 

Finally, leave one last annotation on your article that answers the following questions in no less than 100 words: 

· Which feature of academic writing that you identified above would you most like to work on developing in your own writing?  

· What benefit to you as a writer will working on this feature provide? 

Article Choices: 

Please select one of the articles below. To annotate the article, click on the respective link for the article, click "File," select "Create a Copy," and choose "Create a copy online." You can then annotate the article under "Insert" and "New Comment." 

1. Coping with job stress for hospital nurses during the COVID19 crisis: The joint roles of micro-breaks and psychological detachment  Download Coping with job stress for hospital nurses during the COVID19 crisis: The joint roles of micro-breaks and psychological detachment 

2. Burnout, Self-Efficacy, and Resilience in Haitian Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study  Download Burnout, Self-Efficacy, and Resilience in Haitian Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study 

3. Gender Disparities in End of Life Care: A Scoping Review  Download Gender Disparities in End of Life Care: A Scoping Review 

4. Beliefs, knowledge, actions of nursing techniques in breastfeeding in pain management in immunization  Download Beliefs, knowledge, actions of nursing techniques in breastfeeding in pain management in immunization 

5. The work-related stress experienced by registered nurses at municipal aged care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic  Download The work-related stress experienced by registered nurses at municipal aged care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic 

 

IMPORTANT: Download one of the Word documents above and create your annotations on it. Then save your document as a .docx and make 100% sure your annotations are visible in the saved version before you turn it in.  

Optional: Get ahead! Receive specialized writing feedback by submitting your paper for review. 

· Click here to begin the review process.Links to an external site.

Rubric

GE Concept Worksheet Rubric_ENG310

GE Concept Worksheet Rubric_ENG310
Criteria	Ratings	Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent (70%) Assignment meets required length and setup expectations as outlined in the assignment description.	24.5 to >17.5 ptsExemplary (70%)Meets all guidelines with no errors. 17.5 to >0.0 ptsAcceptable (50%)Meets some of the guidelines; contains errors. 0 ptsNo Submission	24.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeGrammar and Structure (30%) Spelling, punctuation, and grammar are correct. Both sentence and paragraph structures conform to current conventions.	10.5 to >7.0 ptsExemplary (30%)Meets all guidelines with no errors. 7 to >0.0 ptsAcceptable (20%)Meets some of the guidelines; contains errors. 0 ptsNo Submission	10.5 pts

Total Points: 35