Essay 5 - Annotated Bibliography (Semester II)

Calendar:

Thursday, 9 February: 1^st annotation due in class

Monday, 20 February: second, third and fourth annotations due by email jason.simon@ais.edu.vn

Friday, 2 March: (final draft) eight annotations due to Edmodo

Instructions:

Annotated bibliographies are used in academic research to collect, summarize and evaluate a list of sources. They provide a reference for a writer to use in his or her own writing. Rather than going back and rereading multiple sources, a writer can consult an annotated bibliography for relevant information about each source.

For this assignment, each of you will choose to research a topic of your choice, and, instead of creating an actual research paper, will create an annotated bibliography providing bibliographic information, summary and evaluation of eight sources related to the topic you’ve chosen. Because this is academic research writing, your sources should be academic, at least four of them consisting of articles found in academic journals.

Format:

Each of your eight annotations should be approximately 200 words long and contain the following information:

1.       Citation in appropriate MLA format

2.       Summary (one paragraph) explaining the main idea and supporting details of the source

3.       Evaluation (one paragraph) describing the strengths or weaknesses of the source

Grading:

This assignment is worth 100 pts. You will be evaluated on conventions, MLA format, organization, maximum/minimum word limit and the effectiveness of each annotation.

Additional Information:

In class, we will be looking at annotated bibliography examples and focusing on appropriate language, word choice and sentence structure for research writing. We will also work on formatting MLA citations and learning about accessing research databases in the high school library to find appropriate academic journals.

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Grade Sheet


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First Draft (1st)

Second Draft (With Comments) (2nd-4th)



Second Draft (Fixed) (2nd-4th)


Final Draft