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BackgroundandOverview
Conductingresearchdoesnotmerelyrefertocollectinginformationanddata;italsoincludesmanaging
thatinformationanddata.Afterall,itisonethingtoreadhundredsofpagesortolistentohoursand
hoursofinterviews,anditisquiteanotherthingtomakethatinformationordatauseable.Creatingan
annotatedbibliographycanhelpresearcherstocondensetheirresearchinwaysthatmakeitmore
usefultothem.Additionally,anannotatedbibliographycanalsohelpotherreaderstogainaquicksense
ofwhattheresearchsays.
Inthissecondwritingprojectyouwillwriteanannotatedbibliographyforyourresearchproject.This
bibliographywillhelpyouorganizeandthinkabouttheresearchthatyouhaveconductedandwillusein
yourpersuasiveessay(WritingProject3).
RequirementsandDeliverables
Inbroadstrokes,thisassignmentasksyoucreate58annotationsofsources.Eachannotationwillbe
formattedforwebpublicationandincludeanMLAWorksCitedcitationfollowedbyafewparagraphs.
Eachentryshould:
1. annotationincludeanMLAWorksCitedcitationthatisappropriatelyformattedforthetypeof
source;
2. discussthesourcescredibility(whyisthesourcescreatorsomeonewhocan/shouldtalkabout
theparticularsubject);
3. summarizethesourceinyourownwords(whatisthesourcepresenting?Ifitisanimage,what
doestheviewersee?Ifitisawrittentext,whatdoesitsay?);
4. takeastanceontheauthorspurposeincreatingthesource(whatistheauthortryingto
accomplishinthesource);
5. provideexamplesofstrategiesthattheauthorusestoachievetheirpurpose(particularword
choices,certainexamplesorwaysofarguing,data/statistics,charts,graphs,compositional
techniques,andsoforth)andhowthosestrategiesworkormightworkwiththeauthors
audience;
6. discusshowthesourceseemstobesituatedwithinaconversation,community,genre,or
disciplineisthesourcedoingsomethingreallynew,attackingalongheldposition,expandinga
lineofinquiryorresearch,clarifyinganissueorsetofissues,andsoforth;
7. articulatehoweachsourcemighttalktoatleastoneothersourceinyourannotated
bibliography(doesonesourcebuilduponanother,explainit,expandit,complicateit,opposeit,
andsoforth);
8. evaluatethesource(isitagoodsource,abadsource,andwhy?);
9. discusshowyoumightusethisarticleinyourresearchproject.
***NOTES:
Annotatedbibliographieswillvaryinlength,butadetailedannotatedbibliographywillprobably
beatleast350wordsperentry.
Youmayincludeavarietyoftypesofsources.Youmightfindthatanappropriatesourceisa
scholarlyarticle,asacredtext,aninterview,orevenanimageormovie.Asyouselectsources,
themostimportantthingisnotthesourceitself,buthowyouplantousethesourceandhow
youjustifyyouruseofthesource.
ProjectSubmission
RoughDraft:YourroughdraftshouldbepostedtoyourePortfolio,andyoushouldprovidea
webaddresstoitintheedXsubmissionsystemtoenablepeerreview.Besuretofollowallpeer
reviewsubmissioninstructionscarefully.
RevisedDraft:YourreviseddraftshouldbepostedtoyourePortfolio(i.e.,youshouldreviseyour
AnnotatedBibliographypage),andyoushouldprovideawebaddresstoitintheedXsubmission
system.
NOTE:inordertoreceivecreditforyourfinaldraft,youmustsubmitawebaddressthroughedX
intheproperplaceforthefinaldraftsubmission.
Tips:
Getstartedearly.
Reviewthisweeksmaterialsanddiscussions.
PaycloseattentiontotheePortfoliocoursesite@http://gfaeng102.weebly.com
Setawriting/researchscheduleandsticktoit.
Criteria 1 2 3 4 Comments
Each annotation includes an MLA Works Cited
citation that is appropriately formatted for the
type of source.
Outcomes: Knowledge of Conventions
Discusses each sources credibility
Outcomes: Rhetorical Knowledge; Critical
Thinking, Reading, and Composing
Summarizes each source
Outcomes: Rhetorical Knowledge; Critical
Thinking, Reading, and Composing; Processes;
Knowledge of Conventions
Takes a stance on each sources purpose
Outcomes: Rhetorical Knowledge; Critical
Thinking, Reading, and Composing; Knowledge
of Conventions
Provides strategies from each source and
explains how those strategies might work with
each sources audience
Outcomes: Rhetorical Knowledge; Critical
Thinking, Reading, and Composing; Processes;
Knowledge of Conventions
Situates each source within a conversation,
community, genre, or discipline
Outcomes: Critical Thinking, Reading, and
Composing; Knowledge of Conventions
Articulates how each source might talk with
at least one other source in the annotated
bibliography
Outcomes: Rhetorical Knowledge; Critical
Thinking, Reading, and Composing; Knowledge
of Conventions
Evaluates each source
Outcomes: Critical Thinking, Reading, and
Composing; Knowledge of Conventions
Discusses how each source might be used in
the larger research project
Outcomes: Rhetorical Knowledge; Critical
Thinking, Reading, and Composing; Processes;
Knowledge of Conventions
Overall
Criterion: 1 2 3 4 Comments
Each annotation includes an MLA
Works Cited citation that is
appropriately formatted for the type
of source.
Outcomes: Knowledge of
Conventions
3: satisfactory There are no more than two error patterns in source citation
2: needs some work There are no more than three error patterns in source citation
1: needs significant There are four or more error patterns in source citation
work
Criterion: 1 2 3 4 Comments
Discusses each sources credibility
Outcomes: Rhetorical Knowledge;
Critical Thinking, Reading, and
Composing
3: satisfactory Each sources summary is generally clear but lacks some focus
2: needs some work Each sources summary is somewhat ambiguous and unfocused
2: needs some work Provides at least one strategy from each source
Ambiguously explains how those strategies might work with each sources
audience
1: needs significant Does not provide at least one strategy from each source
work Does not explain how strategies might work with each sources audience
Criterion: 1 2 3 4 Comments
Situates each source within a
conversation, community, genre, or
discipline
Outcomes: Critical Thinking,
Reading, and Composing; Knowledge
of Conventions
4: excellent Clearly and concretely situates each source within a conversation, community,
genre, or discipline
Clearly and concretely explains what the source is doing within that conversation,
community, genre, or discipline
2: needs some work Ambiguously situates each source within a conversation, community, genre, or
discipline
Ambiguously explains what the source is doing within that conversation,
community, genre, or discipline
1: needs significant Does not situate each source within a conversation, community, genre, or
work discipline
Does not explain what the source is doing within that conversation, community,
genre, or discipline
Criterion: 1 2 3 4 Comments
Articulates how each source might
talk with at least one other source
in the annotated bibliography
Outcomes: Rhetorical Knowledge;
Critical Thinking, Reading, and
Composing; Knowledge of
Conventions
4: excellent Clearly and concretely articulates how each source might talk with at least one
other source in the annotated bibliography
3: satisfactory Articulates how each source might talk with at least one other source in the
annotated bibliography
2: needs some work Ambiguously articulates how each source might talk with at least one other
source in the annotated bibliography
1: needs significant Does not articulate how each source might talk with at least one other source
work in the annotated bibliography
Criterion: 1 2 3 4 Comments
Evaluates each source
Outcomes: Critical Thinking,
Reading, and Composing; Knowledge
of Conventions
4: excellent Clearly and concretely discusses how each source might be used in the larger
research project
3: satisfactory Discusses how each source might be used in the larger research project
2: needs some work Ambiguously discusses how each source might be used in the larger research
project
1: needs significant Does not discuss how each source might be used in the larger research project
work