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Week 4

Week 4. Mrs. Lowrance English 1302. Brief Assignment #4, etc. Annotated Bibliographies. Brief Assignment #4.

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Week 4

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  1. Week 4 Mrs. Lowrance English 1302

  2. Brief Assignment #4, etc. Annotated Bibliographies

  3. Brief Assignment #4 • Objective: To demonstrate your ability to evaluate source materialPurpose: You will need to locate and evaluate the sources you plan to use in your essay draft 1.1; this assignment will help you become more proficient at doing so. • Description: To complete this assignment, use the Bedford Bibliographer to assist you in completing an annotated bibliography. Each entry in an annotated bibliography consists of two elements: an initial citation in MLA format (see Chapter 18 of your St. Martin’s e-handbook), followed by a 100 – 150 word evaluation of each source, in which you will evaluate the relevance, accuracy and quality of the source. Your evaluation should also include a brief summary of key points of each source’s content. Your bibliography should contain a minimum of six annotated entries.

  4. Brief Assignment #4 . . . continued • (Not in the assignment directions) AT THE BEGINNING of your assignment, you should include a brief introduction (3-4 sentences) to your topic, so that your graders can more fully evaluate your source choice. • FOCUS ON SOURCES PUBLISHED WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS. • All citations should be in proper MLA format. For assistance with MLA formatting, you may consult your St. Martin’s Handbook (Chapter 18), or the Bedford Bibliographer, or a tutor at the UWC.

  5. Why Annotated Bibliographies? • To learn about your topic; • Aid in helping you remember what a source says; • Annotated bibliographies allow you to see what has been done in the literature and where your own research or scholarship can fit; • To help you formulate a thesis: Every good research paper has an argument of some sort. The purpose of research is to state and support a thesis. So a very important part of research is developing a thesis that is debatable, interesting, and current. • Recent research materials are important.

  6. Why I am doing this in English 1302? • Almost all disciplines utilize some form of the annotated bibliography; • Learning to evaluate your source material is a crucial skill as a writer and as a student; • Remember that all of the assignments in this course fit together: • BA #4 – Annotated Bib with six (6) sources on a particular research topic (DUE Saturday) • Draft 1.1 – Literature Review with eight (8) sources on your chosen topic (DUE Next Saturday); • Draft 2.1 – Classical argument essay

  7. Source Evaluation – Key Points • It will be useful to provide a brief summary of the key points of each particular source. • (If you do this now, it will prevent you from having to remember some of the specifics from each article!) • What are the main arguments? • What is the point of this book or article? • What topics are covered? • If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say? • REMEMBER: Summary alone will not suffice for your annotations in this assignment. You MUST include points of relevance, accuracy, and quality.

  8. Source Evaluation - Relevance • How and why is this particular source important to your research topic? • Why does this particular source matter? • How closely related is the source to the narrowed topic you are pursuing? • How are you going to use this source in your potential work? • Does the source provide information that supports your point? • Does the source provide information that supports the counterargument to your work?

  9. Source Evaluation - Accuracy • Are all of your potential sources reputable? • If you are using journal articles, are all of the journals peer-reviewed? • If you are using a book chapter, what can you find out about the book’s publisher? • How accurate and complete is the information in the source? • How thorough is the bibliography or list of works cited that accompanies the source? • Does the author or author’s use information from peer-reviewed sources? • Can you find other sources that corroborate what your source is saying?

  10. Source Evaluation - Accuracy “I found this source through the TTU library, so it is a reputable source.” THIS RESPONSE, OR ANY VARIATION THEREOF, IS NOT A VALID FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. Do not simply say the source is relevant or accurate without verifying the claim. Annotations DO NOT NEED direct quotes or paraphrases, so you should have no textual citation in the annotations.

  11. Source Evaluation - Quality • Credentials of the publisher or sponsor • Is your source sponsored by a professional organization or academic institution? • Credentials of the author • Is your author an “expert” in the field? • What makes them qualified to say what they say? • Use the greatness of the World Wide Web to find out more about your source material and your author.

  12. For Participation Next Week • Next Week’s participation grade will be counted twice, so be sure to do it and bring it to class! • 800-1000 word rough draft (typed, 1” margins, Times New Roman font, double-spaced). I will be liberal with taking points off of this participation grade if effort is not made to make sure it is formatted correctly.

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