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Annotated Bibliography (4-5 pages)

200 points total

• Rough draft workshop: TBA (POST rough draft to wiki).
• Conferences: TBA
• Final draft: TBA
•  Post to TURNITIN (final papers will be graded from Turnitin)
• Post to Roster page as well. 

The next step in exploring discourse communities will be to gain a better understanding of the scholarly work being done in your field. For this project, students will create an annotated bibliography for their proposed research question and add a historical overview of a related topic.

Project Two Steps:

1. List of 15-20 sources (scholarly or professional sources) for annotated bibliography. TBA.
1. Sources should be published between 1980 and the present (2012). Bibliography MUST include 1-2 sources from the 1980s-1990s and 3-5 sources from 2010-2012.  Worth 5 pts.
   
2. Revised research question. Due TBA. 5 pts. 
   
3. Rough draft for Rough Draft Workship. Due TBA.
1. Rough draft MUST include historical overview of topic related to research question.
2. Conferences for Project Two will be held in my office on TBA. Sign up here: Project Two Conferences
4. Final draft of annotated bibliography due to WIKI page AND TURNITIN. Due TBA.
1. For the final draft of the annotated bibliography students should compile a portfolio of all the assignments listed above.
2. The final annotated bibliography and topic history should be building blocks for the final project. 
1. Each annotation should be 1 - 2 paragraphs. 
2. Annotations should include SUMMARY and ASSESSMENT. 
3. Annotated bib should be SINGLE spaced.
4. Historical overview should be DOUBLE spaced (2 pages). 
   
5. Historical overview of the scholarship should reflect on the EVOLUTION of the topic (in scholarship/scholarly literature). And the historical overview should be related to the primary text you are studying for your final research paper. 
6. Historical overview should be at least TWO pages (and no more than three pages). 
7. Historical overview should be written in standard paragraph form and it should utilize the conventions of MLA format.   
8. POINTS:  
   
1. Annotated Bib with assessment and summary - 45 pts.
2. Historical overview - 45 pts.  
   

Resources: 

• Annotated Bibliography Examples:

• Common Features of Research Articles.docx  
• Purdue Owl Annotated Bib information: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/  
• Remember, annotations for this project should only include SUMMARY and ASSESSMENT. The reflection aspect is incorporated into the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.  
• Historical Overview Example