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Annotated Bibliography (4-5 pages)

100 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 first step in exploring topics in ethnic literature will be to gain a better understanding of the scholarly work being done on your text and theme. For this project, students will create an annotated bibliography for their proposed final paper text and topic topic.

Scaffolded Steps:

1. List of 15-20 sources (scholarly or professional sources) for annotated bibliography. Due 2/12/16.
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.  
2. One complete (sample) annotation. Due 2/15/16. 
3. Revised research question. Due 2/17/16. 
4. Rough draft of Project Two for Rough Draft Workship. Due 2/22/16.
1.  Rough draft MUST include historical overview of topic related to research question.
2.  Conferences for Project Two will be held in my office.
3. Final draft of Project Two due to WIKI page AND Turnitin. Due 2/29/16.
4.  For the final draft of Project Two, students should compile a portfolio of all the assignments listed above.
5.  The final annotated bibliography and topic history should build on research question developed in Project One. 
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). 
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 STUDENT'S SPECIFIC CITATION AND RESEARCH FORMAT (i.e. MLA, APA, AMA...).   
8. POINTS:  
1. Annotated Bib with assessment and summary - 50 pts.
2. Historical overview - 50 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