Group Activity: Annotated Bibliography Entries- Glows and Grows!!!
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Annotated Bibliography Activity
Remember: The entries of an Annotated Bibliography have three distinct parts.
- A citation in MLA format.
- A brief one to two sentence summary or description of the source. Note that longer projects, like theses or dissertations may have longer, more in-depth summaries.
- The scholar’s evaluation of the cited source. In your evaluation, critically assess the selected source for accuracy, relevance, and quality. You can choose to compare the source to other sources on the same topic that you have also cited to show similarities and differences. You MUST explain why each source is useful for your research topic and how it relates to your topic. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the source. Identify the observations or conclusions of the author.
Directions- Independently, read through the three different examples of annotated bibliography entries. In your groups, first, label the three distinct parts of the annotated bibliography entry. Using the highlighter in the word toolbar, highlight the citation in RED, the summary in GREEN, and the evaluation in YELLOW.
Next, give one glow (What did they do well?) and one grow (What can they improve?) regarding the scholar’s annotated bibliography entry. Write your glows and grows on 3 different Post-It notes for students 1, 2, and 3. Discuss your glows and grows with your group!!!
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Student 1 Holtschneider, Casey. “A Part of Something: The Importance of Transitional Living Programs within a Housing First Framework for Youth Experiencing Homelessness.” Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 65, spring 2016, pp. 204–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.04.009. The author of this article, Casey Holtschneider, argues that in order to better serve the needs of homeless youths, research needs to be done on which types of services best meet their needs. In particular, she is interested in understanding the impact of transitional living programs (TLPs) on the lives of homeless young people. Holtschneider found that TLPs were beneficial in many ways including: they provided a sense of family for those living in TLPS, helped them feel more understanding towards each other, and encouraged community and friendship building. I am interested in using this article because I am writing about the relationship between foster care and homelessness and I want to talk about ways to overcome the problem.
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Student 2 Mearns, Jack, and Nadia Alvarez. “The Benefits of Writing and Performing in the Spoken Word Poetry Community.” The Arts in Psychotherapy, vol. 41, no. 3, July 2014, pp. 263-268. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2014.03.004. Spoken word poetry is distinctive because it is written to be performed out loud, in person, by the poet. The ten poets interviewed by these authors describe “a reciprocal relationship between the audience and the poet” created by that practice of performance. To build community, spoken word poets keep metaphor and diction relatively simple and accessible. Richness is instead built through fragmented stories that coalesce into emotional narratives about personal and community concerns. This understanding of poets’ intentions illuminates their recorded performances.
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Student 3 Ontiveros, Randy J. In the Spirit of a New People: The Cultural Politics of the Chicano Movement. New York UP, 2014. This book analyzes the journalism, visual arts, theater, and novels of the Chicano movement from 1960 to the present as articulations of personal and collective values. Chapter 3 grounds the theater of El Teatro Campesino in the labor and immigrant organizing of the period, while Chapter 4 situates Sandra Cisneros’s novel Caramelo in the struggles of Chicana feminists to be heard in the traditional and nationalist elements of the Chicano movement. Ontiveros provides a powerful and illuminating historical context for the literary and political texts of the movement.
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Last, but not least!!
Formatting Guidelines MLA Ninth Edition:
- 1” margins
- Citations are indented half an inch (.5”)
- Annotations are indented one inch (1”)
- Readable font such as Times Roman font, between 11-13pt font size
- Double spaced
- Organized alphabetically by author’s last name
- Start annotation on the next line.