Reading Strategies and Annotated Reference List Assignment

Reading Strategies and Annotated Reference List Assignment

Reading Strategies and Annotated Reference List Assignment

Week 2 Assignment 

Read through three articles that you intend to use as references in your Expository Essay using your preferred reading strategy. You will then complete the assignment, which will assist you in preparing citations to include in your essay.

Examine the readings and resources for Topic 2.

Access and complete the worksheet “Annotated Reference List.”

By the end of Topic 2, submit the completed assignment to the final assignment drop box (Sunday, by 11:59pm, Arizona Time).

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Annotated Bibliography

Directions:

To complete this worksheet, refer back to your Topic 1 Brainstorming and Beginning Research worksheet for your peer-reviewed articles (unless you have found more relevant articles, then use those that are the most relevant for your topic).

Choose three peer-reviewed articles from the Topic 1 Brainstorming and Beginning Research worksheet that you believe will best support the topic chosen from the Brainstorming Worksheet. You could also look for three new articles that are more relevant to your topic.

Read the articles and fill out each table below in your own words by answering the following questions for each article:

• What was the main point or argument of this article?

• What conclusions did the author(s) reach?

• How did this article contribute to your topic?

• What questions or new ideas did this article inspire in you?

Each summary should be 100-150 words long, for a total word count of 300-450 for this assignment.

Review the reading strategies on pages 70-73 of the textbook to help you read peer-reviewed journal articles.

Please keep in mind that the box area can be manipulated as you type your summaries.

What is your topic (as determined by the Brainstorming Worksheet):

APA Reference:

Provide a 100-150 word summary of your article by answering the following questions:

•             What was the main point/argument of this article?

•             What did the author(s) conclude?

•             How did this article support your subtopic?

•             What questions or new ideas did this article leave you with?

APA Reference:

Provide a 100-150 word summary of your article by answering the following questions:

•             What was the main point/argument of this article?

•             What did the author(s) conclude?

•             How did this article support your subtopic?

•             What questions or new ideas did this article leave you with?

APA Reference:

Provide a 100-150 word summary of your article by answering the following questions:

•             What was the main point/argument of this article?

•             What did the author(s) conclude?

•             How did this article support your subtopic?

•             What questions or new ideas did this article leave you with?