Class today: October 10th

1. Pick your strongest thesis with what you feel has the strongest support sources. For that thesis/claim, you will be creating an annotated bibliography.  This bibliography will contain the 2 sources you have already found, cited, and examined (in the previous class periods).

For WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY- You need to have your FIRST ANNOTATION completed. This is only for ONE source. You need to have it both saved in a Google Doc. and bring in a hard copy.

You will see a sample annotated bibliography AND instructions on construction of how to do an annotated bibliography under "Writing Links"

The things you need to focus on while doing this first annotation:
1. MLA FORMAT- Make sure that your formatting matches EXACTLY the sample you were given and/or the electronic samples found under "writing links". This means double/triple check the following: Headers (last name and page numbers); Paper heading (order, spacing, date format); Title format (location, spacing); Works Cited information for your source (location, formatting, hanging indent, spacing, punctuation, necessary information); Paper margins; Block formatting that align with the hanging indent of the citation (look at the sample.. second line of the citation.. the paragraphs are lined up under)

2. Three separate paragraphs for the source: 1st- Summary of the article/source. 2nd- Assessment of the article/source. 3rd- Reflection and utilization plan for the article/source. The writing does not have to be as extensive as our "new normal" extended paragraph structure, but you do need to be implementing the general concepts of writing we have been covering (Making a point/topic sentences, transitions, 3rd person POV, explanations of 'How' and 'Why', etc.). Remember you need to have 2 direct quotes from the source in the annotation... integrated, contextualized, and cited properly (you should already have the in-text citation information). Do not put an extra space between paragraphs.

3. No need to be formal, but sketch out a quick outline for the annotation before writing. This will help you focus your purpose of the section, stay concise, and entertain the necessary information. When you start writing, you can then focus on writing conventions and formatting... you won't have to balance ideas in there as well (this is where things go wrong).

4. Remember tips that you have been learning along the way: *Introduction to authors and how to reference them after their introductions. WATCH YOUR PRONOUNING- Rule of thumb with pronouns.. Use a pronoun.. its ANTECEDENT (the word the pronoun replaces) must be IN the sentence with the pronoun or directly in the sentence before. *Reference Cole's Rules of Writing.  *When in doubt-explain. *Proof read for simple errors.