Reading Response 3
Instructions
For this assignment, you will create a short annotated bibliography to share some of your research findings. The sources should not be from this class or the textbook, but rather information you have found in your own searches.
An annotated bibliography is a common academic tool for citing, summarizing, and evaluating what you read. The name can sound intimidating, but it’s simply a way to engage with new information you’re learning and might use in your own writing.
Instructions: Complete MLA-formatted bibliography entries for two potential Essay 3 sources, each containing:
• A Work Cited entry
• A summary of the text’s main ideas (150-300 words)
• An explanation of how, specifically, this text might be useful to you in supporting your claims in Essay 3
Before completing this exercise, have you…
Carefully read at least two sources you think may be useful in supporting your argument.
Ideally, each text provides different information or types of evidence for your argument.
It will not be useful to include multiple articles that prove pretty much the same thing. Instead, consider how different “voices” in your essay can help you examine a complex topic from multiple angles or with different types of credibility.
How Are Reading Responses Evaluated?
An above average or exceptional (that is, a “B” or an “A”) response will include:
• An above average Thoughtful, thorough responses to the topic that go beyond surface-level summary
• Clearly-organized ideas that allow a reader to follow the writer’s logic
• Reasonable proofreading and a writing style that allows good content to shine
• No second person (“you”) unless in a direct quote
• Quality support and examples from sources
*The primary differences between “B” and “A” level responses are quality of proofreading and sophistication of ideas.
