English B1A CLASS PACK - Bakersfield College

Annotated BibliographyEnglish B1AThe annotated bibliography is an alphabetized list of sources you intend to usefor your research paper. Below each entry is a short paragraph brieflydescribing the content of the source and how you plan to use it in your researchpaper.Requirements:• Type your working thesis statement at the top of your annotatedbibliography.• The annotated bibliography must contain nine or more relevant sourcesthat you are considering using for your research paper with annotationsfollowing each one.• Each annotation should be at least four to six sentences long, brieflydescribing what the source is about and explaining how you plan to usethe information in your essay.• The annotated bibliography may include any combination of books andarticles (including articles accessed from databases). At least 3 sourcesmust be scholarly. At least one source must be less than six months old.• You may use one Internet source. (If you must refer to more than onewebsite in your paper, the additional sites will not count toward theminimum number of total sources.)• You may use interviews; however, only one of these can count toward theminimum of nine sources. You must conduct the interview before turningin the annotated bibliography.• The annotated bibliography must be in MLA format. (See MLA Handbook.)• Use 12-point font.• Double space.English B1A Annotated Bibliography Grading RubricWorking Thesis Statement (10 points)Nine appropriate, relevant, varied sources are annotated; at least 3 are scholarly;at least one is less than 6 months old (20 points)Citations are correct (20 points)Summaries are concise yet thorough (15 points)Entries explain how the source will be used (15 points)Entries are about 1/3 to 1/2 of a page each (5 points)Grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting, alphabetical order (15 points)Total (out of 100)16