Annotated Bibliography - Due February 27

Senior Annotated Bibliography Project

Objectives: 

• To synthesize preliminary research.
• To evaluate sources for validity. 
• To create an annotated bibliography.

Grading:

• Annotated Bibliography - 150 points, 10 sources

Annotated Bibliography Rubric

	Excellent	Above Average	Average	Poor	Incomplete
Content 2 points	Your sources are interesting and they are all clearly related to your topic.	Your sources are interesting and most are clearly related to your topic.	Your sources cover your topic, but they are less interesting and the relationship to your paper is less clear.	Few, if any, of your sources are related to your topic.  You seem to have no real interest in your paper.
Relative Importance to Subject 2 points	You select a variety of research sources that are all written at the appropriate level for this paper’s purpose.  The connection between your sources and your topic are clear;	You select a variety of research sources & most are written at the appropriate level for this paper’s purpose.  In most cases the connection between your source & the topic is clear.	The sources you selected are less varied, but most are written at the appropriate level for this project’s purpose.  At times the connection between the sources and your topic is unclear.	You select mostly one source type (i.e., Internet sites, books, etc.)  Quite often the connection is unclear if there is one at all.
Annotation: Includes all 6 points. See explanation. 6 points	Your annotation follows the 6 points and provides the main conclusions of each source.	You clearly summarize the main conclusions of each of your sources and include most of the 6 points for annotations.	You clearly summarize the main conclusion of each of your sources, but  fail to include most of the annotation points.	You try to summarize your sources, but have trouble focusing on the main idea. You make little or no attempt to include all 6 points for annotations.
Conventions: Proofreading, Spelling, Grammar, MLA Style 5 points	You correctly cite at least 6 sources using the MLA style described in class. Your work is in ABC order and proofread!	You correctly cite at least 6  sources using the MLA style described in class and there are a few errors.	You cite less than 6 sources and try to use MLA style described in class, but have some difficulty.	You cite fewer than 6 sources using your own citation style or use MLA style but there are many errors
Total - 15 points per source

Example:

Mélendez, A. (1990). “The Effects of Local Labor Market on Puerto Rican, White and Black Women.” Journal of Social Issues, 35 (3), 4-24. Considering earnings, unemployment, city size, industrial change, and other variables, the author, a researcher at M.I.T., focuses on the impact of local labor market conditions and infers differences in the long-term trends in labor force participation for each of these groups. He supports the thesis that White women are less responsive to income change and more responsive to the discouraged worker effect when unemployment rises than either Black or Puerto Rican women. Other factors affect Black or Puerto Rican population more so than the White. Based on studies by Bowne and Finegan (1969) and Santana-Cooney (1979) this work goes even further in detailing labor market impact on work force participation.

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The Death of Ivan Ilyich Study Guide - Due Dates Given in Class

The Death of Ivan Ilyich Study Guide

Ch. 1:  (In each case give concrete examples directly from the text and indicate the page number).

1.      How do those "left behind" respond? co-workers? friends? widow? children?  (Attend to the variety of responses)

2.      What emotions are demonstrated?  What gaps exist between internal and external expressions of emotion?  Why do you think such gaps exist?

3.      What kinds of distractions/obstacles/concerns intervene in the grieving process for the various mourners?  What other considerations come into play as the various mourners react to the death?

4.      Which responses does Tolstoy suggest are "universal?  which seem to be peculiar to the character of Ivan Ilych?

5.      What mourning/memorial rituals and practices are presented here?

6.      What is done to/with the body?  How is it laid out?  What actions are expected of the various mourners? 

Ch. 2-3  (In each case give concrete examples directly from the text and indicate the page number).

1.      What are the character qualities of Ivan Ilych as a child and school boy?

2.      What characteristics emerge in the young man?

3.      How do these traits shape his adult life and behavior?

4.      Describe Ivan Ilych's experiences as a young husband and father?  How does his personal life affect his professional life and vice versa?

5.      What motivates him in making certain decisions about his personal life and about his professional life?

6.      How does the change in Ivan Ilych's professional status in midlife (first in terms of being passed over for promotion and then in terms of being granted a new higher position with better pay) affect his sense of self and happiness?

7.      How does his personal life alter?

8.      How do we as readers react to Ivan Ilych's  "bruise?"  How does Ivan Ilych?  Praskovya Fedorovna? 

9.      Tolstoy has made a deliberate decision to tell us about the post-death period before he takes us back to Ivan Ilych's earlier life and to the original moment when his injury occurred which will ultimately lead to his death.  How does that shape our reaction?  How does it help us assess the reaction of the various characters?

Ch. 4-6  (In each case give concrete examples directly from the text and indicate the page number).

1.      What are the relatively early symptoms of Ivan Ilych's disorder?

2.      How does it affect his perosnal life and professional life in these early days?

3.      What is the attitude of Praskovya Fedorovna to Ivan Ilych's behavior, temper, illness?

4.      What is Ivan Ilych's experience with the medical profession?

5.      What kind of information and involvement in his condition is Ivan Ilych permitted?

6.      What is the family's reaction to Ivan Ilych's medical news?

7.      How does Ivan Ilych feel about the medical profession and the treatment of his case?

8.      What emotions does Ivan Ilych experience/exhibit in this period?

9.      How does his wife interact with him?  How does she feel about his worsening state?

10.  What role does the brother-in-law play?

11.  How do colleagues and friends perceive/react to his condition?

12.  At what point does Ivan Ilych acknowledge that he is dying and what is his emotional reaction to that realization?

Ch. 7-8  (In each case give concrete examples directly from the text and indicate the page number

1.      What kinds of medical/physical experiences do we see as Ivan Ilych's condition becomes grave?

2.      What is Ivan's interaction with the doctor like?  How do we assess the doctor's observations? attitudes? style?

3.      What kinds of emotions does he experience as his suffering increases? 

4.      What is the response and actions of Ivan Ilych's family (particularly the wife and the daughter) and how does Ivan react to them?

Ch. 9-11  (In each case give concrete examples directly from the text and indicate the page number).

1.      What kinds of medical/physical experiences do we see as Ivan Ilych's condition in these final weeks of Ivan's life?

2.      What kinds of emotions does he experience as his suffering increases and death approaches?

3.      What is Geriasim's role and how does he interact with Ivan Ilych?

4.      What is the response and actions of Ivan Ilych's family?

5.      What role does religion/belief play?

6.      Does Ivan Ilych "learn" from his suffering?  grow through it? transcend it?

7.      How does the account of these final weeks, days, and hours shape how we think about what we had read in Ch. 1?  How do we see things differently when we reread Ch. 1 having finished the text?