This Proving Ground assignment serves three (3) purposes:
To help you find supporting evidence for your proposal essay,
To earn a grade for your ENGL 1301 course, and
To help you possibly earn your 21st Century Skills Mircrocredential Critical Thinking Badge (CTB).
Keep in mind, this is Proving Ground 1 of 4. In order to earn your Skills Badge, you must score 80% or higher on all four (4) Proving Ground assignments.
As you find your three (3) resources, and compose the three (3) paragraphs for each source you will be sharpening the following skills:
CTB-Gather & Assess Relevant Information: Individuals ground problem-solving in facts rather than assertions.
ENGL 1301 SLO: Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative research processes.
ENGL 1301 SLO: Analyze, interpret, and evaluate a variety of texts for the ethical and logical uses of evidence.
ENGL 1301 SLO: Apply the conventions of style manuals for specific academic disciplines (MLA).
Proposal Essay Step 2: The Annotated Bibliography Assignment
The annotated bibliography is the research component of your proposal essay. It includes citation information (Works Cited Entries), a summary, an evaluation, and a reflection for each of the sources used for researching a topic. For this assignment, you will need to create an annotated bibliography that consists of three (3) sources. Each source should support the topic you will be writing about in your proposal essay. For each of the sources you select for this assignment, you should have four parts: source citation information, a summary of the source, an evaluation of the source, and a reflection for a total of nine (9) paragraphs. Each section is explained in detail below:
Source Citation: This is the source information in MLA format.
Summary Paragraph: What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say?
Evaluation/Assessment Paragraph: Is it a useful source? Is the information reliable? What is the goal of this source? Check it with your CRAP Test.
Reflection Paragraph: Was this source helpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument? How can you use this source in your paper? Has it changed how you think about your topic?
Research your topic and find three (3) sources to help you build your proposal argument.
Read and annotate the three (3) sources to create academic level notes to integrate ideas and supporting evidence into your proposal essay.
Open your titled Word Document and create Works Cited page entries for the three (3) sources according to MLA format and guidelines (see textbook or OWL for formatting).
Add three (3) paragraphs after each entry: Summary, Evaluation, Reflection.
