Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
ENGL 4790
McDowell
Overview: After reading our two textbooks, you should now have an understanding of the importance of being able to show students what good writing looks like. It is one thing to tell a student how to use Proper Nouns in a narrative poem, but it is even more effective for them to see it in a published work by a “real” author. After all, who has more credibility than someone who has gone through the writing process, worked with an editor, and was declared well enough for print?
Goals: Students will be familiar with a wide variety of mentor texts to use in their classroom to demonstrate various qualities and genres of writing.
Objectives: Students will write an annotated bibliography that provides an evaluation and summation of twenty mentor texts.
Materials: Students will need access to the teen or young adult section of either a library or bookstore. Waldo Library has an extensive teen book section on the second level floor next to the crossover to the computer lab. Kalamazoo Public Library has a vast teen room with knowledgeable staff on their basement level. Barnes and Nobles also has a large teen/young adult section.
Procedure
1. Choose 3 different genres to explore in teen/young adult literature.
2. Choose 1 other subject areas to explore teen/young adult literature.
3. Choose 5 writing techniques to teach using teen/young adult literature.
4. Create an annotated bibliography for 20 different books.
5. Create an annotated bibliography for each text in your chosen genres, subject area, and writing techniques. Annotations should include a summary of the book’s plot, a summary of the instructional element of the book, and an explanation of how this selection fits into the writing curriculum.
6. Organize your annotated bibliography alphabetically within categories (commas, science fiction, fractions, etc.) Each category should have a heading. Please use MLA format.
*Please note that the books you choose for this project need to be books that are new to you and that you are reading for the first time for this course.
ENGL 4790
McDowell
Overview: After reading our two textbooks, you should now have an understanding of the importance of being able to show students what good writing looks like. It is one thing to tell a student how to use Proper Nouns in a narrative poem, but it is even more effective for them to see it in a published work by a “real” author. After all, who has more credibility than someone who has gone through the writing process, worked with an editor, and was declared well enough for print?
Goals: Students will be familiar with a wide variety of mentor texts to use in their classroom to demonstrate various qualities and genres of writing.
Objectives: Students will write an annotated bibliography that provides an evaluation and summation of twenty mentor texts.
Materials: Students will need access to the teen or young adult section of either a library or bookstore. Waldo Library has an extensive teen book section on the second level floor next to the crossover to the computer lab. Kalamazoo Public Library has a vast teen room with knowledgeable staff on their basement level. Barnes and Nobles also has a large teen/young adult section.
Procedure
1. Choose 3 different genres to explore in teen/young adult literature.
2. Choose 1 other subject areas to explore teen/young adult literature.
3. Choose 5 writing techniques to teach using teen/young adult literature.
4. Create an annotated bibliography for 20 different books.
5. Create an annotated bibliography for each text in your chosen genres, subject area, and writing techniques. Annotations should include a summary of the book’s plot, a summary of the instructional element of the book, and an explanation of how this selection fits into the writing curriculum.
6. Organize your annotated bibliography alphabetically within categories (commas, science fiction, fractions, etc.) Each category should have a heading. Please use MLA format.
*Please note that the books you choose for this project need to be books that are new to you and that you are reading for the first time for this course.