50 points Name: _______________________________ ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY RUBRIC Objective: A preliminary annotative bibliography containing a variety of sources must be completed prior to the first rough draft in order to check your progress. Your preliminary annotative bibliography must contain five sources, two of which could be from scholarly journals. The bibliography must also follow proper MLA format and be annotated. Each annotation must include the following: Criteria Proficient (2) Basic (1) Below Basic (0) Summary Brief summaries of the contents of the resources are evident, yet concise (one to two sentences per resource). Summaries are too lengthy and/or take away from the evaluation of the resource in relationship to the research focus. No summaries were evident. Connections Ways in which the resources connect to the specific research sub-topics (as possibly indicated in the paper’s outline) are clearly identified, along with ways in which the resources offer unique value or relate to each other It is clear how the source relates to the overall research topic, but not how it connects to any specific subtopics or to the other sources No connections identified. Source Quality and Authority The validity/ reliability of the information has been evaluated accurately. The author or the publisher has been identified along with mention of their professional credits as they relate to the research. The impact of the copyright date may have been considered. The evaluation of validity/reliability is brief and unconvincing and/or the author or publisher has been identified without mention of their professional credits. No evaluation of validity/reliability of information or the impact of the copyright date have taken place. The author or publisher has not been identified. Citation Style/Formatting Proper formatting is evident in the citation and the annotation throughout the entire bibliography. Proper formatting is evident in the citation or the annotation throughout some of the bibliography. Proper formatting is not evident in the citation or the annotations. Writing Varied sentence structure, formal and appropriate terminology, and correct spelling/grammar are evident throughout all the annotations within the entire bibliography. Proper sentence structure, formal and appropriate terminology, and correct spelling/grammar are evident throughout some of the bibliography. Proper sentence structure, formal and appropriate terminology, and correct spelling/grammar are not evident throughout. Name: _______________________________ PRELIMINARY ANNOTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY CHECKLIST Source