Alignment Chart: Annotated Bibliography Creation

This unit of instruction aims to give students and teachers an understanding of the scope of an annotated
bibliography and a process for completing one.
Instruction will be blended. Instruction that is online is colored green, and instruction that is face-to-face is colored orange. (Note:
Individual instructors may choose to deliver instruction in online or face-to-face format differently than I have designed below.)

Terminal Objective: Students will be able to cite sources of information about a research topic, both webbased and print-based, in the MLA format style.
Enabling Objectives Assessment Idea
Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Connect Activity
(Info
(Practice)
(Create and
Transmission)
Context)
Students will select Objective quiz to
PowerPoint
Objective quiz on
None
appropriate webfocus on whether
presentation
appropriateness of
based sources of
students can
covering various
sources
information on the
discern the
types of sources
assigned research
appropriateness of
used in research
topic.
sources.
and the MLA format
(face-to-face
for those types of
instruction followed
sources and some
by online work)
resources on the
topic
Students will select Objective quiz to
Objective quiz on
None
print-based sources focus on students
differences
of information on a abilities to find
between printresearch topic.
print-based
based on online
sources, and to
only sources
distinguish them
from online only

resources.
Students will cite
Formative
each of the sources assessment that
of information using will give students
the correct MLA
an unlimited
format style.
number of attempts
to cite five sources
in correct MLA
format. Types of
sources will vary
website, printbased newspaper,
student database,
etc.
Students will
Assessment:
construct a
students will be
bibliography of
asked to complete
sources cited in
this task. This will
correct MLA format be peer reviewed
style that is
and self-reviewed
alphabetized by the before submitting
first letter of each
for a grade.
citation entry.
(face-to-face or
online)

Formative
assessment to cite
five sources using
MLA format

None

Students construct a bibliography

of sources using MLA format
Self-review of bibliography
Peer review of another students
bibliography

Terminal Objective: For each citation with the bibliography, students will type an annotation that
summarizes and analyzes the source of information.
Enabling Objectives Assessment Idea
Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Connect Activity

Students will
summarize and
analyze each cited
source of
information on a
research topic.

Students will create

2-4 sentence
summaries of each
of the sources that
they found useful
when researching a
given topic.

Students will create

1-2 sentences of
analysis of each of
the sources that
they found useful
when researching a
given topic.

Case Study
Discussion: All will
read the same
article with the
same research
topic in mind, and
well list and
discuss student
appraisals and
critiques.
Formative
Assessment: each
student will be
asked to submit
this for 3 of his/her
sources. An
assigned partner
will give feedback
using a grading
rubric.
Formative
Assessment: each
student will be
asked to submit
this for 3 of his/her
sources. An
assigned partner
will give feedback
using a grading
rubric.

An article for all to

read for our
discussion;
examples of highquality student
summaries and
analytical critiques
posted as resources

Students read an article, then summarize

and critique it sharing summaries and
analytical critiques in a class discussion.
Each student will arrive at his/her own
sense of high-quality summary and
analytical critique

A grading rubric will Each student submits summaries of 3 of

be supplied by
his/her sources, and receives feedback
instructor for
from a peer.
student use
Each student acts as a peer reviewer of
anothers summaries.

A grading rubric will Each student submits analysis sentences

be supplied by
on 3 of his/her sources, and receives
instructor for
feedback from a peer.
student use
Each student acts as a peer reviewer of
anothers analysis sentences.

Students will
complete the
annotated
bibliography with
its mix of online
and print-based
sources in MLA
format and its
annotations with
summary and
analysis content.

Summative
Assessment:
Teacher will grade
this unit-ending
assignment and
offer written
feedback.

Instructions and
deadlines for this
assessment will
include information
about a grading
rubric that
instructor will use

Each student will complete the polished

annotated bibliography.