UNV 104 Brainstorming and Beginning Research

UNV 104 Brainstorming and Beginning Research

Reading
Strategies and Annotated Reference List Assignment

Using your preferred reading strategy, read through three articles you plan to use as
references in your Expository Essay. You will then complete the assignment,
which in return, will also help you prepare citations for you to include within
your essay.

Review the Topic 2 readings and resources.

Access and
complete the “Annotated Reference List” worksheet.

Submit the
completed assignment to the final assignment drop box by the end of Topic 2
(Sunday, by 11:59pm, Arizona Time).

Name:

Course:

Date:

Instructor:

Annotated Reference List

Directions:

Refer back
to your Topic 1 Brainstorming and Beginning Research worksheet for your
peer-reviewed articles to complete this worksheet (unless you have found more
relevant articles, then use those that are the most relevant for your topic).

UNV 104 Brainstorming and Beginning Research

From the Topic 1 Brainstorming and Beginning Research worksheet choose three of the
peer-reviewed articles that you think will best support the topic chosen from
the Brainstorming Worksheet. You may also choose to find three new articles
that are more relevant to your topic.

Read the
articles, and in your own words fill in each table below by answering the
following questions for each different article:

• What was the main point/argument of
this article?

• What did the author(s) conclude?

• How did this article support your
topic?

• What questions or new ideas did
this article leave you with?

Each
summary should be 100-150 words in length; making a total word count of 300-450
words in length for this assignment.

Helpful
Tip: Review the reading strategies on pages 70-73 in the textbook to aid in
reading peer-reviewed journal articles.

Note: The
box area can be manipulated as you type your summaries.

What is
your Topic (chosen from the Brainstorming Worksheet):

APA
Reference:

Provide a
100-150 word summary of your article by answering the following questions:

• What was the main point/argument of
this article?

• What did the author(s) conclude?

• How did this article support your
subtopic?

• What questions or new ideas did this
article leave you with?

APA
Reference:

Provide a
100-150 word summary of your article by answering the following questions:

• What was the main point/argument of
this article?

• What did the author(s) conclude?

• How did this article support your
subtopic?

• What questions or new ideas did
this article leave you with?

APA
Reference:

Provide a100-150 word summary of your article by answering the following questions:

• What was the main point/argument of
this article?

• What did the author(s) conclude?

• How did this article support your
subtopic?

• What questions or new ideas did
this article leave you with?

UNV104 21st Century Skills: Communication and Information
Literacy