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Lesson 5

We will write annotated bibliographies for our individually researched resources.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I express an accurate understanding of the central ideas of texts?

  • Can I evaluate the relevance and credibility of information, ideas, evidence, and reasoning presented in texts?

  • Can I gather and organize relevant and sufficient evidence to demonstrate an understanding of texts and topics, support claims, and develop ideas?

  • Can I apply correct and effective syntax, usage, mechanics, and spelling to communicate ideas and achieve intended purposes?

  • Can I sequence and group sentences and paragraphs and use devices, techniques, descriptions, reasoning, evidence, and visual elements to establish coherent, logical, and well-developed narratives, explanations, and arguments?

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Materials

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Activity 1: Discuss

We will write meet in our pathway teams and discuss how our research impacts our current thinking about life after high school.

Meet in your pathway groups and respond to the following questions:

  1. How did the information you collected from your researched articles inspire you?

  2. In what way or ways do the two academic resources help you answer the Central Question: How can I prepare for life after high school?

Activity 2: Write – Discuss

We will practice summarizing the Resources we discovered in the last lesson and produce annotated bibliographies based on our notes.

Step 1

A summary is used to highlight the main points of a text. Summaries do not contain a lot of specific facts or trivial information, but they do detail the author’s main claims and the important support for those claims. Summaries should be written in your own words and are objective—that is, they provide information from the text without presenting opinions.

Step 2

Share your two resources with a partner from your pathway group or your pathway group as a whole. In your own words, summarize what your articles were about. If other members in your pathway group chose the same article, summarize the article together.

Work with a partner from your pathway group or in your pathway group as a whole to summarize the two academic resources you researched in the last lesson:

  1. Scan each paragraph and identify the key ideas.

  2. Respond to the following question: Who or what is this paragraph mainly about?

  3. Identify two to three important pieces of information linked to the "who" or "what."

Step 3

With your partner or pathway group, write two to three of the author’s main claims. Then, determine one to two key supports for each claim. Do not include minor details.

Individually, use the notes you and your partner created to write annotated bibliography entries for your two academic resources. We will add our annotated bibliographies to our portfolios at the close of Section 2. Set your paper up in the correct formatting. Your annotated bibliography should be organized in alphabetical order, based on the author’s last name.

  1. Write the source’s citation.

  2. Directly under your citation, begin your summarizing paragraph.

Your paragraph should be informative and unbiased; it should summarize and reflect on the source’s usefulness to your thinking about your life goals, career aspirations, or pathway choice. These annotated bibliographies will not only help you process your reflections about your research and what it means for your life after high school, but they can also be helpful when you write your Section 3 Diagnostic and Culminating Task. Use professional language and refrain from using personal pronouns. Employ complex conventions, such as the colon, semicolon, and em dash.

Usually, annotated bibliographies consist of only one paragraph per source, containing about 150-200 words; however, if absolutely necessary, you can include a second paragraph.

Activity 3: Discuss

Close out with your team by sharing your annotated bibliographies.

Share one piece of information from your annotated bibliography that other pathway members would benefit from knowing.

Activity 4: Read

For homework, we will practice applying to a postsecondary program of our choice.

For homework, continue to research program applications relevant to your postsecondary pathway. Bring in copies of applications of your choosing for the next lesson. You will submit at least one completed application as a part of your Section Diagnostic.

This application could range from a college application to your top school choice, or an application to programs like military, dance, or culinary programs.