Day 27 : Evaluating Source Reliability

Objectives
Students will be able to 

• experience the process of evaluating sources and the various aspects that should be considered in such an evaluation.
• examine good and bad examples of sources.
• learn strategies to investigate information about their sources.   

I. Review: (15 min)

1. Writing bibliographic information using APA:  Creating a tentative Reference Page for the GRP

 GRP Source Chart
Check your homework from last class (Writing a Reference Page for your GRP). Use the APA Handbook to make necessary changes. The final version should be uploaded on Dropbox by next class. 

     2.  Chosen sources for the IRP 
a.  Open the document where you've listed your IRP sources. Review them and get ready to explain why you chose this source and how it is going to help you develop your IRP.
b.  Get in groups of two:
     Student A presents his/her list and explains:
                                                        -origin of source
                                                        -who are the authors?
                                                        -is it peer reviewed?
                                                        -what part of your paper will this source help you develop?    



II.  Assessing Source Reliability (Part 1)
a. Check this  template you can use for writing your annotated bibliographies

b. Think about the following questions for a few minutes: 

• What is reliability?   
• What makes a source reliable?
• Why do we need to make sure our sources are reliable before we even begin writing?

C. EVALUATING SOURCE RELIABILITY

a. Evaluating Websites for Reliability (15 min)

b.  Evaluating books, journal articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, etc. (10 min

D)  APPLY (10 min)

1) Assess this source using the various aspects presented in the PowerPoint above.

2) Write a 2-3 sentence Reliability Statement that answers the question: Why is this source reliable?

3) Check this template that can help you develop your GRP/IRP annotated bibliography. We will be filling it out next class.


III. Homework

Diagnostic Essay Analysis (2-3 pages)	10%
Pre-research Portfolio	5%
Annotated Bibliography - Guided Research Paper (3 sources)	10%
Annotated Bibliography - Individual Research Paper (5 sources)	15%
Guided Research Paper (3-5 pages)	15%
Individual Research Paper (5-7 pages)	20%
2 Reflective Assignments	5%
Participation & Homework	10%
Attendance	10%

1. GRP  Reference Page:  If the GRP reference page you did for homework needs corrections, please do so by next class. Upload this final version to Dropbox as well.

2.  Use the GRP Reference Page as a guide to start working on a tentative Reference Page for your IRP. It should be reviewed and ready for me to see by next class as well.

3.  If you didn't finish your assessment of the source today, please do so by next class. Make sure you have:  a) the bibliographic information in APA and b) a reliability statement (2-3 sentences).

Sources
Materials for this class taken from:  Lesson: Annotated Bibliography: Source Evaluation (Part1) created by Kayla Hewitt, adapted by Cassandra Rosado, and supplemented by Michelle Castro and Natalie Lloyd. UIUCESL 115 TA Resources website. 

Ideas for the template taken from  Annotated Bibliographies at OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab.