UWP 23 Spring 2018 Source Evaluation Form Assignment Purpose: This assignment will further develop your critical reading, thinking, and summarizing skills for your final draft of paper 1. You need to find one source (in addition to the required sources.) Task: You will fill out an evaluation form for one sources that you have found for Paper 1 to demonstrate to your professor and other readers that you have found good sources for your blog. Before evaluating your sources, you can review the chapters 8-7-12 of our text book and this website: https://sites.google.com/site/evaluatingsourcecredibility/for-students/what-makes-a-sourcecredible/currency Requirements: • Sources: Choose one sources that you found doing online research for Paper 11. These sources should be relevant to your topic (they discuss the social literacy awareness/issues) and credible (based on the criteria from Chapter 7.3). List the sources in APA reference format (see Chapter 8.5). • Format and Length: Fill out the chart of Source Evaluation form on next page and follow the instructions of each section. Writing Process/Due Dates Wed, May 2 Friday May 4 Peer Editing Final Draft for Survey Evaluation Form is due on canvas Grading This assignment is worth 50 points. It is not a Portfolio assignment, so it will be graded by me and returned to you. Grading will be based on the rubric on the last page of this sheet. Source Evaluation Form Title of your source 1 2 Cite your source based on APA format Write a summary of the Source (150-170 words) 3 Write about the Currency of the source (50-70 words) 4 Write about Relevancy of the source (50-70 words) 5 Write about the Authority of the source (50-100 words) 6 Write about the Accuracy and objectivity of the Source (50-100 words) 7 What is the purpose of the source? (50- 70 words) 8 Write a short response paragraph (how do you like it? Do you agree or disagree?) (150-170 words) 9 Grading Rubric Summaries /15 +  - Ø +  - Ø +  - Ø +  - Ø Summaries are clear and complete, focusing on what sources say and providing enough information for readers to understand the major ideas of the sources. Summaries are objective, reporting information from the source and not the writer’s own opinions or evaluations. Summaries properly attribute the author and use the writer’s own words (may quote 3-5 significant words if necessary). Paragraphs are written concisely and with cohesion, meeting the required length without repetition, wordiness, or abruptness. Evaluations +  - Ø + +   - Ø Ø +  - Ø Language + +   - Ø Ø +  - Ø - Ø Ø Format + +   TOTAL /20 Paragraphs demonstrate thoughtful and accurate evaluation of the credibility, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose It also has a thoughtful a response paragraph. Evaluations are convincing, supported by specific and relevant details and explanation. Evaluations do not simply repeat information from the article (no summarizing). Paragraphs are written concisely and with cohesion, meeting the required length without repetition, wordiness, or abruptness. /10 The writer uses appropriate language and tone for the audience. There is variety and accuracy in sentence structure. The paper is well-edited for errors in language, grammar, and mechanics. Errors do not interfere with understanding. /5 Paper meets formatting requirements and resembles the example. Accurate APA style reference entries and in-text citations. the second line should be indented. /50
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