Annotated Bibliography Self-Assesment

My goals for writing my annotated bibliography were to clearly meet the criteria for the assignment, as well as get a better understanding of the sources I have chosen about my inquiry topic. I feel that I met those goals to the best of my ability. I now understand the articles more than I did before, and to the point where I can make connections between them to give the benefits of theatre in elementary school as well as provide examples to support those benefits.
I used my time more wisely on this paper then I did on previous assignments in this class. Instead of overwhelming myself with more than one source to focus on each night, I did one each night until I had completed all five. I believe this was a more effective way of writing for me because this way I did not get the sources confused in my head and did not get stressed out. Also, I identified and read all of sources before beginning the paper. This way I was able to relate each source individually to my inquiry topic. I used class opportunities to plan my writing and begin outlines. This was effective for me because I was able to have an idea in my head already of what I was going to say before I started writing.
I saw changes in my writing as I was able to explain concepts that were similar, in different ways. From this, it was easier for me to practice wording things in different ways that still got the same point across. I took all of my peers' responses into consideration. Each one had a significant improvement to my paper. Working with my peers, we took into consideration the different parts of the assignment and making sure we met those parts.
I did not get any other input on my paper besides my own and the responses from my peers. I probably should have got someone to read over it again after my second draft, and that is something I will change in the future. I learned that I work better when I am not stressed out by something I see as a "huge assignment". It can easily be broken down into smaller, more tolerable parts. From others, I learned to always proofread my paper and make sure I answer everything in the assignment.
I think the hardest part was having to repeat the same steps over and over again for each source. After a while it just became annoying to do. I believe that is one reason why I spread out my work so much, so I would not just get aggravated and my writing would actually be genuine. Also, finding sources wasn't the easiest thing either. The easiest part was finding quotes to include because I felt that there were many to chose from. I took risks having more than one article that had the same idea. From this, I was able to learn to use different words to explain what the author is trying to say.
I am the proudest of the summaries given, and also how I was able to understand each article so well. I will now be able to do other assignments using these sources better and more efficient. Even though I tried really hard, I feel like some parts of my paper are still hard for my readers to understand. I tried to get my points across the best I could before I turned my paper in, but I believe that maybe I should go into more detail that I did.
Before starting my paper, I looked though a lot of sources from which I could chose from. After picking five, I read each of them and wrote down key points that related to my inquiry topic. Then I took a source per night and focused on making sure I fully understood them and their relationship to my topic. After I completed all five, I looked for more connections between them that I did not see before. I proofread and made sure all of the parts of the assignment were fulfilled and I was satisfied with the work I had done.