MLA 7: How and Why to Properly Cite Your Sources in a Bibliography/Works Cited Page By: Jennifer Finkel Intended Grade Level: 9 th or 10 th grade prior to a research paper (mandatory in schools like Hamden High)
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MLA 7: How and Why to Properly Cite Your Sources in a
Bibliography/Works Cited Page
By: Jennifer Finkel Intended Grade Level: 9th or 10th grade prior
to a research paper (mandatory in schools like Hamden High)
Rationale:
At some point, every college bound student will need to understand how to use MLA format when citing work found not only online, but also in books and journals. Students must also understand that not citing their work properly, or at all, goes against the academic integrity policies of most schools. The earlier we teach our students how not to plagiarize, the better.
Why Use Technology: There are a plethora of ways that technology can help students use MLA properly. Though the format does not change yearly, it is altered enough that many may find it difficult to keep up with what is going on—students and teachers alike. By using the internet and other resources to assist oneself in basic MLA, both student and teacher can be sure to give proper credit to the author(s) of whatever piece is being cited.
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarizing: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the sourceThanks to the internet, teachers can easily assess where a student’s work is coming from when it is not in fact his own . . .
Click on the pen to see an example of plagiarism via blogger Debra Weber-Wulff
Podcast on Plagiarism:
When you plagiarize you are not only cheating the author, but you are also cheating yourself. Even if it takes longer for you to write a paper than to simply copy and paste it from the internet, it will always be beneficial to use your own ideas.
Click on this microphone to listen to two students discuss plagiarism as they see it. . .
. . . But what if it’s a research paper?
When writing a research paper, you will need to use sources from either the internet, scholarly journals, and/ or books. You may want to integrate some of these ideas into your own paper, and that’s alright . . . As long as you cite every author you use in perfect MLA format, that is.
By clicking on this picture, you will be brought to a tutorial on MLA formatting of a Works Cited page
How the Internet Can Help
Do you know how to cite a book? Journal? Magazine? Website?No?Well, you’re in luck!There are a ton of websites out there that outline the formula that MLA is looking for. Click on these pictures to be brought to a few . . .
Purdue
Official MLA
Cornell
MLA
The easiest way to remember how to do something is through practice . . .
Click the picture to be transported to a Worksheet that clearly outlines citation format!
Get the EasyBib app for MLA on the go!
**Find the link in the notes section of this slide**
Fill in the blank with the proper information based on your research.
There are even fun games we can play. In this one, students must drag and drop the
information into the proper spot within the citation.
If you don’t like these options, you can make your own graphic organizers on Kidspiration!
…But don’t forget where this all started:
Teachers can run student’s work through Grammarly in order to tell if they are plagiarizing their work or not. If you are suspicious, just run the paper through the grammar/ plagiarizing generator.
Classroom Application
What’s the point of learning how to cite work if you aren’t going to put it to use? In honor of Black History month, here is a link to an essay idea regarding Douglass, (and Twain). It functions not only as a way to introduce students to American Non-Fiction, but also looking up sources for the paper, and finally citing them in a bibliography.
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Practice Practice Practice
Once again, the best way to learn how to cite your sources is by actually citing sources. Click the link to be brought to Upenn’s online library of eBooks, begin reading, and create a bibliography to go alongside your next paper!
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Practice cont.
Remember that Douglass essay from a few slides back? Well, here is a link to a website that is a true hub of African American culture. By using information from a site like this in your paper, you will not only acquire valuable information, but you will also be able to practice citing websites, which is different than citing books and eBooks.
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Practice Cont.
Bartleby is a wonderful website that contains different forms of literature that could be helpful. This could give students practice in citing poetry and other forms of writing that are not simply novels. It really is all about the practice!
Web 2.0
Zotero is similar to the EasyBib app. The idea is that the web can actually cite work for the student, which is useful as a way to check work. It will generate a citation based on all of the information you have gathered through the browser, and will theoretically cite everything in perfect MLA. The real positive to this is that sometimes people do get confused between web and print citing. This site can cut down in citing mistakes, but I believe it should only be used once students understand how to do MLA by themselves.
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