PART 1: CORNELL NOTES MLA GUIDELINES FOR FORMATTING DOCUMENTS.

PART 1: CORNELL NOTES

MLA GUIDELINES FOR FORMATTING DOCUMENTS

Part 1: The Page Set-UpBegin by folding a sheet of paper

vertically about an inch in from the left margin.

Then, fold the paper horizontally about two inches from the bottom of the paper.

Part 2: The HeadingAll parts of heading (name, Ms. Goldin’s ,

class, date) must be clearly labeled in the top left margin.

Across the center, label the topic of the notes.

SAMPLE:Mary Smith

Ms. Goldin

English – Per.

2

9 August

2011

MLA Format

Part 3: What Goes Where?Questions or Main Ideas

Notes:

Main Topics These are bulleted notes that you are taking on the

Questions main topics that you have written on the left.

Do not write down everything that I am saying.

Instead, take notes that you can interpret for

yourself. Notes should be selectively and accurately

paraphrased.

Key word/s should be highlighted and/or

underlined.

Part 4: The SummaryThe fold at the bottom of your page is

where you summarize your notes in 2-3 sentences.

The summary should show learning by identifying all main ideas.

Your summary should answer one of the following questions:What were the main ideas?What did you understand best or least?How does this relate to what you have

already learned in class? (Making Connections)

PART 2: MLA FORMAT

MLA GUIDELINES FOR FORMATTING DOCUMENTS

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Paper, Printing, Margins, & Spacing

8½ X 11 White PaperStandard Font and Size (Times New Roman size 12

OR Calibri size 11 is required for this course) Black InkOne Inch Margins all the way aroundAlign to the left marginDouble Space EVERYTHING, including headings,

quoted material, and Works Cited page. Indent one tab.

Indent 10 spaces for quotes that are 4 lines or longer.Only ONE SPACE is required after end marks in a

sentence. Only ONE SPACE is required after a paragraph.

The HeadingTop LEFT, Double Spaced

Your NameMrs. MonteCourse and HourDate – in MLA Style

MLA Style Date:Day Month Year (no punctuation)

10 August 201126 September 20114 February 2012

The HeaderYour Last Name (and then a space)The Page NumberIn HEADER Box, not typed on page½ inch from top marginDO NOT TYPE “1” ON THE FIRST PAGE! This

will insert a 1 on all of the pages.

TitleCenter Title on first pageSame font/size/style as the rest of your essayNo italics, underlining, quotation marks,

bolding, or unusual or large fontsDouble Spaced in line with the rest of the

essay NO EXTRA SPACES!!!

WORD DOCUMENT SAMPLE

PART 3: MLA DOCUMENTATION

MLA GUIDELINES FOR FORMATTING DOCUMENTS

Continue Cornell Notes.

QUESTION…Have you ever had a friend or sibling steal

one of your ideas and present it as his/her own idea? How did you feel?

If you've never experienced this, you can probably imagine feeling angry or betrayed. Most of us understand the ethics associated with stealing ideas from others, but may not associate "stealing" with the act of using another person's words without giving proper reference.

In-Text CitationsAnother part of MLA Formatting is correctly

documenting your sources.

Topics Covered:Why do we need to cite?

When do we cite?What is a works cited?What is an in-text citation?What does an in-text citation look like?

Why do we need to cite?To avoid PlagiarismTo properly give credit to sourcesTo make your writing credible

When do we cite?QuotingParaphrasingSummarizingBasically, anytime you use someone else’s

original ideas.

What is a Works Cited?Simply, it is a list of WORKS that have been

CITED within your essayHow is it different from a Bibliography?What is an Annotated Bibliography?

Sample Works Cited PageWorks Cited (for a Web Source)

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008.

"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

For a Book SourceLastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication:

Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

What is an In-Text Citation?AKA Parenthetical Documentation, Internal

Citation, CitationThis is a simple, concise, and thorough way

for writers to acknowledge their sources.It refers to the Works Cited page by

including just a little bit of informationIt is set in parenthesis and is placed at the

end of a sentence

What does an In-Text Citation look like? SAMPLE: "MLA style is widely used to document sources

in writing that deals with literature, languages, and other fields in the humanities" (Lunsford 367).

The in-text citation is the author’s last name and the page number in this sample.

Here is the corresponding Works Cited entry:Lunsford, Andrea. The College Writer's

Reference. Boston: Bedford St.Martin's, 2005.

MLA ChangesNote that underlining is no longer

acceptable on typed works. Use italics instead. When you are handwriting, you may underline as it signifies the same thing.

Long URLs do not need to be included anymore. If the source is easy to get to based on your citation information, omit the URL.

The End…Questions?Comments?Concerns?

Note: This PowerPoint will be available on my teacher page for review.

Note: The OWL at Purdue is the most accurate and up-to-date online resource for helping you with MLA documentation. Use it often!