1. Lesson 2: Providing Context for Quotes  Quotations can never stand alone. You need to work them seamlessly into your own writing. In other words, you need to give the reader enough background information for the quote to make sense. This background information is called Context. Quote with No Context (i.e. Badly Incorporated Quote)  Yusufali says her head covering empowers her and asks “what kind of depth can there be in a world like this?” This sentence make little sense because no context has been given. When done properly, the quote should make sense, even if you haven’t read the original source. Quote with Context (i.e. Correctly Incorporated Quote)  Yusufali points out that most North American women are constantly judged by their looks and asks “what kind of depth can there be in a world like this?” Now the quote make far more sense because the context it came has been given.

2. Context Is Everything

3. Lesson 2: Providing Context for Quotes  To correctly use quotes in a sentence, follow this formula: Context + Authority’s Name + Quotation = A Complete Sentence In his speech at the 9/11 Museum dedication, President Obama declared that “nothing can change who we are as Americans.”  Authority’s Name = President Obama  Context = In his speech at the 9/11 Museum dedication  Quote = “ nothing can change who we are as Americans ” You can mix up the order of the formula, just make sure you include all three elements.

4. Instructions: Introduce each of the following quotations with your own words. You may paraphrase part of the quote to do so. Remember to follow the formula.  Quote #1 Context: A doctor presenting the findings of his study on teenage sleep patterns at a conference. Authority: Dr. John Carskadon, a specialist in sleep disorders Quote: “as children move into puberty, their biological clocks undergo a shift, pushing their preprogrammed period of wakefulness about an hour later than it was in their early teen-age years.”  Quote #2 Context: Blogger giving advice on raising children. Authority: Jerika Jensen Quote: “Active play — simply letting kids go outside and create their own fun without adult supervision — has a variety of social and physical pluses. This is because you’ve got to work through the rules with your friends, work through conflicts. You’ve got to have lots of imagination and creativity. You’re working on lots of skills you might not get to when adults are supervising you.”

5. Lesson 2: Providing Context for Quotes Example Answers 1. In a study on how sleep patterns change when people hit puberty, Dr. Carskadon found “that as children move into puberty, their biological clocks undergo a shift, pushing their preprogrammed period of wakefulness about an hour later than it was in their early teen-age years.” 2. On her blog MommyWise, Jerika Jensen discussed how playing has many physical and social benefits for children because “you’ve got to work through the rules with your friends, work through conflicts. You’ve got to have lots of imagination and creativity. You’re working on lots of skills you might not get to when adults are supervising you.”