1. August 29, 2013 1. Write down today’s date.
2. Read and edit the paragraph to the left.
3. Only write the corrections!
Starter #1 -
Have you ever seen the TV show I love lucy. In that show, Lucille Ball starred as Lucy Ricardo. Her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz, co-starring as her tv husband, bandleader Ricky Ricardo. Many experts beleive I Love Lucy is one of the gratest TV comedy shows of all time?
The real Lucille Ball was born on August , in Butte Montana. She grew up in Jamestown, New York.

2. Be Aware… Syllabus signed Vocabulary Maps Turned In!
Body Paragraph Class work Turned In!
Current Event assignment-due today
Tuesday: Unit Test on Writing Essays

3. Quick Review! What is a topic sentence?
Where do you get the ideas for your topic sentences?
What 5 items must be included in your introduction?
What are the 5 steps to writing body paragraph?
Finish this: Interpretation NOT….

4. Vocabulary Quiz

5. IN-TEXT CITATIONS

6. MLA FORMAT
The Modern Language Association (MLA) Format is used for identifying research sources.
In MLA style you
briefly credit sources in your paper (in-text citations)
give the complete description of each source in your bibliography (Works Cited Page)

7. Terms
Signal Phrase: lets the reader know the source of the information by including the author and title.
In-text citation: is when you provide information about the source in the text of their paper.
Signal Phrase
Quote
In-Text Citation
According to John Doe in “Writing Gives Me a Headache,” “Writing and revising essays over and over will make a student a good writer” (97).

8. In-Text Citations
When you use information from another source, you must include an in-text citation in your essay.
An in-text citation is when you provide information about the source in the text of their paper.

9. Format of In-text Citations
Proper citation
According to author in title of source,
Open quotation marks
Write down the quote word for word (if quoting)
End with quotation marks
Open parenthesis
Include page number
Close parenthesis

10. In-text Citations
Quotes of no more than two sentences can be included in the body of your essay using quotation marks
1st Time:
“According to Elie Wiesel in Night, “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever” (22).
2nd Time
“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever” (Wiesel 22).
Mention author & title of source
Only include author’s last name in the in-text citation

11. From Letters from an American Farmer
1st Time:
According to Michel Crevecoeur in from Letters from an American Farmer, “The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must entertain new ides, and form new opinions” (149).
2nd Time
“The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must entertain new ides, and form new opinions” (Crevecoeur 149).

12. Complete 4 in-text citations for each
Class Work Assignment
Blue Literature Book
Choose 5 short stories
Complete 4 in-text citations for each

13. 1.) "He spoke to us in German and then left us behind“
Using the information set below, write correct in-text for each example.
Questions
1.) "He spoke to us in German and then left us behind“
( ).--from Donaldson's Bantering on Watergate, page 45
2.) "I never thought of myself as proud", says Jennings in his book Pushing the Limits of Political Journalism ( ) . --This source was located on page 107.
3.) "Politics is such an interesting field" ( ). --From Charles Smith's book, page 451.
4.) "Enraged is how he felt after the episode" ( ). --From Jason Xavier's book Somewhere in the Political Realm, page 233.
5.) In Political Guide to the United States, Xavier and Yater explore the idea that the U.S. is changing politically ( ). --From page 544 of this book US Forever