1. Let’s learn how to quote something…
MLA style!!!

2. (¶) Paragraphs Have a Structure: 4 Main Parts
Topic sentence (part of the lead in)
Must contain a subject and a claim (angle or opinion about the subject of the essay)
Central or controlling idea of the ¶
Focuses the paragraph on a single main idea
Limits what you can talk about in the ¶
The quote
Supporting sentences
Should develop the topic sentence with:
Details
Examples
Specifics
Concluding/transition sentence
Should bring a sense of closure to the ¶
Should also connect to the following paragraph’s main idea

3. Quote Format Quote Explanation 2-3 sentences Why/DCQ Lead In 1. Author
2. Title
3. Page number/line number/paragraph number
+Topic sentence

4. Using MLA for this:
Use third person ONLY. You will NEVER use the words “I” or “you” or any version of them.
Your first sentence is a full sentence.
Your second sentence is a half sentence, followed by a comma, followed by the quote in quotation marks. (Just write it, I’ll show you in a second!)

5. Ok, let’s practice together.
Carl Jung once proclaimed, “I am not what has happened to me. I am what I choose to become.”

7. Now, YOU try! I’m going to give you quotes.
You are going to try to do the quote format in your Writer’s Notebook with the following quotes.
I’m going to give you the quotes first and you will write them down, THEN you’ll write practice paragraphs for each quote. (That means you’ll end up rewriting them.)