1. BELLWORK
Please take your Catcher in the Rye quiz in silence. After you are finished, please bring it to my desk.

2. PLANNER: Homework
This weekend, you will be writing me a paragraph about your high school experience so far. It must be typed and in the MLA format. You will be graded on the format, not necessarily the content. If you need printing or computer help, please come see me during Office Hours.

3. MLA Format

4. What do we need first?

5. We Need A Header
A header gives us the author’s last name and the page number
This is extremely important to keep our info in order

6. Header

7. Header

8. Header

9. Header

10. Header

11. Header

12. Header

13. Now Let’s Change the Font
What font should our paper be in?
Times New Roman!

14. What is Still Wrong with the Format?

15. Everything Needs to be in 12 Point Font!

16. What’s Next? Now, we need our name
There is a specific order that your name, class name, etc. NEEDS to be in to follow the MLA format

17. Format

18. What is Still Wrong with the Format?

19. Everything Needs to be Double-Spaced!

20. Double-Spacing

21. Double-Spacing

22. Double-Spacing

23. Double-Spacing

24. Double-Spacing

25. What Do We Need Next?

26. A… Title!
Make it fun
This is where you can get creative and even punny

27. Title

28. Title
The title needs to be centered!
Seriously, make it fun or cheesy

29. What Do We Need Next?

30. Now...
We can start our paper!
But not without a few rules

31. Rules As You Continue Keep the paper consistent Double-Spacing
Indentation at Paragraphs
Always the Same Font

32. Rules As You Continue
If you are using outside sources, you must cite them
We will learn how to cite next week

33. In Summary...
It is not only me that expects MLA format- you will have to do MLA throughout high school and well into college
But, I do expect MLA for many writing assignments
We will have a quiz on MLA next week, so please keep looking over this and ask questions!