Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Ms. Mullins9/29 and 9/30 Warm Up: Words quiz Revision sheet with partner Review guidelines for typing essays Theme discovery for TMDG: one pager assignment.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Ms. Mullins9/29 and 9/30 Warm Up: Words quiz Revision sheet with partner Review guidelines for typing essays Theme discovery for TMDG: one pager assignment."— Presentation transcript:

1 Ms. Mullins9/29 and 9/30 Warm Up: Words quiz Revision sheet with partner Review guidelines for typing essays Theme discovery for TMDG: one pager assignment HW: typed essay due by 5 th A /6 th B- include all steps stapled together WITH a cover page

2 Citing Sources in a text A source is a place where you get information and quotes for an essay. You must cite these sources when you use that information in your essays. For example: – Raisnford has “good eyes” according to his companion Whitney (17). – This shows that the quote “good eyes” comes from page 17 in your textbook!

3 Citing your story at the end of your essay Create a new page and type “Works Cited” in the middle on the top line. Then write the following information in the given order. Think of it as a math formula. Plug in the info: Last Name, First Name. “Title of Story.” Title of Book. City published in: Publisher, Year. Print. Connell, Richard. “The Most Dangerous Game.” Elements of Literature. New York: Holt, Reinhart, and Winston, 2007. Print.

4 If you have an article from online Use the following formula to plug in your information. Last name, First name. “Title of article or webpage.”Title of website. Publishing organization. Date updated/written. Web. Date accessed. Smith, Joe. “Hitler.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org. 2010. Web. 29 Sept 2010.

5 Tips Indent all lines in a source entry after the 1 st line. If you can’t find a piece of information for the citation, skip it. Put your sources in order on your works cited page by alphabetical order of the first word of the entry.

6 Smith 3 Works Cited Connell, Richard. “The Most Dangerous Game.” Elements of Literature. New York: Holt, Reinhart, and Winston, 2007. Print. Smith, Joe. “Hitler.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org. 2010. Web. 29 Sept 2010.


Download ppt "Ms. Mullins9/29 and 9/30 Warm Up: Words quiz Revision sheet with partner Review guidelines for typing essays Theme discovery for TMDG: one pager assignment."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google