Lesson Resources:
- Guided Notes
- Easybib.com
- Microsoft Word 2007 or later
- Sample Works Cited page

CRASH COURSE GOALS
I CAN: define a citation and explain its purpose.
(What is it, and why do we use it?)
I CAN: write a basic citation for a book.
(a.k.a., I can follow exact directions and problem solve when I get confused.)

KEY VOCAB
• Cite (Verb): “to quote (a passage, book, author, etc), especially as an authority.”*
• Citation : “the act of citing or quoting a reference to an authority or a precedent.”*
• Works Cited : a list of all of the books, websites, and other sources that were directly quoted, referenced, or paraphrased within a piece of writing.
• Parenthetical citation (keyword PARENTHESES ): a type of citation that appears within the body of a paper in parentheses; it occurs at the end of the sentence to show where the information in that sentence came from. This is important when you have directly quoted or paraphrased a text.
• Plagiarism : “the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work, as by not crediting the author.”*
*= Dictionary.com definition

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
• In your own words: why is it important to fully and correctly cite the work of others when you use it in some way?
• When is it okay for you to NOT cite something?
• What are the consequences if I do not properly cite something?

WHAT IS MLA, AND WHY DO WE USE IT?
MLA stands for: Modern Language Association
MLA Style is a set of rules about how to cite, format, and share the work written by you or others. It is primarily used by teachers, students, and researchers who work within the humanities (ex: history, language, literature). Some scientific communities use other sets of rules to format and cite their work, such as APA or
Chicago style guides.
The correct way to cite something varies by genre or type of document/medium.

HOW TO MAKE CITATIONS FOR…
(Refer to chart)

WAIT… WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR OUR
SACRAMENTS PROJECT?
1) Pull information from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) and the Holy Bible, and write citations for them.
2) Pull information and write a citation for a third source of your choosing.
3) Write citations for all copyrighted images, and include those in your works cited.
4) Have a works cited page (list of citations) at the very end of your project.
5) Use our “baby step” rule for including SOME parenthetical citations (next slide)

USING “PARENTHETICAL” CITATIONS… SORT OF.
I F Y O U M A K E A P P T
• The Bible and CCC citations need to appear immediately next to their original quote.
• If a slide contains quotes or facts from any other sources, you can just put the citation at the bottom of the page (see below)
I F Y O U M A K E A W E B S I T E
• The Bible and CCC citations need to appear immediately next to their original quote.
• If a page contains quotes or facts from any other sources, you can just put the citation at the bottom/end of the text or page
We Live Our Faith . New York: Sadlier, 2007. Print.

MAKING A WORKS CITED PAGE
• Center the words Works Cited at the top of your page.
• Put the list of citations in alphabetical order, flushed left with hanging indents.
• Make this the last slide or page of your project.

Works Cited
"ACT Test Prep : Reading Test Description." ACT, Inc.: A Student Site for ACT Test Takers . Web. 27 Mar. 2011.
<http://actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/readdescript.html>.
Atwell, Nancie.
The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers .
New York: Scholastic, 2007. Print.
Brozo, William G. "Hiding out in Secondary Content Classrooms: Coping Strategies of Unsuccessful
Readers." Journal of Reading February (1990): 324-28. Print.
Gallagher, Kelly.
Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 . Portland, Me: Stenhouse, 2004.
Print.
Gallagher, Kelly.
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It . Portland, Me:
Stenhouse, 2009. Print.
Gallagher, Kelly.
Teaching Adolescent Writers . Portland, Me: Stenhouse, 2006.
Johannessen, Larry R., Elizabeth A. Kahn, and Carolyn Calhoun. Walter. "Theory and Research." Writing about Literature . Urban, IL: NCTE, 2009. Print.
Johnston, P.H. (2004). Choice Words: How our language affects children’s learning . Portland, ME:
Stenhouse.
Kittle, Penny. Write beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing . Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann, 2008. Print.

PURDUE OWL (ONLINE WRITING LAB)
THIS WEBSITE IS YOUR FRIEND FOR THE NEXT 10
YEARS OF YOUR ACADEMIC LIFE.
It is the mothership of information on grammar, research, citations, and writing better in general, especially for academic purposes. http://owl.purdue.edu/owl/ , then go to ‘Research and Citation’ at top of page.

MICROSOFT WORD
At this time, I do not believe this can be done on laptops from the laptop carts, but I do know it can be done in the computer lab, and on newer versions of Microsoft Word.
Go to the References tab, then ‘Insert Citation’, then ‘Add New Source’.
Fill out the fields, and it will generate a citation for you. MAKE SURE
MLA STYLE HAS BEEN CHOSEN.

EASYBIB.COM

CITATION-RELATED DEADLINES AND EXPECTATIONS
1) There will be a Works Cited checkpoint for this project (tentative date for this is the week of March 5 th).
2) You will need to go back to your Baptism and Confirmation drafts to make sure that any Bible and CCC direct quotes have been correctly cited.
3) From the Eucharist on, we will expect to see you ATTEMPT to do some citations in your drafts. We want you to practice NOW so we can help you find and fix any errors!
4) Start making a works cited page/slide now!

CITATION EXIT SLIP