Report Unit 3, 2011
2R: “ACL: The Curse of Women Athletes”
Directions: Read WN pp. 93-98 and 141-147, “ACL: The Curse of Women Athletes.”
Get into groups of 2 or 3 and type the answers to the “Reflecting on what You Have Read”
questions on page 148 WN.
3R: “Cannibalism” Questions
Directions: Read “Cannibalism” (WN 616-619); type your answers to the following questions:
1. List two key facts about each of the three types of cannibalism: survival, dietary, and religious.
2. Write what you already knew about cannibalism and what new information you are most likely
to remember from the reading.
3. Discuss your thoughts on resorting to cannibalism for survival. Could you do this? Explain.
4. How does the writer, Ngo, document the information he uses? List two ways.
5. How does Ngo integrate quoted phrases into his sentences? Give an example and identify it by
paragraph number.
6. Explain what a parenthetical citation includes. Pages 429 and 440-450 in A Writer’s Reference
will help you.
7. On Ngo’s works cited, the first entry is a book source. What information is included in the
entry? Pages 456-458 in A Writer’s Reference will help you.
4R: Group Analysis of MLA Citations in "Cannibalism: It Still Exists"
(To be done in groups in class.)
Directions: In class, discuss these questions with 2 or 3 partners. Complete 1 group answer sheet.
Look at the way Ngo has credited sources.
1. In paragraph five, Ngo has placed the note crediting (Sagan 2) in the middle of the sentence rather
than at the end where all other notes in the essay are placed. Why? (WN 440-442)
2. Ngo has twelve sources listed in his Works Cited. Can you find a reference for each of them in the
text of his essay? Write the paragraph number where you found each next to the source on the
Works Cited list on your handout.(Divide the job; let each group member find three or four,
depending on your group’s size.)
3. In paragraph five, line six, notice that no page number is included for the book source by Barker,
Hulme, and Iverson. Why not? (WR 446--#15)
4. In paragraph seven, the final note credits (Hart 116-117; Johnson). Why are both sources listed?
Why are no page numbers given for the Johnson source? (WR 445--#11 + 442-443--#4)
5. In the Shipman works cited entry, the page number is listed as 70+. What does that mean? (WR
453- read middle of page info)