Curated OER
Language Arts: Putting Together a Position Paper
Students are able to identify the target audience for their writing. They are able to create an appropriate format for their papers. Students are able to focus on the developing clear arguments and supporting all key points with facts.
Curated OER
The Annotated Bibliography
High schoolers put sources into correct Modern Language Association (MLA)bibliographic format, and evaluate accuracy of information and research value of two articles through short written annotated bibliography for each.
Curated OER
The Research Report
Students brainstorm criteria for reliablility, currency, and accuracy of information. They research a given topic, write a research report then develop a bibliography of sources for the research report using the designated format.
Curated OER
How Do I Write an Article Critique?
Your middle and high schoolers have written tons of summaries, but can they give a strong critique of an article they've read? Identify the differences between summary writing and critiquing. Choose an interesting article and have...
University of Chicago
Comparing Modern and Ancient Ideas of Ethnicity and Identity
Explore ethnicity and identity with a research and writing assignment. Class members conduct online research, looking in particular at images and carefully noting down their sources on notecards. They read about identity and compose...
Curated OER
A Life in Freeze Frame
In this reading project worksheet, students read a biography, autobiography, or memoir and think of the person's life as a movie. Students create a picture for scenes from that person's life. Students include a caption or explanation...
Curated OER
Ed Tech
Students access and evaluate authority of electronic resources. They synthesize data from multiple sources. Students compose a Works Consulted page. They prepare and deliver an informative speech on a disease or medical condition.
Curated OER
Organization of Nations Project
Students research the priorities and needs of an assigned country. They come together and debate current events from the point of view of the country they are representing.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Am Literary Time Periods and Mla Format: Works Cited Page
This lesson focuses on the MLA format for a Works Cited Page. It includes links to a sample MLA Works Cited Page for a variety of types of sources and to the EasyBib Citation Generator website. It also provides a Works Cited practice...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World Around Us: Mla Format Review
This lesson is a review of the MLA Formatting Style including the heading and header, in-text citations, and a Works Cited Page. It provides links to Purdue Owl: "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" and EasyBib Citation Generator.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Mla Formatting and Style Guide
Extensive examination of the Modern Language Association (MLA) format of writing papers, making reference to the works of others, citations, and notes. W.9-10.8 Sources, L.9-10.3a Standard Format; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.8 Gather...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mla Format: Short Quotes
A four-page printable document followed by a screencast lesson [5 mins, 17 secs] explaining how to format short quotations using MLA formatting.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Mla Format: Documenting Sources for a Works Cited Page[pdf]
Information and examples of how to cite sources from books, periodicals, and electronic sources for a Works Cited page in MLA format. Information and examples of MLA style parenthetical citations is also provided.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature Course Overview: Works Cited Page
This lesson focuses on how to do a Works Cited Page in MLA format. It provides links to an MLA Works Cited Page handout and a rubric. It explains the format, offers a puzzle with the format rules, and provides an assignment for students...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mla Format: Long Quotes
A three page printable document of notes followed by a screencast lesson [4 mins, 47 secs] explaining how to format long and short quotations using the MLA style.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Mla Formatting and Citation Style
An explanation formatting the page with MLA Style.
Leaf Group
Classroom: How to Write a Summary Paper in Mla Format
This article by YaShekia King focuses on writing a summary paper in MLA Style.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mla Bibliographies
A fourteen-slide presentation followed by a series of four videos demonstrating how to create a bibliography for various sources using MLA formatting.
Information Fluency
Imsa 21 Cif Portal: Online Citation Wizards
Citing Internet resources can be painless with this user-friendly wizard. Choose the type of Citation Standard (APA, Chicago, CSE, Harvard, or MLA) and fill in your information to create a citation. The 21st Century Information Fluency...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mla Format: In Text Citations: Lesson 3
This tutorial explains how to format an in-text citation in MLA style. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "MLA Format: In-Text Citations." It is provided in text and audio. [4:07]
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Research Process: Mla Documentation
This lesson focuses on MLA documentation including MLA paper formatting, Works Cited citations, and in-text citations. It includes multiple videos and a slide show, a practice activity, and a self-check.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mla Style
This slideshow lesson focuses on the MLA style including the following: first page format, general paper format, parenthetical citations format with examples, and works cited format including a sample.
Other
Modern Language Association: Mla Style Center: Ask the Mla: Faq
This Modern Language Association resource contains a list of frequently asked questions about MLA (Modern Language Association) format. L.9-10.3a Standard Format
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Research Paper: Citations
This tutorial focuses on research paper citations using MLA and APA styles; it provides information in a variety of media including 5 YouTube videos and 2 slideshows. The two slideshows offer comprehensive looks at each of the two major...