Lesson Plan
Curated OER

MLA Citation practice

For Teachers 9th
Do your writers have a hard time properly citing their sources in MLA style? Use this SMART board activity to practice these skills in a fun, interactive way. After debating a topic in class (the lesson uses "random drug testing in...
Worksheet
Curated OER

MLA Documentation Exercises

For Students 9th - 12th
Has your school adopted the MLA style for documentation? If so, use this instructional activity to assess whether or not your class members know the rules. Young researchers complete of series of documentation exercises using the MLA...
PPT
Curated OER

Conducting Research

For Teachers 7th - 9th
"Conducting Research" is a short presentation that walks secondary students through steps for researching. Plagiarism, style, citing, and creating bibliographies are overviewed. While this is a short slide show, it would be useful...
Handout
Other

Calvin College: Knight Cite

For Students 9th - 10th
Automatic citation generator is provided by Calvin College. Choose from MLA, APA, or Chicago citation styles in the upper left corner. Then, fill in the appropriate information, and this page creates your citation for you.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Bibliography Blunders

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
This tutorial focuses on how to complete a bibliography using MLA style. It gives specific directions and examples for various types of entries such as magazines, books, encyclopedias, and web pages. It also gives specifics for the...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar and Writing: Mla Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a grammar and writing focuses on the MLA formating style. It features links to the MLA website, the Purdue OWL Online Writing Lab, an MLA Format Presentation, and practice exercises.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature Course Overview: Mla Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the MLA formatting guidelines. It offers a MLA format video presentation followed by a self-quiz on the information. It provides links to the MLA website and Purdue Owl Online Writing Lab: MLA Formatting and Style...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Lit Course Overview: Parenthetical Citations

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focues on parenthetical or in-text citations using MLA formatting.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature Course Overview: Works Cited Page

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World Around Us: Mla Format Review

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Website
Other

Mla Style Official Site

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Modern Language Association of America's official site. Good links to its MLA Handbook and to MLA Style Manual, however, you have to buy the book if you want specifics. Gives guidelines for documenting sources from the World Wide Web.
Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Bibliographies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on MLA style bibliographies; it offers a video lesson defining bibliography, explaining the difference between bibliography and works cited, giving general format information, listing what is included, and providing...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Style

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Style

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow discusses MLA including what it stands for: Modern Language Association, the purpose of the association, and why it is important to have guidelines and standards for writing.
Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Paper: Citations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Paper Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on the format for an MLA style research paper. It offers a video which details the MLA style requirements including internal documentation and a bibliography. It also provides a slideshow outlining the basic...
Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Mla Citation Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This 10-page resource explains what a bibliography is and gives examples of MLA style in regards to citing, both in the bibliography and in-text, for works such as books, anthologies, encyclopedia articles, journals, magazines,...
Activity
Sophia Learning

Sophia: In Text Citations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on in-text citations using MLA style and APA style with examples of each. General information is provided in text format including what in-text citations are, their purpose, when to use them, and what they look like....
Website
Other

Citation Machine

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use the Citation Machine to accurately craft citations for materials used in essays, presentations, or other documents. APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles are all available. L.9-10.3a Standard Format
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Mla Sample Research Paper (Daly) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a seven-page PDF of an MLA style research paper entitled "A Call to Action: Regulate Use of Cell Phones on the Road" by Angela Daly. It is provided as a positive example of a research paper in MLA style. The MLA style information...
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Mla Sample Research Paper (Orlov) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an eight-page PDF of a research paper" entitled "Online Monitoring: A Threat to Employee Privacy in the Wired Workplace" by Anna Orlov. It is written in MLA style with MLA notations to aid in the understanding of MLA formatting....
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Mla Formatting and Style Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Mla Overview and Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of MLA style by providing general information about what MLA is, who uses it, and reasons for its use. Then it provides links to both general and specific information about how to use MLA style to format...
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Mla Works Cited Page: Basic Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the rules for writing an MLA Works Cited page and provides examples of each type of entry.