Curated OER
Unit 3: Scientific Writing
Write-on! Demonstrate a writing model and support learners as they write an informational essay on a water resource issue of your (or their) choosing. The lesson plan provides a well-scaffolded summative writing...
North Carolina State University
Integrating Your Research
Employ this resource to expand efficient ideas on how to present and organize activities that describe how researchers can implement their research by using direct quotes, paraphrasing, and summarizing—without plagiarizing. Activities...
Curated OER
Fast Food Nation: Study Questions
Are you introducing your class to the horrors of eating unhealthy? This lesson contains 24 reading comprehension questions relating to the non-fiction book. Readers are encouraged to copy these and answer them in their reading...
Curated OER
Research a Poet and Explicate a Poem by that Poet
Seventh graders choose a poet to research and find a poem by that author to explicate/analyze using a variety of sources for their research that will include their textbooks, the school library, and the internet. After conducting...
Curated OER
Those Baffling Bibliographies!
Are you working on a research and citation unit? Have your young writers listen to a lecture on how to cite research sources correctly and how to distinguish new information that requires citing. They compile a list of works cited from...
Curated OER
Bibliography of Mexico
Students compile bibliographies on Mexico. In this global studies instructional activity, students investigate appropriate sources regarding Mexico and use the EasyBib web site to create an APA or MLA formatted bibliography.
Curated OER
What are the Issues?
Seventh graders complete political analysis activities. In this political analysis instructional activity, 7th graders discuss party platforms and research party issues for their party's candidate's positions. Students complete an issues...
Curated OER
Research a Poet and Explicate a Poem by that Poet
Using your school's media center, internet research, and a SMART board, 7th graders research a chosen poet and write a research report. Additionally, 7th graders explicate one poem by the poet within their report. Several resource links...
Curated OER
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Who would you love to see at your table? Groups research a decade, ranging from the 1840s to the 1960s, read a short story associated with that decade, and plan a dinner party, complete with table set-up and menu. After researching...
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
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
Millennium Scrapbook
Third graders create a millennium scrapbook, collecting stories about the past millennium and including photos of local, national and international events.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: In Text Citations
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....
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]
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Mla in Text Citations: The Basics
This site offers the basic rules and guidelines for creating MLA in-text citations including print and non-print sources with examples of each type presented.
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Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Mla Citation Guide [Pdf]
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,...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Using Source: Mla in Text Citations
This lesson focuses on how to use MLA in-text (or parenthetical) citations including examples and non-examples and a detailed flow chart of when and how to use them. 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...
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.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Using Sources: Mla Works Cited
This lesson focuses on creating a Works Cited page using the MLA format including page numbers, title, spacing, alphabetical order, and hanging indents. An example is provided. Click the Next button at the bottom right for detailed "in...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Lit Course Overview: Parenthetical Citations
This lesson focues on parenthetical or in-text citations using MLA formatting.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Citations
This page focuses on the need for proper citation of all sources including in-text, footnotes, and endnotes in the appropiate style.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Mla Overview and Workshop
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: In Text Citations: Lesson 7
This lesson introduces in-text citations and how to embed them in text. It is 7 of 7 in the series titled "In-Text Citations."