San José State University
MLA Formatting Guidelines: Ellipsis for Omissions
If you would like a concise overview of MLA formatting, this two-page handout provides it. It addresses page layout, parenthetical citations, and works cited (including when and how to use ellipses to indicate an omission), but it does...
Curated OER
MLA Documentation & Style
The format of a formal paper, according to the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Guide, is the focus of a text-heavy presentation that cites the rules but offers few examples. Consider adding additional slides or including a...
Curated OER
Using Citations in a Research Paper
As a prequel to a research assignment, class members explore writing citations in the modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) formats. In pairs, or individually, researchers use books and magazines...
Curated OER
MLA Citation practice
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...
Curated OER
Research and Documentation
Did you just assign a research project to your high school class? Begin the research process with this presentation. Give your class ideas about where to find information, how to evaluate sources, and how to properly cite them. The...
Curated OER
Cross-referencing: Using MLA Format
The purposes of documentation, the uses of parenthetical citations, and the necessity of a Works Cited page are the focus of a presentation designed for the beginning of a research unit. A script for the instructor accompanies the slides.
Curated OER
Personal Odysseys and Everyday Heroes
Ninth graders study Greek Mythology, focusing on Gods and Goddesses. They compare the modern day hero with the classical hero and examine how individual characters are based on their own personal odysseys.
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.
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.
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.
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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: 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 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
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.
TES Global
Blendspace: Citing Your Sources Using Mla
A twelve-part learning module on using MLA formatting to cite sources including a works cited page, in-text citations, parenthetical citations, plagiarism, and more.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Using Modern Language Association (Mla) Style
This lesson focuses on using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style including the major components of a research paper written using MLA style, reasons to use MLA Style, formatting an MLA paper, general MLA guidelines, a comparison of...
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.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Documenting Sources and Writing a Bibliography/works Cited
This lesson focuses on documenting research sources and writing a bibliography or Works Cited page. It discusses when and how to document your sources using MLA style. W.9-10.8 Sources, L.9-10.3a Standard Format
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Citing Material Correctly (English Iii Writing)
In this lesson, students will learn how to decide when they need a source citation, how to cite sources using parenthetical information, and the differences among the citation styles.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Apa Documentation
This site provides information on the APA (American Psychological Association) documentation style. The information can be downloaded in PDF format. It refers to several handouts dealing with parenthetical references, reference lists,...
TES Global
Blendspace: How to Cite Sources
A twenty-part learning module on citing sources including links to pictures, text, activities, sites, and videos on plagiarism, note taking, MLA formatting, in-text citations, and citation websites.
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Making Source Cards
A great resource for putting together all of a student's possible sources onto note cards for later using in citing.