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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Citing Sources: Parenthetical Documentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent tip sheet on how to document sources while writing and creating a research paper. Includes in-depth information and examples.
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Making Source Cards

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great resource for putting together all of a student's possible sources onto note cards for later using in citing.
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland Libraries: Preparing an Annotated Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This step-by-step guide explains the purpose and the procedure for creating annotated bibliographies. Sample entries are included.
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.
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.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Wrangling Research, Apa Style

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on using APA Style for research papers including the formating, documentation, and reasons for using it. It offers a YouTube video for finding the APA format template in Microsoft Word 2007 and information for...
Website
Information Fluency

Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
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Information Fluency

Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
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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...
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...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Course Overview: Introduction to Contemporary Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to contemporary literature which is defined as literature written after WW II that deals with modern issues. It also focuses on writing formal essays using MLA formatting and avoiding "accidental plagiarism."
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Justice and Injustice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this self-guided unit, you will be exploring the themes of justice and injustice. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, and learning activities. At the end of the unit, you will follow the research process to...
Lesson Plan
Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Budget Technology [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will be divided into pairs and given a $1000 budget (imaginary) to create a project focusing on their area of interest within the school curriculum that will include a culminating audio/visual presentation. They must write an...
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Asa (American Sociological Association)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains the basics of the ASA citation style including in-text citations and the basics of bibliographic citations with examples. A link is provided to the ASA website for more information.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Chicago (Chicago Method of Style)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on Chicago Manual of Style rules for citation of sources; it includes in-text and bibliography examples and offers links to the Chicago Manual of Style website and the Turbian Style website.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Basic Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the basic mechanics of writing including links to Genre, Thinking, Methods of Reasoning, Evidence, and Citation.
Handout
Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Red Kangaroo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Animal Diversity Web offers a page on the Macropus Rufus, or Red Kangaroo. Includes all kinds of information from behavior to history. Use the table of contents for easy navigation.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Format: Long Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Format: Short Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
A four-page printable document followed by a screencast lesson [5 mins, 17 secs] explaining how to format short quotations using MLA formatting.
Unit Plan
University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive home page provides improvement module links in the areas of grammar, citations, and writing. The University of Sydney's The Write Site provides online support to help students improve their writing skills.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Ama (American Medical Association)

For Students 9th - 10th
This page explains the basics of the AMA citation style including endnotes and bibliographic citatation examples. It also provides a link to the AMA website for more information.
Handout
Other

How to Compile a Bibliography

For Students 1st - 6th Standards
This site provides basic guidelines and examples for how to compile a bibliography. Grade levels listed 1st through 6th.
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: "Watson and the Shark"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive site that tells the story behind one of John Singleton Copley's most famous paintings, "Watson and the Shark." The site discusses the artist's life and provides compositional information about the painting....