MLA Lesson



|MLA Webquest |[pic] |

|A WebQuest for 11th Grade, College Writing | |

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|[pic]Introduction |

|Due to the MLA (Modern Language Association) pretest and future essay formats, it is necessary for scholars to master the format structure of |

|MLA. |

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|Scholars will take notes by answering targeted questions on a Web Quest Notes Work Sheet and grade and correct a sample scholar essay using an |

|MLA rubric. |

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|Process: What to Do |

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|Part 1 Researching |

|Scholars will learn about the MLA by researching and answering questions for several MLA websites. The web quest questions sheet for note |

|taking should be provide and is also available on page 6 of this document. |

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|Go to this link and read and see the example of what a header page looks like. This is the first page of an essay in MLA formatting. |

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|All the answers for 1-6 on your web quest notes can be found within the following two sites : |

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|View a header page sample here : |

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|For # 7 (webquest notes) go here, read and view the example of how to use parenthetical citation (citing in your own essay) : |

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|For # 8 (webquest notes) go here and read "22. Web site or other electronic source" |

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|For # 9 go to this site: |

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|For # 10 go to this site and scroll down to " Where Does the Punctuation Go in MLA Citations?" :

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|For number # 11 find the answer in the example on this website: |

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|Scholars will research five different sources and learn how to cite each source. Go to the following website and click on citing sources. |

|Choose five different sources to cite, and take notes (use # 12 of the webquest notes to record your findings) on how to cite them. Also browse|

|through the following websites to answer number 13-17 on your web quest notes. |

|For this site go to the left and click on the example of a Works Cited page: |

|For citing various sources, look here: |

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|Part 2 Compiling |

|Scholars will assess and correct the Scholar Example Essay (I will hand this out) by using the MLA rubric found on page 4 of this lesson. If |

|you are absent, go to my website at . Click on 11th Grade. Next click on the Webquest file page and |

|download and print Scholar Sample MLA. |

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|With a red (or colored) pen, correct the MLA formatting. Make sure to initially circle the wrong format, and then show corrections in the |

|margins. |

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|Use the MLA rubric to grade the example essay for MLA format found on page 4 of this lesson. |

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Evaluation:

Your Works Cited page and your corrections of the scholar sample essay will be evaluated with this MLA rubric.

| |Beginning |Developing |Accomplished |Exemplary |Score |

| |1 |2 |3 |4 | |

|  |Parenthetical notation |Parenthetical |Parenthetical notation |Parenthetical | |

|Parenthetical Citation  |and source missing. |notation is used, but|is used, but some |notation is correct. | |

| |Paper may technically be|incomplete or |technical aspects are |Writer uses signal | |

| |plagiarized, because |incorrect. Writer |incorrect. (i.e. signal |phrases, and correct | |

| |sources are not |shows lack of |phrases are incorrectly |parenthetical form | |

| |acknowledged. |awareness of correct |used, form of |for literary and | |

| | |form. Only quotations|parenthetical is |other types of | |

| | |are notated, and |incorrect, examples that|sources. Correct | |

| | |these notations are |are not directly quoted |notation for examples| |

| | |not all correct. |need correct notation, |that are not direct | |

| | | |etc.) |quotes. | |

|  |No works cited page. |Works cited page is |Works cited page |Works cited page | |

|Works Cited Page  | |present, but |includes correct title |includes correct | |

| | |incorrect in form in |and spacing. Entries are|title, and spacing. | |

| | |numerous ways. |not all complete or |Entries are complete | |

| | | |correct. |and correct. | |

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