Unit 3: Writing a Research Paper

MLA Works Cited Documentation

(Chapter 22, Step 6)

Todays Objective

You will use the information you brought (from three articles) to create a Works Cited page.

We will talk about TENSES!

Tenses

I know this is an extremely simple aspect of the English language, but 90% of my students make the mistake of using the proper tense.

I have a few friends in America who have been reading many of your blogs, and they tell me that 'tenses' are probably the biggest problem many of you have.

Today we will review tenses, and I really want you to focus on using these properly in your writings for the rest of the semester.

Tenses

Tense is a method that we use in English to refer to time - past, present and future.

Many languages use tenses to talk about time.

Other languages have no tenses, but of course they can still talk about time, using different methods.

QUICK REVIEW!

Tense Review

Tense Review

I know you know it...

BUT YOU NEED TO SHOW IT!

Ask me about playing football.

Simple Present

Do you play football?

Simple Past

Did you play football?

Present Progressive

Are you playing football?

Present Perfect Progressive

Have you been playing football?

Present Perfect

Have you played football?

Past Progressive

Were you playing football?

Ask me about playing football.

Past Perfect

Had you played football?

Past Perfect Progressive

Had you been playing football?

Will-future

Will you play football?

Future Perfect

Will you have played football?

Future Progressive

Will you be playing football?

Going to-future

Are you going to play football?

Ask me about playing football.

Conditional Simple

Would you play football?

Conditional Progressive

Would you be playing football?

Conditional Perfect Progressive

Would you have been playing football?

Conditional Perfect

Would you have played football?

Tenses and Active VerbsProper tenses are an issue in many of your blogs

AND many of your resumes.

I suggest you go online and look at the lists of active verbs on our website. It will help your papers look more ACTIVE. (Tenses will be on your final.

Model “Works Cited” Page (page 406)

Title the page: Works Cited

The title is NOT underlined, italized, or bolded

Double spaced

Hanging indentation

a paragraph that has all lines but the first indented.

Works Cited page must be in alphabetical order.

The “WORKS CITED” Page

Definition: The “sources” you “cited” in your research paper are written “collectively” on one page. This page is called the “Works Cited” page.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO?

Type all your source cards IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (by the first item on the card usually the Author’s Last name).

REMEMBER: Indent ALL lines after the first.

Model Entries (page 393-5)

Book by one author.

Two or more entries by the same author.

Two or more authors.

Magazine article

Newspaper article

Editorial

Selection in an edited collection

Revised or later edition

Article in an online magazine

Article in an online website

Wor ks Cit ed Sampl es BOOKS WITH ONE AUTHOR:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Year of Publication.

BOOKS WITH TWO OR THREE AUTHORS:

1st Author’s Last Name, First Name, and next Author’s First and Last Names, Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Year of Publication.

BOOKS WITH MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS:

1st Author’s Last Name, 1st Author’s First Name, et al. Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Year of Publication.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine. Volume Number [if any]. Date of Publication: Page Number(s).

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper. Date of Publication, Section and Page Number(s).

ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Volume # and Edition, of given. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.

WEB SITES WITH AN AUTHOR’S NAME:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article or Web Page.” Internet: <Internet Address> Date you got the information.

WEB SITES WITH NO AUTHOR’S NAME:

“Title of Article or Page.” Internet: <Internet Address> Date you got the information.

SourcesBook

Author Last name, First. Book Title. City of Publication:Publisher, Year of publication.

Josephson, Matthew. Edison: A Biography. Portland: Wiley, 1992.

SourcesMagazine

Author or editor Last name, First name. “Article title.” Name of Magazine. Date of Magazine published:

Page numbers.

Saunders, Fenella. “They Invented it.” Discover Magazine. Oct 2006: 2-3.

Sources

Author or editor Last name, first name. Web site title. Date of publication of site. <Internet address>.

Date you found the information.

Beals, Gerry. Thomas Edison’s Home Page. 1999.

<http://www.thomasedison.com>. Oct 2014

Internet

Book by One Author (page 393)

1. Author's last name is written first, followed by a comma, first name, and a period:

Bryson, Bill.

2. One space, then the title and a period. The title is underlined:

Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly Everything.

3. One space, then the place of publication, colon, and publishing company, comma, date published, and period at the end:

New York: Broadway Books, 2003.

Self-Quiz 1 - 5

ONE

A book by David Anderegg called Worried All The Time and published in New York by Free Press in 2003.

Anderegg, David. Worried All the Time. New York: Free Press, 2003.

TWO

An article by Susan Page titled “No Experience Necessary” on pages 1A-2A of the September 29, 2003 issue of USA Today.

Page, Susan. “No Experience Necessary.” USA Today. 29 Sep. 2003: 1A-2.

THREE

A book by Michael W. Pasner and Ronald E. Smith titled Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior and published in a second edition by McGraw-Hill in New York in 2004.

Pasner, Michael W., and Ronald E. Smith. Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

FOUR

An article by Mark Miller titled “Parting with a Pet” found on May 16, 2004 at <http://www.msnbc.com/news/977726.asp?Ocv-KV20> in the October 8, 2003 issue of Newsweek Online.

Miller, Mark. “Parting with a Pet.” Newsweek Online. 8 Oct. 2003. http://www.msnbc.com/news/977726.asp?Ocv-KV20> 16 May 2004.

FIVE

An article titled “Depression in Teenagers” found on April, 2004 on the website titled Troubled Teens at <http://www.4troubledteens.com> and sponsored by the Aspen Education Group.

“Depression in Teenagers.” Troubled Teens. Aspen Education Group. <http://www.msnbc.com/news/977726.asp?Ocv-KV20> Apr. 2004.

In-Class WritingUse the information you brought (from three articles)

to create a Works Cited page.

I'll give you plenty of time. If you have questions, refer to the examples in the book, ask a classmate or ask me.

A Few Things About MLA

Modern Language Association.

It is the most commonly used essay writing format.

Other formats: APA, Chicago, turabian, and more.

The information in the book is actually out-dated.

A reference; no need to memorize.

Pay attention to format style.

Look-up updated formatting details.

396-406

Essay Format

Formatting Your Paper– Times New Roman (font)12 Pt (size of font)Double Space (Format; Line Spacing; Double)1 inch margins (already set)NO BOLDNO ITALICSNO PICTURES

• This is a “FORMAL” piece of writing and it should look like it

Citations within your paper pg. 391-392

In MLA style, referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what is known as 'parenthetical citation'.

This method involves placing relevant source information in parentheses after a quote or a paraphrase.

Example:

Johnson argues this point (12-13).

This point had already been argued (Johnson 12-13).

We will talk more about this on week 11

Homework

Read THREE more articles on your general research topic.

Read Chapter 22, Step 2

(Pages 384-5).

Blog Entry:

Title 'Cultural Comparison'

In this blog you are going to compare something you have learned this semester about American culture and compare it to an aspect of Chinese culture.

Have fun with this one. Should be long enough to express yourself clearly.

You can begin prewriting for this entry today if we have time.