Wednesday, May 25 - In text citations.

Objective: By the end of class, students will create complete their WORKS CITED page, create in text citations and develop a thesis statement in order to learn rules of how to write a research paper in MLA format.

DO NOW

Write this down:

If your source has an author, write the author's last name and then page number in the in text citation. If no author, just write the title in quotation marks.

Example: Unfortunately, transgenders suffer financially as we. There is discrimination against transgenders in the traditional job market and therefore they have trouble obtaining or holding jobs that pay above cost of living expenses."The National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) found that 15 percent of respondents were living in severe poverty, making less than $10,000/year" ("Understanding the Transgender Community").
 
Direct Instruction

Create a thesis statement from your TOPIC. Include three major areas for your thesis. 

Example Thesis Statement to my topic which is Transgenders and Social Issues: 

Thesis Statement: Transgenders face many obstacles in today's society including job discrimination, bias and violence and barriers to healthcare.

Guided / Independent

Once you have a thesis, take a few minutes to read your sources and see if they contain information that you may use.

Choose one piece of your thesis and write a paragraph about it. Use ONE quote from one of your sources in this paragraph. Be sure to place the IN_TEXT citation by either following the quote with the author's last name in parentheses or the title of the article if there is no author (as I showed you in the "DO NOW" from today).

Check for understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

REVIEW STEPS FOR CITING SOURCES.