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Engaging in MLA Citation Practice: Partner Activity and Reflection

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This activity guides students in practicing MLA citation through a partner-based discussion. Participants will verbally answer questions about citation rules, such as citing multiple authors and quoting long passages, using a provided in-text citation handout. Following the discussion, students will rephrase given passages with accurate parenthetical citations from various authors, including John Green, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling. Finally, the activity encourages a personal reflection on a text, allowing students to connect it to their experiences.

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  1. Activity MLA Review ~ Partner Activity • Please find a partner and answer the following questions VERBALLY. Yes, that’s right. You DO NOT have to write your answers down.  Use Your In-Text Citation Handout in your Interactive Notebook as a guide. • When you cite a work that has two or more authors, what must you do? • How do you cite a source when you mention the author’s name in your sentence? • When a quotation is longer than four lines of text, what must you do? • When you omit the author’s name in a passage you are citing, what must you do?

  2. Give it a whirl! Use the information below to properly re-write the following passages using proper parenthetical MLA citations. Author: John Green Passage: My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations. Page: 152

  3. Answer “My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations” (Green 152). Let’s try another… Author: Suzanne Collins Passage: I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go. Page: 374

  4. Answer “I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go” (Collins 374). One More Time! Author: J.K. Rowling Passage: It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. Page: 184

  5. Answer “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live” (Rowling 184).

  6. Reading Response Reflection #1 Double Entry Reflection Fascinating and Thought-Provoking Quote from the Text with Parenthetical Citations TWO QUOTES REQUIRED (THREE for Periods 1 &6) Personal Reaction Paragraph (5-8 Sentences) TWO PARAGRAPHS REQUIRED (THREE for Periods 1 &6)

  7. Reading Response Reflection #1 Double Entry Reflection “The moment had arrived. We prepared the kids, telling them Marley had to go to the hospital. We explained the doctors were going to try to make him better, but that he was very sick” (Grogan 178). This was an extremely difficult passage for me to read for so many reasons. Primarily, the words reminded me of a recent illness that had ravaged my family. My grandmother was diagnosed with cancer and we learned her time with us was limited. Additionally, this passage jolted the memory of….