Grab a whiteboard and a marker and answer the question below:

1. What is an in-text citation?

2. Why is it important to use in-text citations?

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

ANNOUNCEMENTS???

SENIORS!

1. Notes on in-text citations!!!

2. Activity

3. Computer Lab

Reminders: All 35 notecards due Monday, May 5th! Research Paper due Friday, May 9th!

AGENDA

My 12th Grade In-Text Citation Face

HELP ME!!!!!

In-text citations – used to put important source information in parentheses after a paraphrase or quote

NOTE: You should NOT have more than 1/3 of your paper cited

In-text citations

Used within your research paper to refer readers to the source in the Works Cited page In case the reader wants to check

it out!

Gives credit where credit is due No in-text citation = plagiarism!

Why Use In-Text Citations?

http://tilt.library.skagit.edu/module4/plagiarism.htm

In-Text Citations: Use when…

Paraphrasing an original idea from a source

Citing a fact that is NOT “common knowledge”

Summarizing another person’s idea

Quoting http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/tigertail/nf/module3/images/plagiarism.GIF

For MLA style, in-text citations should include: Author’s last name Page number

- Citation comes BEFORE the closing punctuation mark.

Example, Quotation from GALE eBook: “He received honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Oxford

universities” (Benson 583).

Example, Paraphrase: Benjamin Franklin was educated at Harvard, Oxford, and Yale universities (Benson 583).

In-Text Citations: MLA

Set-up Line – a “signal phrase” that uses the author’s name to “set up” the fact/idea If you use a set-up line = do NOT need to put

the author’s name in parentheses

Example, direct quotation: As Sonia Benson explains, “In 1787, Franklin attended the Constitutional Convention, during which

members wrote the U.S. Constitution” (583). Example, paraphrase: Sonia Benson tells us

that Benjamin Franklin played a part in creating the U.S. Constitution in 1787 (583).

Set-Up Line

Stand up, head over to the front or back board, and write down 1 highlight from your notes!

Pause, Stretch & Reflect!

If you’re using an internet source that has no page numbers, such as an article, then only include the author’s last name in the citation.

Example from a New Yorker article found online: “Even within Apple, Jobs was known for taking credit for others’ ideas” (Gladwell).

In-Text Citations: No page numbers

When the author’s name is NOT given, the first thing in parentheses should be the first word or a short phrase in your entry for the source in your Works Cited page

Usually the first word in the title

Not “the”

In quotes

In-Text Citations: Author Unknown

Author Unknown: ExampleExample of a Paraphrase from Biography.com:

Citation: "Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.." 2014. The Biography.com website. May 01 2014

Paraphrase: Barack was primarily raised by his mother because his father was studying in Massachusetts before his parents split apart (“Barack”).

Activity: Worksheet

Complete the worksheet, “Practice with In-Text Citations,” with the required citation information. Follow the directions on the worksheet.

You may work with partners if you’d like, but every student must hand in a worksheet.

For further information:

**Purdue Owl: MLA Formatting and Style Guide (edited 2014) (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/res5e_ch08_s1-0001.html  hackerandbooks.com Research and Documentation Online: 5th editionhttp://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/res5e_ch08_s1-0001.html  Bedford Writing Center: http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/wc/pub/documents/mlaintxt.pdf  Portland State University Writing Centerhttp://www.writingcenter.pdx.edu/resources/library.php?step09_detail_3.html

AWARDS!!!!!