Ms. Durand

January 23, 2009Ms. Durand10th Grade

ELATimeline of Lesson: 58 minutes

Abstract: The purpose of this lesson is to teach students the MLA format.

Objectives (at the end of this lesson students will be able to):

Use MLA format.

Standards Addressed:

ELA 19: Writing

Students will write with a clear focus, coherent organization, and sufficient detail.

ELA 21: Revising

Students will demonstrate improvement in organization, content, paragraph development,

level of detail, style, tone, and word choice (diction) in their compositions after revising

them.

ELA 24: Research

Students will gather information from a variety of sources, analyze and evaluate the

quality of the information they obtain, and use it to answer their own questions.

Guiding Questions:

How often in your life do you think you will need to use the MLA format?

Procedure

Write a quote on the board with a citation and have students write a paragraph

about it.

1. Tell students to cite correctly using MLA format.

2. Switch papers then go over how to cite correctly. Have students tell

me how to cite it.

3. Have students correct each others work.

Pass out handouts on citations.

Go through handout as a class.

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Ms. Durand

Pass out worksheet with incorrect MLA citations.

Have students correct each problem.

Have students get their laptops.

Have students correct their research papers according to the MLA format.

- Tell students they need to copy their essays from Google.docs to a word

doc.

- Have students make their work cited page and correct any parenthetical

references.

- Walk around and help students

Assessment

MLA worksheet will be collected and graded

Materials and Resources:

Laptops

Handouts

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