Most students can't tell the difference between a sitation, sightation, and citation if it hit them "up side the head." Students involved in research frequently fail to give credit for their resources. They even may be unaware that citations and references are important part of documenting research.

Creating citations does not have to be an onerous task, but we have to be creative in bringing our students to this realization on their own.

Students will be able to write a citation in MLA citation style.

 

Students will be able to extract the necessary information to create an MLA citation style.

 

Students will use either template to work with the worksheet and create at least two different citations for their group.

 

Students, working in their respective groups,  will create create their own citations (2 each) for a research project about non-American author.   

 

 

Delaney, Robert. (2007). MLA Citation Style. Retrieved August 28, 2007, from W.C. Bryant High School web page at: wcbryanths.org.

 

Five citation lesson handouts found in "supporting files" section.

 

Students will enter library and be given a sheet with 3 words: Sitation, Sightation, and Citation.  They will be asked to define the words and will choose the word that really exists.

 

Students will then be asked what kinds of citations there are and will be given a hand out of a citation style for MLA citation style.  

 

Students will extract the information and then put the information into a graphic organizer.

 

Students will then be given worksheet with which they will create two citations.

 

Students will share their work with their classmates in their groups and volunteers will put their citations on the blackboard. 

Students will be given a project author who they will create two citations for.

Each group will submit four citations for the members of the group.

The citation template will be used to assess the accuracy and clarity of the individual citations.