1. You need netbooks

2. Works Cited Page

3. You’ve got your 2 or 3 sources, so…
What do you do next?
First, you need to put each source through easybib.com

4. Go to your article or website and copy the URL

5. Then, go to easybib.com and paste the URL there.

6. We’re using MLA style. Be sure your type of document is checked:

7. Then click on “cite it”

8. This is what easybib found – but we still have a little work to do
This is what easybib found – but we still have a little work to do. Click on “continue to final step!”

9. Fill in the red squares with the necessary information.

10. So, we go back to our original web page and look for that information
Author is easy. It’s right there at the top of the page.

11. Fill in the author:

12. So, we go back to our original web page and look for that information
Publication date is easy, too. It’s right there at the top of the page.

13. So we fill in those red squares.

14. And then click “Create Citation”

15. And, taaadaa – here is your citation!

16. Now, copy and paste this onto your Works Cited page:
But, we need to format it correctly…..

17. It needs to be double spaced, not highlighted, the first line needs to be at the margin and the second line needs to be indented:

18. Then, alphabetize your entries:

19. Now, you are ready to rock and roll!

21. One reason kittens should be included in classrooms is because they make people happy and relaxed. In a 2011 study, researchers found that kittens in the classroom increased student happiness by seventy-nine percent (Canales). By having the kittens to interact with, students were able to forget any problems that were bothering them and could concentrate on the subject being studied. Another scientist, psychologist Karen Allen found “…that the presence of pets may lower our blood pressure and stress levels, although they do not tell us the reasons for this effect” (Lileinfeld).

22. Inserting a quote in your body paragraphs

23. Introduce your evidence:
Most academic papers require students to integrate evidence (often quotes, but it can also include:
statistics,
figures,
common sense examples, etc.
to support the claim(s) made in the paragraph and/or the paper as a whole. When including evidence, make sure it is integrated smoothly into the text of the paper. Readers should be able to move from your words to your evidence without feeling a logical or mechanical jolt.

24. Introducing quotes When introducing quotes, always
a) identify the source and
b) summarize to provide context.
Many terms may be used to introduce quoted material: asserts, believes, claims, comments, confirms, declares, defines, describes, explains, indicates, makes clear, proposes, etc. However, these terms are not interchangeable. Make your choice based on your meaning.

25. Insert your evidence
Insert/drop-in your supporting evidence (often quotes but again, evidence can also be in the form of personal examples, facts, statistics, etc.).

26. Unpack evidence
Explain what the quote means and why it’s important to your argument. The author should agree with how you sum up the quotation—this will help you establish credibility, by demonstrating that you do know what the author is saying even if you don‟t agree. Often 1-2 sentences tops (unless you evidence is particularly long or complicated that is).

27. Explain evidence
No matter how good your evidence is, it won‟t help your argument much if your reader doesn‟t know why it‟s important. Ask yourself: how does this evidence prove the point you are trying to make in this paragraph and/or your paper as a whole? Can be opinion based and is often at least 1-3 sentences.

28. Insert a concluding sentence
End your paragraph with a concluding sentence or sentences that reasserts how your paragraph contributes to the development of your argument as a whole.

29. Sooooo, to recap….. 1. Begin paragraph with a Topic Sentence
2. Explain Your Topic Sentence
3. Introduce Your Evidence
4. Insert Your Evidence
5. Unpack Your Evidence
6. Explain Your Evidence
7. Insert a Concluding Sentence

30. In-line citations Direct quote
The prisoners were forced to do some truly horrible things. When Elie arrived at Birkenau, he met a man from his town, Bela Katz, who had been forced to do the unthinkable. “He told us that having been chosen because of his strength, he had been forced to place his own father’s body into the furnace” (35).
Indirect quote
The prisoners were forced to do some truly horrible things. When Elie arrived at Birkenau, he met a man from is town, Bela Katz, who had been forced to do the unthinkable. He said that, because he was so strong, he was forced to put his own father’s body into the furnace (35).

31. Claim: Robert Kennedy played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Topic Sentence: Robert Kennedy helped to craft the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
I would then explain how this act outlawed racial discrimination in voting, employment and public facilities.

32. The rest of the paragraph:
Does your topic sentence need any explanation to be understood? Do it.
Prove your topic sentence using examples from your research.
Include a quote from one of your two articles.
Be sure to introduce the quote.
In a 1963 letter to his brother, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy stated, “The most significant civil rights problem is voting. Each citizen’s right to vote is fundamental to all the other rights of citizenship…” (Berkin).
Berkin, Carol, ed. "Robert Kennedy on Civil Rights, 1963." The Gilden
Lehrman Institute of American History, 24 July Web. 21 May