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Directed Learning Activities

Student Name: yuan wang Date: 7/26/22

Instructor: odgen Course: engl001a

Topic: Research and Citation: MLA Works Cited and In-Text Citations

Learning Outcomes: After completing this activity, you should be able to…
• Use in-text citations to reference outside work
• Format a Works Cited page

Activity: You will view the video, read and review each section, and complete all the exercises. When finished
with all the exercises, students will sign up for a follow-up meeting with a tutor to review their work.

Part 1: Works Cited

Begin by reviewing: Santa Ana College’s “Works Cited: The Basics” PowerPoint.
Scan the QR code to be taken to their website and download the “Works Cited” presentation.
Google “Santa Ana College MLA resources,” select “MLA Resources—Santa Ana College,”
download and read “Works Cited” PowerPoint.
NOTE: Be sure to read the comments of the PPT as they provide context for the slides.

PowerPoint Recap Questions:

1. What is the purpose of Works Cited page?
Giving the reader a quick overview of where you acquired the data utilized in your work is the
goal 

2. How do you format a Works Cited page?

One inch margins, each citation has hanging

3. What are the 9 core elements for a works cited entry? (Make sure to list them in order)
Author, title of source and container, other contributors,version, number,publisher,publication
date,location

4. What type of sources are italicized? What types of sources are in quotations?
quotation= title italicized=journal name
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Things to remember:
• A Works Cited page will always a brand-new page and does not count towards your essay page count
(for example, if you’re assigned a four-page paper, you must write four pages AND a Works Cited page
for a total of five pages).
• If you don’t have one of the core elements (listed above), skip it and enter the next element.
• For online sources, you must also include the DOI number or URL, and the date YOU found the source.

Activity 1: Select the entry that correctly uses MLA formatting for the works-cited entry (or entries).

1. The student is quoting from the article "Surveillance: Taking It Downtown" by Brennan David,
published on March 28, 2010, in the newspaper Columbia Daily Tribune. The student accessed the
article on the Web on June 9, 2010.
a. David, Brennan. "Surveillance: Taking It Downtown." Columbia Daily Tribune, 28 Mar. 2010,
www.columbiatribune.com/news/perspectives/surveillance-taking-it-
downtown/article_d9197f56-2331-5d7f-9894-03efb04fe7b8.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.
b. David, Brennan. "Surveillance: Taking It Downtown." Columbia Daily Tribune, 28 Mar. 2010,
Web. www.columbiatribune.com/news/perspectives/surveillance-taking-it-
downtown/article_d9197f56-2331-5d7f-9894-03efb04fe7b8.html 9 June 2010.

2. The student is citing the book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William
McDonough and Michael Brungart. It was published by North Point Press, an imprint of the publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, in 2002.
a. McDonough, William, and Brungart, Michael. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make
Things. North Point-Farrar, 2002.
b. McDonough, William, and Michael Brungart. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make
Things. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002.

Activity 2: Create a Works Cited page that includes the following 4 sources (book, newspaper, journal, and
website). Be sure to create it on a computer/Chromebook (you can check one out at the front desk). Make sure
you are following MLA formatting guidelines.

1. Book: go online to Amazon.com and find the book Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire. Click on
“Look Inside” above the picture of the book to find the information needed to create the reference.
Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York :Continuum, 2000.
2. Newspaper: go to the LA Times newspaper web page and cite an article from today’s issue of the LA
Times. “L.A. County Could Be Days Away from a Mask Mandate. These Cities Won't
Lin, Summer.
Enforce It.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022, Web.
3. Journal: go to the PCC library website; in the search bar, type “benefits of tutoring.” Find the article
“The Effectiveness of Tutoring on Developmental English Grades.” Cite this article on your Works
Vick, Nicholas, et al. “The Effectiveness of Tutoring on Developmental English
Cited page.
Grades.” The Community College Enterprise, vol. 21, no. 1, 2015, p. 11–.
4. Webpage: in the Google search bar, type “OWL Purdue MLA.” Include the webpage on your Reference
page. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/
mla_formatting_and_style_guide/
mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
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Part 2: In-Text Citations

Begin by Reviewing:
Santa Ana College’s “In-Text Citations: The Basics” PowerPoint
Scan the QR code to be taken to their website and download the “In-Text Citations” presentation. You can also
Google “Santa Ana College MLA resources,” select “MLA Resources—Santa Ana
College,” and download “In-Text Citations” PowerPoint.
NOTE: Be sure to read the comments of the PPT as they provide context for the
slides.

PowerPoint Recap Questions:

1. When should you use an in-text citation?

Every time you use research or ideas that are not your own to cite, paraphrase, or
summarize, you must include an in-text citation.

2. What is a signal phrase?

Signal words are used to introduce or lead into a source or statement.

3. What usually goes in a parenthetical?

verb tense change

4. What do you do when there is no author?

start with title

5. How many lines are needed for a quote to become a block quote?
longer than 4

6. How do you add/omit words from a quote?

brackets
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Things to Remember:

• A drop quote is not a sentence: make sure all direct quotes are introduced with a signal word or are
weaved into your sentence. You’re using the quote as part of your essay, so it has to read as such.
• The parenthetical citation has to match your Works Cited page. If you don’t have an author on the
Works Cited page, just go to the next part of the entry, such as the title of the source.
• No comma is needed to separate the author’s last name and the page number.
• Signal words must match the tense of the essay: for example, if your essay is in the present, signal words
are in the present.

Activity 3: Circle the sentence that uses the parenthetical citation correctly.

1. A. “It took 20 years for the law to take effect” (Kaiser “What Happened to Justice?” 105).
B. “It took 20 years for the law to take effect” (Kaiser 105).
2. A. According to Herman Jenkins, 67% of the workers only put forth half of their effort (Jenkins 4).
B. According to Herman Jenkins, 67% of the workers only put forth half of their effort (4).
3. A. On page 41, the author states that Lincoln was responsible for the adverse reaction in the town
square (O’Tulley).
B. On page 41, the author states that Lincoln was responsible for the adverse reaction in the town square
(O’Tulley Investigating Lincoln).

4. A. America does not have a national language, and many argue that we should— English. (Williams 12)

B. America does not have a national language, and many argue that we should— English (Williams 12).

Activity 4: Use the provided Works Cited entry to fill in the blank with the information needed for the in-text
citation.

1. An article in Time reports, when “asked about Ohr’s security clearance, Trump said: ‘I suspect I’ll be taking
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it away very quickly” (__________________________________).
Works Cited Entry:
“President Trump Says He Will Revoke Justice Department Official’s Security Clearance.” Time, 17 Aug.
2018, time.com/5370419/trump-revokes-justice-department-official-security-clearance/. Accessed 17 Aug.
2018.

brain on fire
2. In her book, _________________ presents a vivid description of the “…fierc[e] battle taking place at the
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most basic level inside [her] brain” (_____).

Works Cited Entry:
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Cahalan, Susannah. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012.
Amanpour
3. One of the key reasons _____________ argues for the importance of being able to “distinguish between the
truth and fake news” is that without this ability “[individuals] have a very… difficult time trying to solve
some of the great issues [society] face[s].”
Works Cited Entry:
Amanpour, Christiane. “How to Seek Truth in the Era of Fake News.” Ted.com, TEDGlobal, Sept. 2017,

www.ted.com/talks/christiane_amanpour_how_to_seek_truth_in_the_era_of_fake_news. Accessed 17

Aug. 2018.

Review the DLA

When you have completed this DLA, please go to the front desk to sign up for a follow-up meeting with a
tutor. During your session with the tutor, they will review your work with you, and you can ask them any
questions you may have had while completing this DLA. You will only receive credit for this DLA after you
have had your follow-up meeting with a tutor, and they sign your DLA worksheet.

Student’s Signature: yuan wang Date: 7/27

Tutor’s Name and Signature: Date: