Citing Evidence

DAY 6
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WHY SHOULD YOU CITE SOURCES?

1 Readers can locate information easily

2 It avoids any plagiarism and gives credit to authors

3 Readers trust your writing more

Which version is the correct way to cite Ender's Game?
“In his tablet’s video game, Ender finds a hidden room
1 with a mirror that reveals a dark message” (Card 119).

“In his tablet’s video game, Ender finds a hidden room

2
with a mirror that reveals a dark message” (Card, 119).

3 “In his tablet’s video game, Ender finds a hidden room

with a mirror that reveals a dark message” (119).
Which version is the correct way to cite Ender's Game?
“In his tablet’s video game, Ender finds a hidden room
1 with a mirror that reveals a dark message” (Card 119).

“In his tablet’s video game, Ender finds a hidden room

2
with a mirror that reveals a dark message” (Card, 119).

3 “In his tablet’s video game, Ender finds a hidden room

with a mirror that reveals a dark message” (119).
Correct the quotes on your Whiteboard:

When Wundabli (Brown 50) went home he played soccer

According to Brown, 36, Stephanie enjoys horror movies
Aaron was a physics mastermind Dr. Brown page 15.
Correct the quotes on your Whiteboard:

"When Wundabli went home he played soccer" (Brown 50)

"Stephanie enjoys horror movies" (Brown 36)
"Aaron was a physics mastermind" (Brown 15)
Do you understand this quote?

“Individual human beings are all tools” (Card 35). Ender and
his classmates were treated as tools and weapons.

Do you know what is happening in this scene?

Who says the quote?
Why is the author bringing up this quote right now?
WHY SHOULD WE ADD CONTEXT TO QUOTES?

1 Readers are not lost in the argument

2 Readers feel like thet are a part of your story

3 Helps you, the writer, think critically about your argument

 How do you contextualize a quote?
1 2 3
Introduce book (only on Get more specific. Then,
first introduction). answer "what is Finally, add the quote
What is the broad idea happening in this part of
you are trying to get the book and who is “Individual human beings
across? part of this scene? are all tools” (Card 35)

In Ender's Game, the When Colonel Graff first

student soldiers were not brings Ender to the Battle
respected as humans. School, he tells Ender that
Contextualize this Quote:
 How do you embed a long quote?
1 2 3

Start the sentence with Insert direct quotes in Make sure to add in the
your own words to the centre of the citation (author's last
contextualise the sentence: name and page
quote: Ender realizes that, "the most number)
important message was this:
After talking with Petra the adults are the enemy, not (Card 82)
about the mysteries of the other armies. They do not
the Battle School, tell us the truth"
 Your Turn
"'There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you and
that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you'"
(pg 35)

Embed quotes using context clues on the whiteboard

Share with a partner
Be prepared to share with the class and win prizes!
 Long Quote Chunked Quote

E.g. "Ender realizes that, "the most E.g. Ender realizes that, at the Battle
important message was this: the adults School, "The adults are the enemy,"
are the enemy, not the other armies. because "they do not tell us the truth"
They do not tell us the truth" (Card 82)

Transform a long quote into a chunked quote

 Your Turn
Transform your long quote into a chunked quote
 Chunked Quote
Colonel Graff says, "'There's only one thing that will make them
stop hating you" is "being so good at what you do" and "they can't
ignore you'" (Card 35)
 PUT IT ALL TOGETHER!

1 In your group, contextualize, embed and cite your

quote on one whiteboard

2 Appoint 2-3 actors to act out the embedding.

3 Act it out!
 Contextualize this quote
"Listen up, scrunchface. You nobody.
Got that? You nobody, got that? You
not anybody till you gots you first kill.
Got that? (Card 47)