Learning Objective
From this lesson, students should be able to:
b. How to avoid dropping a quote in without an introduction
c. When to put in a parenthetical citation
2. How to support a quote (5 minutes)
a. Always make sure that the reader knows why you are including a quote in your paper by tying it back into your thesis.
b. Several ways to go about this:
i. Paraphrase what the author is saying
ii. Explain how the quote supports your thesis
iii. Build upon the arguments made in the quote, or provide a counter argument
3. How to format a quote and its surrounding paragraph (5 minutes)
a. Punctuation with or without a parenthetical citation
b. How to integrate a shorter quote into your paragraph
c. How to integrate a block quote into your paragraph
4. Extra time for questions (0-5 minutes, depending on how often they ask questions during the rest of lesson)
Method of Assessing the Objective
From this lesson, students should be able to:
- Format quotations and paraphrased sentences in MLA style
- Form paragraphs around these quotations in a clear and concise manner
- Use supporting evidence to strengthen the arguments outlined in their thesis statements
- PowerPoint Slides
- Computer and projector
- This lesson will take approximately 15 to 20 minutes to cover
- How to introduce a direct quotation (5 minutes)
b. How to avoid dropping a quote in without an introduction
c. When to put in a parenthetical citation
2. How to support a quote (5 minutes)
a. Always make sure that the reader knows why you are including a quote in your paper by tying it back into your thesis.
b. Several ways to go about this:
i. Paraphrase what the author is saying
ii. Explain how the quote supports your thesis
iii. Build upon the arguments made in the quote, or provide a counter argument
3. How to format a quote and its surrounding paragraph (5 minutes)
a. Punctuation with or without a parenthetical citation
b. How to integrate a shorter quote into your paragraph
c. How to integrate a block quote into your paragraph
4. Extra time for questions (0-5 minutes, depending on how often they ask questions during the rest of lesson)
Method of Assessing the Objective
- Because this lesson plan is for their Rhetorical Analysis paper, I will know if the objectives have been fulfilled if they are able to properly integrate quotes from the source material into the final draft of the paper
Supporting Material
Reflection
Just like last year, I got a lot of good feedback on this presentation both from my professor, and from my students. Unfortunately, due to time constrictions, I was unable to do the activity that I did along with it last year. I think this would have helped these concepts stick in their mind a little better. Despite this, I still saw a big improvement into how my students integrated their direct quotes before I gave this lesson and how they did it after I gave this lesson. I feel like quote integration is not something that a lot of students learn in high school, so I think this lesson plan made a big difference in their writing going forward. In their midterm review discussion boards, many of them stated that they wanted to see more specific lesson plans like this because they wanted more skills that are transferrable to the writing that they do in their other classes. Overall, I am very pleased with how this lesson plan went the second time around.