1.6.3 Review of APA citation

Outline of this lesson:

• Recognizing the relationship between reference page citations and in-text citations
• Use the online resources (e.g. Writer's Help 2.0, etc.) to locate APA citation rules and guidelines. Apply them to identify mistakes in your diagnostic essay citation
• Write and edit APA reference page citations for different types of sources

A.Warm-up

Video:  Cite a source: how and why you should do it

Discussion questions:
1) What are in-text citations and references? How are they different from each other?
2) How are they related to each other?
3) Why should we have both in-text citations and references in our papers?
4) What are the two places where citation info should appear?
5) What are the two ways of making in-text citations?


B. Reference Page Activity Sources

Handout 1: APA Student Handbook
Handout 2: Reference Page Activity Sources 
Handout 3: APA reference sample

Handout 4: Practice citation_reference list


C. Supplementary Materials:

PowerPoint: citation
Purdue OWL (online writing lab): APA General Guidelines
Writer's Help 2.0: Directory to APA in-text citation models


D. Homework

1. Revise your argumentative essay based on lectures 1.6.2 & 1.6.3. Avoid plagiarism and please cite properly!
2. Argumentative essay 1st draft due by midnight today! I look forward to reading your drafts!
3. Plagiarism prevention tutorial certification test (in-class this Wednesday, 02/24). Please complete "plagiarism awareness tutorial" on Compass2g. 
4. Writer's Help 2.0: Checkpoint 1 due by 02/28, Sunday.