4.8 APA paper formatting

Outline of this lesson:

• Locate rules for APA formatting applications: title page, headers, page numbers, and reference page
• Apply rules to correct format in MS Word document.

A. Formatting:

Handout 1: Instructions:  Formatting guide

Handout 2: Practice: What's missing? (use handout 1: formatting guide to identify formatting problems; use the helpful link 1 below to improve it)

Helpful link 1: Purdue OWL General APA Guidelines
Title: no more than 12 words
Running head: no more than 50 characters including spaces and punctuation

Other resources: Purdue OWL Vidcast (watch through 2:50 minute mark) for overview of title page

Sample APA Research Paper (with APA formatting)
 

B. Writing effective titles

Handout 3: PowerPoint: Titles

Handout 4: practice: title ranking worksheet

Handout 5: practice: sample paragraphs worksheet


C. Writing effective headings

Handout 6: PowerPoint: using effective headings

Handout 7: reading passage as an example: depression

Handout 8: reading passage with sample headings: too much coffee?

Handout 9: practice: are these headings effective? how to improve: overcoming homesickness


D. Homework:

1. Apply the title, title page formatting, and effective headings to your own research paper. 
2. Submit your research paper 1st draft (all 8 paragraphs, with a title page and a reference page). Upload it on compass2g before 5pm (before class), 04/27, Wednesday. 
3. Check April upcoming deadlines for the rest of the assignments. 

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