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Read Aloud Read the article explaining Arizona's controversial immigration law.

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Mini-Lesson: MLA Style
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 * What is MLA Style? Look at the overview on OWL at Purdue's Writing Lab site.
 * Today we are going to look at creating citations for your annotated bibliography and your Works Cited page.[|works_cited.png]
 * First, let's cite the article we read.
 * Now, I have a secret for you... There are great web tools available to help you with citations! You just have to recognize all the parts and be able to check the citation against the MLA handbook.


 * Let's use one to cite this source.
 * Now let's cite the first YouTube video together.
 * Look at this site for help on this!
 * Now you try doing the other!

Guided Practice
With your group, get out a piece of paper and write down each source name. Create a citation for each source.
 * Source 1
 * Source 2
 * Source 3
 * Source 4 - Look at "Miracle in the Making" which begins on pg.8
 * Source 5

Put these citations in alphabetical order.

Independent Practice

 * Work on citing your sources! Make use of the websites and tools I gave you!

Homework
Read and journal! You should be nearly finished with journaling 3 books by now! Bring in journals for grading. Cite all of your 6 sources!