Showing posts with label documentation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label documentation. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

MLA Handbook Online

I've never been to the MLA handbook online before.

Here you can find all the information you need to properly document all works cited. I was just talking with my sister, an English teacher, about this. She wanted to be sure to remind me that this is not just a good idea the teacher had, but it is required. You just do not take someone else's work and cite it without giving proper credit. It is imperative that all students in secondary and college learn the proper way to give credit in papers. The MLA handbook online is the resource with all of the approved information.

That I'd like to see.


Write It, Cite It

I had never been to Write It, Cite It before.

My son started public school this year and is making very poor grades on his essays. The teacher has said nothing except "documentation" but never explained what she meant by that. We guess she thinks that all the kids already know what to do. My son is learning by trial by error. Today, his biology teacher sent a packet home with information for a project. She reminded the students to visit the Write It, Cite It page available on the school district library site. The site is a great source of everything the kids need to know to document works properly. We had no idea about this, but know that it will prove invaluable to my son. We hope armed with this new information, his essay grades will improve.

That I'd like to see.