Consult the official MLA Handbook, available without login using school WIFI.
You are required to use NoodleTools to create your in-text citations and Work Cited.
Recommended tutorials:
Watch the video to learn how to set up the required Project Folder settings in NoodleTools.
Your teacher may ask you to label your project folder Last name, First name or First name, Last name. Please follow your teachers isntructions on how the NoodleTools Project Folders should be titled.
Below are the settings discussed in the video that are required for Y7 NoodleTool Project Folders.
Understand "What is a citation?"
Understand "What is a Work Cited?"
Understand "What is an in-text citation?"
Practice citing artificial intelligence
Practice creating and using signal phrases
A citation is:
"Citations are a way of giving credit when certain material in your work came from another source. It gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again-- it provides an important roadmap to your research process. Whenever you use sources such as books, journals or websites in your research, you must give credit to the original author by citing the source. (University of Washington Libraries)"
There are two forms of citations. 1) This form of a citation is called an in-text citation!
2) This form of a citation is called a full citation and looks like this:
University of Washington Libraries. "Citing Sources: What are citations and why should I use them?" University Libraries, 1 May 2024, guides.lib.uw.edu/research/citations/citationwhat. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
Watch the video "What is a citation?"
Watch the videos below to learn how to create a full citation in NoodleTools for different types of information. If you need help with a specific citation or type of source, ask your teacher or a Librarian.
Repeat the steps in the videos on your own in your NoodleTools account.
Use the Y7 Full Citation Checklist to make sure you have included all the necessary information.
Forgot how to login to NoodleTools? Click here to watch the video "Log in to NoodleTools"
Watch the video below to learn how to create your Work Cited in NoodleTools.
Repeat the steps in the video on your own in your NoodleTools account.
Forgot how to login to NoodleTools? Click here to watch the video "Log in to NoodleTools"
An in-text citation is the very first thing you see when you look at a full citation - either the authors last name or group name OR the article, video, or image title.
Example A
Full citation:
Knorovsky, Katie. "Travel through time with 21 women explorers who changed the
world." National Geographic, www.nationalgeographic.com/amp-stories/travel/
visionary-female-adventurers-through-history/. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
In-text citation: (Knorovsky)
Example B
Full citation:
UC Santa Cruz University Library. "Cite Your Sources." UC Santa Cruz University
Library, guides.library.ucsc.edu/writing/
cite_sources#:~:text=A%20citation%20identifies%20for%20the,the%20source%20of%20in
formation%20used. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
In-text citation: (UC Santa Cruz University)
Example C
Full citation:
"Concussions in Football." Gale Middle School Online Collection, Gale, 2018. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/QBGJOQ028448974/MSIC?u=hkchis&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=d20454e2. Accessed 28 Sept. 2022.
In-text citation: ("Concussions in Football")
Watch the video "What is an in-text citation?" to learn more.
Need more practice? Battle against the Y7 Citation Quiz Master!
Now that you understand how to create an in-text citation from a full citation, here's a shortcut!
Watch the video to see how NoodleTools can generate in-text citations for you.
Works Cited
Musk, Elon. Personal interview with the author. 1 Jan. 1950.
Work Cited is all the work (sources) that you cited (give credit to).
Work Cited is a list of all the sources you quoted from or paraphrased from.
Work Cited is a list of full citations (includes all the information about the source you can find).
Work Cited is in alphabetical order.
Work Cited goes at the END of your project, presentation, writing.
Elon Musk once said “AI is neat, tech is a tool, but don’t be duped, check your sources to be real cool.” (Musk)
An in-text citation is a short version of a full citation.
An in-text citation is a small key someone can use to find the full citation.
Use an in-text citation after every quote or paraphrase.
Should I use in-text citations without a Work Cited? No! If you do that, you have given someone a key, but not the door! How can the reader find all the information about the source if you don’t have the full citation in the Work Cited?
If I have a Work Cited, do I need to use in-text citations? Yes!
See the example below.
How can I tell who said “Cats are cool” and who said “Dogs are cool'?
What is a signal phrase?
A signal phrase is a good way (besides an in-text citation) a student can tell the audience they've used a source (website, video, eBook, presentation, audio) for important information. A signal phrase 'signals' that I'm about to introduce evidence or facts to back up my argument. A signal phrase is an excellent way to give credit to others and introduce a source I am using!
Examples of signal phrases:
What information can a signal phrase include about a source you are using?
Use NoodleTools to cite an AI tool you used during research.
Use the Y7 Full AI Citation Checklist to make sure you have included all the necessary information.
Watch the video below to learn how to cite AI in NoodleTools.
The student can create a full citation and in-text citation in NoodleTools.
The student can create a Works Cited in NoodleTools.
The student can create a full citation and in-text citation for an AI tool they may have used.
The student can use in-text citations within their writing or presentation and have provided a Work Cited for relevant assessments.
The student can effectively use signal phrases to introduce sources they are using within a piece of work.