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Y7-13 Citation Expectations

Required Citation Style

You are required to format your Work Cited and in-text citations using MLA (Modern Language Association) citation style

Required Tool

You are required to use NoodleTools to create your in-text citations and Work Cited.

Recommended tutorials:

Y9 NoodleTools Settings

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 Y9 NoodleTool Project Folders.

Practice expected in Year 9 for citations

Understand "What are Figures and Tables?"

  • Practice formatting and citing Figures and Tables using MLA style

Understand how to cite sources in world languages

  • Practice citing sources in world languages

Understand "What are Figures"?

Any type of illustrative visual material—for example, a photograph, map, line drawing, graph, or chart—should be:

1. Labeled Figure (usually abbreviated Fig.), assigned a number, and given a caption with in-text citation.

Tables are separate from Figures and have their own formatting requirements. 

Full citation in the Work Cited:

 

Full citation in the Work Cited:

Full citation in the Work Cited:

Formatting and Citing Figures Resource

Take a look at this sample paper to see how Figures are properly formatted and cited within a piece of writing.

Formatting and citing Figures you made yourself

How do you cite a Figure (photograph, chart, graph, illustration) that you have made yourself?

 

"...authors should cite their own work the same way they would cite any other source." Link

Example:

Ardea Smith made this chart for a project on August 20, 2024 using Google Sheets.

Figure 1. Smith, Ardea. Chart of Books that make me laugh. Google SheetsAugust 20, 2024.

No full citation needed. 

"If the photograph is not publicly accessible, you might choose to reproduce it in your paper. In this instance there is no need to credit yourself as the author of the [figure]. Unless otherwise indicated, the reader should assume that you are the author of the images included in your paper. Since the caption provides sufficient information, no works-cited-list entry is needed."

MLA - How do I credit myself as the author?

Practice formatting and citing Figures in MLA style

Email Ms Smith for the answer sheet!

Understand "What are Tables?"

A table is a visual representation of data with columns and rows.

Example:

   
   
   

To properly format a Table in MLA style:

"A table is labeled Table, given an arabic numeral, and titled. Place the source of the table and any notes in a caption immediately below the table." 

 

Example: 

 


If you adapt the table to fit the needs of your work (changing the formatting of the columns/rows/labels - NOT THE DATA ITSELF), acknowledge that you adapted the original table format with the following below the Table:

Source: Adapted from (in-text citation) 

 

Example

Source: Adapted from (Keeman).

 

The full citation will be in your Works Cited.


If you combined multiple sources of data in a custom table, acknowledge this with the following below the Table:

Source: Adapted from (in-text citation); (in-text citation); (in-text citation). 

 

Example 

Source: Adapted from (Smith) (Halliday) (Clouting)

 

The full citations will be in your Works Cited.

Practice formatting Tables in MLA style

Referencing Figures and Tables in your writing

When you analyze the data presented in a Table or some element present in a Figure (maybe the Figures color use or composition or the characters in a screenshot from a film), you need to let the reader know which Figure or Table you are referring to. 

There are 2 ways to do this.

1. 

The rich bold strokes of Vincent Van Gogh in his work Grass and Butterflies (see Fig 1) highlights the texture of the paint and represents his signature style of painting. 

Fig. 1. Grass and butterflies (Gogh).

 

2.

As seen in Figure 1 the rich bold strokes of Vincent Van Gogh in his work Grass and Butterflies highlights the texture of the paint and represents his signature style of painting. 

Fig. 1. Grass and butterflies (Gogh).

 

Another example: 

If you are properly formatting and labeling your Figures and Tables + referencing the Figure # / Table # in your writing, you are doing everything correctly! 

Expected skills by end of Year 9

Y9

The student can format and cite Figures and Tables using MLA style

The student can cite sources in world languages.

 

Student should continue to demonstrate the skills expected by end of Year 7 & 8

 

Y7

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.

Y8

The student can format a piece of writing in MLA style.

The student can create in-text citations with page numbers and timestamps/time ranges in NoodleTools. 

The student can use Turnitin to receive feedback on citations

The student can use the Pineapple Bun Structure for a paragraph with evidence (quote or paraphrase).