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 Y9 NoodleTool Project Folders.
Understand "What is a scholarly source?"
Understand the Footnotes Guideline at CIS
Understand "What are complex in-text citations?"
Recommended activities to continue practice from Y9
JSTOR
If you would like to cite a scholarly journal on JSTOR using NoodleTools, follow the instructions in this short video:
EBSCO
If you would like to cite a source on EBSCO using NoodleTools, follow the instructions in this short video:
Gale
If you would like to cite a source on Gale using NoodleTools, follow the instructions in this short video:
Manually adding a scholarly journal article in NoodleTools
*If you copy and paste a preformatted citation into NoodleTools, NoodeTools cannot auto generate the correct in-text citation. Therefore, when adding full citations to NoodleTools its advised to either import from JSTOR, Gale, or EBSCO OR manually add a source using the correct NoodleTools form. See how to do this below.
Can I use footnotes? No.
Footnotes are not advised for any year level in preparation for IB requirements. IB discourages the use of footnotes. Footnotes, if used incorrectly, are calculated as part of the word count.
Use the following guides to help you with various complex in-text citations scenarios:
A source has two authors:
A source has 3 or more authors:
Using the same source multiple times:
Citing multiple sources in the same sentence/paragraph:
Citing different sources by the same author: 
Y10
Understand "What is a scholarly source?"
The student understands the Footnotes Guideline at CIS
The student can use complex in-text citations.
Student should continue to demonstrate the skills expected by end of Year 7-9
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).
Y9
The student can format and cite Figures and Tables using MLA style
The student can cite sources in world languages.
