Primary Instructional Objective and Common Core State Standard(s) for MG ELA:

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1 Alex Gfrth 430-F12: Mini Lessn Unit Title: Writing an Analysis f a Text Lessn Title: Italicize, qute, r underline a title? Cntext: I wuld teach this mini-lessn during the writing prcess. This wuld fit in nicely in the editing sectin. This lessn culd be taught in a 7 th grade English Language Arts classrm during the writing prcess f an analysis f a text. If a student references a text, article, r any ther material, they must include the prper punctuatin. Students will be using this all f their academic careers; it is imprtant that they understand this cncept. Students can use this lessn in their writing at that time and in future writing. Students will see the prper punctuatin f titles in academic writing. After this lessn they will understand the meaning behind these punctuatins and better understand what the type f text authr is referring t. Primary Instructinal Objective and Cmmn Cre State Standard(s) fr MG ELA: Students will be able t identify different types f text and describe the prper punctuatin f the titles assciated with different types f text. Students will be able t prperly punctuate the titles within a written analysis. Grades 7 Writing Standard 8: Gather relevant infrmatin frm multiple print and digital surces; assess the credibility f each surce; and qute r paraphrase the data and cnclusins f thers while aviding plagiarism and fllwing a standard frmat fr citatin Materials/Technlgy Resurces Required: Infrmatin btained thrugh website: APA citatin: Fleming, G. (n.d.). Punctuating titles: Underlining r qutatin marks?. Retrieved frm Cheat Sheet- T be handed ut at the end f the lessn. This will be a reference guide fr students when writing their paper and future papers. Prezi presentatin- fcused n hw t punctuate titles f wrk within a written analysis. This presentatin will be shwn n the prjectr fr all students t view. Linked Here- AG (als linked in the appendix) Cmputer with prjectr (fr the Prezi presentatin) Excerpt frm article titled Ray Bradbury (n authr) cpies fr the whle class (article attached in appendix as a wrd dcument)

2 APA citatin: Ray Duglas Bradbury. (2012). Bigraphy.cm. Retrieved 08:10, Nv 07, 2012 frm Time: 50 minutes Instructinal Prcedures/Steps:(T be taught befre an paper editing wrkshp, students shuld already have a rugh draft written) 1. Bridge t Mini Lessn: (2 minutes) -Last class we wrked n creating ur rugh drafts. Tday, yu shuld have cmpleted rugh drafts. We will be using peer review/wrkshping t edit ur drafts. Yur drafts shuld include evidence frm the nvel as well as additinal resurces t supprt yur argument. Befre we start lets lk at a well written article. 2. Intrductin f Mini-Lessn: (5 minutes) Each student will receive a shrt article that displays different examples f titles f wrk written in the cntext f an article. The article will display titles that are bth quted and italicized. The students will nt knw what they are specifically lking fr while the read the article. Students will be asked t read thrugh the article with a partner. What did they ntice abut the titles and the punctuatin f the titles? (Student nly respnse) Target Answer: That sme are italics and sme are qutes. Why are sme f the titles written differently? (Student nly respnse) Target Answer: They are different because they are different types f media. Why des it matter t have these punctuated? (Student nly respnse) Target Answer: It sets the title apart frm the rest f the text and tells the reader what type f media it is. 3.Instructin f Mini-Lessn: (prezi) (5 minutes) Well hw d we knw if we shuld use italics r qutes in ur paper? There is a standardized set f rules that the academic cmmunity fllws when writing. We will use these rules within ur paper. Lets take a lk at what they are. (Shw Prezi) When t use qutatin marks Shrter published wrks and sectins f lnger published wrks

3 Examples: 1. Title f a pem ( Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein) 2. Title f a shrt stry ( The Gift f the Magi by O. Henry) 3. Title f a article in a magazine ( The Balkan Wars: 100 Years Later, a Histry f Vilence by Ishaan Tharr) 4. Title f a article in a newspaper ( Frustrating Hurdle at Custms by Susan Stellin) 5. Title f an essay ( Seeing with the Heart by Stephanie Disney) Other titles that require qutatin marks (less cmmn): 1. Title f a sng ( I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly) 2. Title f a skit ( Wh s n First By Abbt and Castell) 3. Title f a cmmercial ( Spaced Out by Jimmy Dean Sausage) 4. Title f an TV episde ( Hung Out t Dry by Dn McGill) 5. Title f a chapter in a bk ( The By Wh Lived by J.K. Rwling) 6. Title f an encyclpedia Article ( Hlcaust by Encyclpedia Britannica) When t use italics Published cllectin f shrter wrks and published lnger wrks Examples: 1. Title f a Nvel (Night by Elie Wiesel) 2. Title f a anthlgy (The Nrtn Anthlgy f American Literature edited by Nina Baym) 3. Title f a play (Rme and Juliet by William Shakespeare) 4. Title f a film (Chicag by Bill Cndn) 5. Title f a Newspaper (The Washingtn Pst) Other published titles that require italics (less cmmn):

4 1. Title f a lng pem (bk sized) (The Odyssey by Hmer) 2. Title f a CD (Still Feels Gd by Rascal Flatts) 3. Title f encyclpedia (Encyclpedia Britannica) 4. Title f a magazine (Time) 5. Title f a TV series (NCIS) When t underline Underlining used t be cnsidered the same as italicizing (bth were accepted) This is n lnger the case. It is preferred that the writer nly uses italics when typing and underlining when the paper is hand written. (Surce: Owl Purdue) 4.Review f Mini-Lessn: - (2 minutes) Students will be asked t write a sentence abut their favrite sng, bk, and magazine using the crrect punctuatin. Teacher will cllect these at the end f the mini lessn 5. Clsure f Mini-Lessn: -(2 minutes) Questins frm students- Students will be asked if they need any mre clarifying examples, further explanatin, r general questins abut using titles within a written analysis. Hand ut cheat sheet (This will be a reference guide fr students when writing their paper and future papers.) 6. Bridge frm Mini-Lessn t Wrkshp: (2 minutes) Nw we understand hw t prperly punctuate titles! This will be smething I will be lking fr in yur papers. While yu wrkshp tday I want yu t lk fr titles in yur paper and edit them accrdingly. If yu are editing smene else s paper, make sure yu check fr titles! I will be mving arund helping everyne. If yu get stuck yu can always check yur cheat sheet! 7. Wrkshp: Students will be wrking n editing the rugh drafts f their papers. They will have access t the whle rm and the materials within the classrm. Students are allwed t peer-edit, d research (nline/ffline), wrk alne, ask the teacher questins, type final draft, and publish. Students shuld feel free t mve arund the rm and wrk at their wn place. If a

5 student finishes their final draft cmpletely they have the ptin f reading r helping ther students with their drafts. 8. Clsure: Gd jb tday! I hpe everyne gt gd feedback n their rugh drafts! Tmrrw we will be wrk shpping again. We will be making changes t ur drafts, creating ur final draft, and publishing! Evaluatin: The teacher will see if the students grasped the cncept by the results f the review. The teacher will als see the results f this mini lessn at the end f the unit, when the students turn in their papers. Accmmdatins: Nne needed fr this particular lessn plan

6 Appendix f Materials: Prezi: Article: The Bigraphy f Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury was an American fantasy and hrrr authr wh rejected being categrized as a science fictin authr, claiming that his wrk was based n the fantastical and unreal. His best knwn nvel is Fahrenheit 451, a dystpian study f future American sciety in which critical thught is utlawed. He is als remembered fr several ther ppular wrks, including The Martian Chrnicles and Smething Wicked This Way Cmes. Bradbury wn the Pulitzer in 2004, and is ne f the mst celebrated authrs f the 21st century. He died in Ls Angeles n June 5, 2012, at the age f 91. T supprt himself while he wrte, Bradbury sld newspapers. He published his first shrt stry in a fan magazine in 1938, the same year he graduated frm high schl. The next year, he published fur issues f his wn fan magazine, Futuria Fantasia. Nearly every piece in the magazine was written by Bradbury himself; he used a variety f pseudnyms t try t hide the fact that the magazine was a virtual ne-man shw. "I was still years away frm writing my first gd shrt stry," he later said, "but I culd see my future. I knew where I wanted t g." Bradbury sld his first prfessinal piece, the stry "Pendulum," in Nvember 1941, just a mnth befre the United States entered Wrld War II, fllwing the Japanese attack n Pearl Harbr. Ruled ineligible fr military service by his lcal draft bard because f his visin prblems, Bradbury became a full-time writer by early His first cllectin f shrt stries, Dark Carnival, was published in That same year, he married Marguerite "Maggie" McClure, whm he met while she was wrking as a clerk at a bkstre. McClure was the breadwinner in the early days f their marriage, supprting Bradbury as he wrked n his writing fr little t n pay. The cuple had fur daughters, Susan (1949), Ramna (1951), Bettina (1955) and Alexandra (1958). In 1950, Bradbury published his first majr wrk, The Martian Chrnicles, which detailed the cnflict between humans clnizing the red planet and the native Martians they encuntered there. While taken by many t be a wrk f science fictin, Bradbury himself cnsidered it t be fantasy. "I dn't write science fictin," he said. "Science fictin is a depictin f the real. Fantasy is a depictin f the unreal. S Martian Chrnicles is nt science fictin, it's fantasy. It culdn't happen, yu see? " Televisin and cmic bk adaptatins f Bradbury's shrt stries began t appear in 1951, intrducing him t a wider audience.

7 Bradbury's best-knwn wrk, Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, became an instant classic in the era f McCarthyism fr its explratin f themes f censrship and cnfrmity. In 2007, Bradbury himself disputed that censrship was the main theme f Fahrenheit 451, instead explaining the bk as a stry abut hw televisin drives away interest in reading: "Televisin gives yu the dates f Naplen, but nt wh he was." Despite his apparent distaste fr televisin, Bradbury advcated fr film adaptatins f his wrk. He wrte numerus screenplays and treatments, including a 1956 take n Mby Dick. In 1986, Bradbury develped his wn HBO televisin series, allwing him t prduce adaptatins f his shrt stries. The series ran until 1992.

8 Cheat Sheet Title f a Wrk: within the cntext f a paper When t use qutes Shrt wrks and sectins f lnger wrks Examples: Title f a pem ( Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein) Title f a shrt stry ( The Gift f the Magi by O. Henry) Title f a article in a magazine ( The Balkan Wars: 100 Years Later, a Histry f Vilence by Ishaan Tharr) Title f a article in a newspaper ( Frustrating Hurdle at Custms by Susan Stellin) Title f an essay (Seeing with the Heart by Stephanie Disney) Other titles that require qutes (less cmmn): Title f a sng ( I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly) Title f a skit ( Wh s n First By Abbt and Castell) Title f a cmmercial ( Spaced Out by Jimmy Dean Sausage) Title f an TV episde ( Hung Out t Dry by Dn McGill) Title f a chapter in a bk ( The By Wh Lived by J.K. Rwling) Title f an encyclpedia Article ( Hlcaust by Encyclpedia Britannica) When t use italics Cllectin f shrt wrks and lnger wrks Examples: Title f a Nvel (Night by Elie Wiesel) Title f a anthlgy (The Nrtn Anthlgy f American Literature edited by Nina Baym) Title f a play (Rme and Juliet by William Shakespeare)

9 Title f a film (Chicag by Bill Cndn) Title f a Newspaper (The Washingtn Pst) Other titles that require italics (less cmmn): Title f a lng pem (bk sized) (The Odyssey by Hmer) Title f a CD (Still Feels Gd by Rascal Flatts) Title f encyclpedia (Encyclpedia Britannica) Title f a magazine (Time) Title f a TV series (NCIS)

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