Tech Assignments

Technology Assignments
Current Technology Assignments. Somel of the assignments listed are dual credit assignments with grades to be given in computer class and a particular subject area.

Animal Research Grades 2-3-4

On the internet find: oaklandzoo.org/animals Find the following information for 5 different animals on the website: How big is it? Where does it live? What does it eat? Use the form provided to record your answers. Will be completed in library classes.

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MLA Guidelines for Manuscripts

MLA MANUSCRIPT FORMAT In most English and humanities classes, you will be asked to use MLA (Modern Language Association) guidelines for formatting a paper and preparing a list of the works you have cited. The following guidelines are consistent with advice given in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (New York: MLA, 2003). (See also the MLA-style sample paper and advice for preparing the list of works cited.) Formatting the paper The following MLA recommendations have been endorsed by most English instructors. MATERIALS Use good-quality 81⁄2" x 11" white paper. Secure the pages with a paper clip. Unless your instructor suggests otherwise, do not staple or bind the pages. TITLE AND IDENTIFICATION MLA does not require a title page. On the first page of your paper, place your name, your instructor's name, the course title, and the date on separate lines against the left margin. Then center your title. (See the first page of the MLA sample paper.) If your instructor requires a title page, ask for guidelines on formatting it. PAGINATION Put the page number preceded by your last name in the upper right corner of each page, one-half inch below the top edge. Use arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, and so on). MARGINS, LINE SPACING, AND PARAGRAPH INDENTS Leave margins of one inch on all sides of the page. Do not justify (align) the right margin. Double-space throughout the paper. Do not add extra lines of space above or below the title of the paper or between paragraphs. Indent the first line of each paragraph one-half inch (or five spaces) from the left margin. LONG QUOTATIONS When a quoted passage takes up more than four typed lines of prose or three lines of verse in your paper, set it off from the text by indenting the entire quotation one inch (or ten spaces) from the left margin. Double-space the indented quotation, and don't add extra space above or below it. Quotation marks are not needed when a quotation has been set off from the text by indenting. WEB ADDRESSES When a Web address mentioned in the text of your paper must be divided at the end of a line, do not insert a hyphen (a hyphen could appear to be part of the address). (See also MLA's rules on dividing Web addresses in your list of works cited.) HEADINGS MLA neither encourages nor discourages the use of headings and currently provides no guidelines for their use. If you would like to insert headings in a long essay or research paper, check first with your instructor. Although headings are not used as frequently in English and the humanities as in other disciplines, the trend seems to be changing. VISUALS MLA classifies visuals as tables and figures (figures include graphs, charts, maps, photographs, and drawings). Label each table with an arabic numeral (Table 1, Table 2, and so on) and provide a clear caption that identifies the subject. The label and caption should appear on separate lines above the table, flush left. Below the table, give its source in a note like this one: Source: John M. Violanti, "Cellular Phones and Fatal Traffic Collisions," Accident Analysis and Prevention 30 (1998): 521. For each figure, place a label and a caption below the figure, flush left. They need not appear on separate lines. The word "Figure" may be abbreviated to "Fig." Include source information following the caption. Visuals should be placed in the text, as close as possible to the sentences that relate to them unless your instructor prefers them in an appendix. (See the sample of an MLA paper with a visual.) NOTE: See also guidelines on using MLA in-text citations and creating an MLA list of works cited. Preparing the list of works cited Begin the list of works cited on a new page at the end of the paper. Center the title Works Cited about one inch from the top of the page. Double-space throughout. (See the sample MLA works cited pages.) ALPHABETIZING THE LIST Alphabetize the list by the last names of the authors (or editors); if a work has no author or editor, alphabetize it by the first word of the title other than A, An, or The. If your list includes two or more works by the same author, use the author's name only for the first entry. For subsequent entries use three hyphens followed by a period. List the titles in alphabetical order. (See list of works cited, item 5.) INDENTING Do not indent the first line of each works cited entry, but indent any additional lines one-half inch (or five spaces). This technique highlights the names of the authors, making it easy for readers to scan the alphabetized list. WEB ADDRESSES Do not insert a hyphen when dividing a Web address at the end of a line. Break the line after a slash. Also, insert angle brackets around the URL. For advice about how to cite sources with long URLs, see list of works cited, item 28. If your word processing program automatically turns Web addresses into hot links (by underlining them and highlighting them in color), turn off this feature. For advice on how to do this, see the list of frequently asked questions in the section "MLA Style" on MLA's Web site, http://www.mla.org.