Works-Cited List — Simple MLA-9 Format — and Final Figurative Pass

Teacher displays a sample works-cited list (5 entries). Children identify pieces: author, title, publisher, year.

• Project the list
• Mark each piece: author=blue, title=red, publisher=green, year=purple
• Note alphabetization by author last name

Today you finalize two things: the WORKS-CITED LIST at the end of your report, and a final FIGURATIVE-LANGUAGE PASS. Works-cited list format (MG-6, simple MLA-9 elementary): FORMAT = Author Last Name, First Name. Title (italicized for books, in quotation marks for articles). Publisher (for books) or Website (for articles). Year. Each entry on its own line. ALPHABETIZE by author last name (or by article title if no author). Watch teacher build the works-cited for the sample Sojourner Truth report: 'McKissack, Patricia. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? Scholastic, 1992. / Painter, Nell Irvin. Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol. W. W. Norton, 1996. / Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down. Little, Brown Books, 2010.' Three entries, alphabetized M / Pa / Pi. Each cited in-text in the report; each appears here. Now FIGURATIVE PASS. Re-read your draft. Find a place — usually the HOOK or the SO-WHAT — where a figurative move would AMPLIFY meaning. Add ONE: simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, adage, or proverb. Annotate with type label. The Nelson mentor text 'Heart and Soul' uses figurative language in informational mode — refer.

• Notice the works-cited list alphabetizes by author last name. Each entry follows the same format. The figurative move at the so-what amplifies — it pulls the report's heart through.

  model WORKS CITED: 'McKissack, Patricia. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? Scholastic, 1992. / Painter, Nell Irvin. Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol. W. W. Norton, 1996. / Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down. Little, Brown Books, 2010.' FIGURATIVE MOVE added to so-what: 'Sojourner's voice was a bell of liberty that has yet to fall silent.' (METAPHOR — annotated)

  prompt Teacher builds works-cited list and adds figurative move.

• What 4 pieces does each works-cited entry need?
• Where in your report does the figurative move belong?

M-4-S-RES-18-A Chart

Reproduction of MG-6 at 11x17: format anchor (Author. Title. Publisher. Year.) with 5 worked examples for different source types (children's book, biography, science book, kid-friendly website article, encyclopedia entry). Italicized titles shown in slanted font; quoted titles in regular font with quotation marks. Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

MG-6 Chart

Works-cited entry anchor (simple MLA-9 elementary format): one-line entry per source. FORMAT: Author Last Name, First Name. Title (italicized for books, in quotes for articles). Publisher (book) or Website (article). Year. Worked examples: McKissack, Patricia. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? Scholastic, 1992. / Markle, Sandra. The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins. Millbrook Press, 2015. / 'How Do Animals Survive Winter?' National Geographic Kids, 2021. Bottom rule: 'A works-cited list goes at the END of your report. List every source you cited. Alphabetize by author last name (or article title if no author).' Print-ready 11x17.

• Build your works-cited list with ≥3 entries. Alphabetize. Each entry: Author. Title. Publisher. Year.

  scaffold MG-6 anchor; alphabetization strip; works-cited template card
• Add ONE figurative move to your hook or so-what. Annotate type label.

  scaffold MG-14 anchor; figurative-card deck

M-4-S-VOC-18-B Illustration

Reference image of a Grade-4 research-report final page: works-cited list with 3 entries alphabetized, plus margin-annotated figurative move (metaphor) in the so-what sentence above. Print-ready 8.5x11.

• Show works-cited with ≥3 entries alphabetized.
• Read figurative move aloud and name type.

• Star your favorite source.
• Predict: tomorrow we peer-edit.

• Read your works-cited list aloud to a family member. Check alphabetization and format.