MLA Works Cited templates — book and scholarly article (container model)

Look at the Works Cited from Aronson & Budhos Sugar Changed the World. What patterns do you notice?

• Listen for: alphabetical, hanging indent, italics for books, quotes for articles, year
• Show this is the SAME format students will use
• Preview container model

M-7-F-RES-09-C Photograph

Photographs of Works Cited pages from Sugar Changed the World (Aronson & Budhos) and Stamped (Kendi & Reynolds). Annotated with arrows pointing to formatting features. Print-ready 8.5x11.

MLA 9th uses the CONTAINER MODEL. Order: 1. Author. 2. Title of Source. 3. Title of Container. 4. Other contributors. 5. Version. 6. Number. 7. Publisher. 8. Publication date. 9. Location. Not every element appears in every entry — but the ORDER does not change. FORMATTING: alphabetical by last name; hanging indent; double-spaced; large works italicized; short works in quotation marks. BOOK template (MG-12): Last Name, First Name. Title in Italics. Publisher, Year. ARTICLE template (MG-13): Last Name, First Name. "Title." Journal in Italics, vol. #, no. #, Year, pp. ##-##. Add database+URL if applicable.

• Last name first; title italicized; publisher; year.

  model Nakate, Vanessa. A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis. Mariner Books, 2021.

  prompt Build entry for Nakate, A Bigger Picture, Mariner Books, 2021.
• Article title in quotes; journal italicized; vol+issue+pages; database italicized; URL.

  model Aveni, Anthony F. "Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica." Journal of Archaeoastronomy, vol. 17, no. 2, 2003, pp. 12-34. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/example.

  prompt Build for Aveni's article 'Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica,' Journal of Archaeoastronomy 17.2, 2003, pp. 12-34, via JSTOR.
• Two authors: first last-name-first; second first-name-first.

  model Reynolds, Jason, and Ibram X. Kendi. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. Little, Brown, 2020.

  prompt Build for Kendi and Reynolds, Stamped, Little Brown, 2020.

• Pair-share: build entry for one of your book sources.
• Cold Call: italics for book title or article title?
• Thumbs: I can build a book WC entry (up) / I need re-explanation (down)

M-7-F-RES-09-A Chart

MG-11: 1-page reference with container model order; formatting rules. Bottom rule: 'Not every element appears; the order does not change.' Print-ready 8.5x11.

MG-11 Chart

MLA Works Cited general principles anchor (9th edition): 1-page reference. ELEMENTS in order: 1. Author. 2. Title of Source. 3. Title of Container. 4. Other contributors. 5. Version. 6. Number. 7. Publisher. 8. Publication date. 9. Location. FORMATTING: hanging indent (first line flush left, subsequent lines indented 0.5 inch); double-spaced; alphabetical by author last name; titles of large works italicized, titles of short works in quotation marks. Bottom rule: 'Not every element appears in every entry. The container model is flexible — but the ORDER does not change.' Print-ready 8.5x11.

M-7-F-RES-09-B Chart

MG-12 book + MG-13 scholarly article templates side by side. Each shows template + 2 worked examples + italics/quotes notes. Print-ready 11x17.

MG-12 Chart

MLA Works Cited template — BOOK (single author): copy-able format card. TEMPLATE: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book in Italics. Publisher, Year. EXAMPLE: Nakate, Vanessa. A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis. Mariner Books, 2021. NOTES: Italicize the book title. Use the publisher's short name (drop 'Inc.' or 'Press' unless ambiguous). Year is just the year (no full date). Print-ready 8.5x11 card.

MG-13 Chart

MLA Works Cited template — SCHOLARLY ARTICLE in a journal: copy-able format card. TEMPLATE: Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, Year, pp. ##-##. (If accessed online via database, add database name and URL/DOI.) EXAMPLE: Aveni, Anthony F. "Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica." Journal of Archaeoastronomy, vol. 17, no. 2, 2003, pp. 12-34. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/example. NOTES: Italicize journal title. Quotation marks around article title. Volume and issue numbers. Page range. Bottom: 'For database-retrieved articles, add the database name in italics and the URL/DOI.' Print-ready 8.5x11.

• Build entries for 3 sources — at least 1 book, 1 article. Check order, italics, hanging indent, punctuation.

  scaffold MG-12 + MG-13 templates; blank Works Cited template
• Show Call (Lemov): display one student's entry. Class identifies one strength and one fix.

  scaffold Document camera

• Build entry for: Coates, 'The Case for Reparations,' Atlantic, June 2014. URL provided.

• Restate: container model order; italics for large; quotes for short
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