Link to poetry genres/students.
We learned to write citations and we chose poetry genres.
First we went to the library where we took hard copies of publications and wrote citations out by hand. The purpose of this exercise was to show students how to locate the model for their citation in the MLA guidelines. We did books with a single author, books with multiple authors, encyclopedias, newspapers, etc.
After writing the citations, we took a break and the instructor explained the assignments for the week.
She showed students the literary databases and how to look up journal articles.
We then put the poetry genres on a table (see link above). The instructor showed students how to find an article of literary criticism for their genre.
Next class:
Bring in a list of 10 citations for the research paper. They should be written according to MLA format and typed. After each citation should be a summary of the article or news show. Print out two copies, as we will be correcting them in class.
Bring in one literary criticsm piece pulled from the databases for the student's poetry genre.
