Source Synthesizer: How to Pick, Paraphrase, Quote, and Cite Your Source in MLA

Every student loves to express their own personal ideas in their essay writing, but they sometimes neglect the importance of incorporating outside sources. When they do incorporate, there may be some technical errors in the execution. This lesson and worksheet helps students to master choosing and incorporating sources into their own original essays.

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Topics in the How to Pick, Paraphrase, Quote, and In-Text Cite Your Sources PowerPoint:

• Overview
• Source Choice
• Paraphrase
• Paraphrase Practice
• Quote
• Quote Practice
• Quote Do's & Don'ts
• In-Text Cite Review

Skills Practiced in the Source Synthesizer Worksheet:

• Identifying the central idea.
• Assessing the sources reliability and validity.
• Connecting the source to the topic of their essay.
• Synthesizing source information into quoted or paraphrased works.

The information and skills learned in this lesson and worksheet are incredibly valuable. Students will use these practices throughout their high school career, and it will continue to follow them into their college writing endeavors.