Lecture Structure

Class Time Required:

45 minute period with additional time for practice and review

**(part of a larger unit- this is practice for a research paper they will soon be completing)

Materials + Resources Needed:

Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, or other reference sources used
Computer with word processing and web viewing applications
Pencil and Paper
Student Bibliography Guidelines:

http://www.cccoe.net/tdf/Mok/bpc/CitationTriDoc.pdf

Activities (step by step procedure):

1. Introduce the concept of Bibliographies and reasons for citations
2. Distribute Student Citation Guidelines
3. Practice several different citation form types including web-based resources on either a whiteboard or digital projector as a group/class activity
4. Have students cite several resource types you have provided for them
5. Independent practice - Give student information about other resources and ask students to complete the bibliography with the aid of the Bibliographer application (Mac freeware)

Teaching Strategies:

1. Use of network browser program digitally projected for class to see browser features needed to complete a citation.
2. Use of word processing program digitally projected for class to see citing rules.
3. Student peer-editing of completed bibliographies to find problems and discrepancies.