Apa Formatting
Directions: Save this document to your own computer. Then, for each of the items below, provide an APA-formatted citation (as you would in the body of a paper). At the end of the examples, provide a list of References. Attach the document to a post in your Individual forum; I will then provide feedback within 2-3 days.
*Reminder: There is a fantastic tool called the Reference & Citation Generator (a link to which can also be found in the left column of any classroom page, listed under "Useful Links"; it’s also available through the Center for Writing Excellence).
Book #1
Title: The Cat in the Hat
Author: Theodor Seuss Geisel
Date published: March 1957
Publisher: Random House Children 's Books in New York, NY
Text in book: The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day.
Location of text in book: Page 2
Book #2
Title: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Date published: June 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers in New York, NY
Text in book: If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk, he’ll probably ask you for a straw.
Location of text in book: Page 1
Web-based information
Title: Discovered: Stonehenge Village
Website: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/History/Stonehengevillage
Posted date: February 13, 2007
Date read: June 26, 2009
Text at site: Archaeologists digging near Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain last year discovered the remains of a large prehistoric village where they think the builders of the mysterious stone circle used to live.
Article #1
Article title: Willems Selected for Geisel
Journal title: Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children
Volume #: 6
Issue #: 1
Page #’s: 53-54
Author(s): No specific author
Date published: Spring 2008
Text in article: Author and illustrator Mo Willems is the 2008 winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel
*Reminder: There is a fantastic tool called the Reference & Citation Generator (a link to which can also be found in the left column of any classroom page, listed under "Useful Links"; it’s also available through the Center for Writing Excellence).
Book #1
Title: The Cat in the Hat
Author: Theodor Seuss Geisel
Date published: March 1957
Publisher: Random House Children 's Books in New York, NY
Text in book: The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day.
Location of text in book: Page 2
Book #2
Title: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Date published: June 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers in New York, NY
Text in book: If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk, he’ll probably ask you for a straw.
Location of text in book: Page 1
Web-based information
Title: Discovered: Stonehenge Village
Website: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/History/Stonehengevillage
Posted date: February 13, 2007
Date read: June 26, 2009
Text at site: Archaeologists digging near Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain last year discovered the remains of a large prehistoric village where they think the builders of the mysterious stone circle used to live.
Article #1
Article title: Willems Selected for Geisel
Journal title: Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children
Volume #: 6
Issue #: 1
Page #’s: 53-54
Author(s): No specific author
Date published: Spring 2008
Text in article: Author and illustrator Mo Willems is the 2008 winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel
References: Posted date: February 13, 2007 Date read: June 26, 2009