Georgia 9.T.RA.2.c
The Standard
Follow Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines when responding to inferential questions about texts or when integrating and citing textual evidence, ensuring each source is accompanied by a basic entry on a works cited page. (C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Research & Analysis
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students answer inferential questions using relevant evidence from a text. They blend quotations or paraphrases into their own sentences, add MLA parenthetical citations, and create matching basic works cited entries.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student makes a reasonable inference, selects evidence that supports it, and explains the connection. The response uses a clear signal phrase, correct parenthetical citation, and a matching works cited entry.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may drop a quotation into a paragraph without introducing or explaining it. They often confuse parenthetical citations with works cited entries, omit matching entries, or place punctuation incorrectly.
How to Assess It
- Give students a numbered excerpt and its publication details. Ask: “What can you infer about the speaker’s motivation?” Require one embedded quotation, an MLA citation, and a works cited entry.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed paragraph, citation strips, and a source card; have them assemble a claim, embedded quotation, parenthetical citation, and works cited entry.
Ask students to explain why a quotation supports an inference, then revise the explanation until the connection is clear.
Run a citation repair relay where teams correct missing signal phrases, misplaced punctuation, incomplete citations, and unmatched works cited entries.
Have students cite evidence from a product review or news article to support an inference about the writer’s purpose or intended audience.
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