Virginia SOL 11.R.1.F
The Standard
Cite primary and secondary sources for quoted and paraphrased ideas using a standard method of documentation such as the Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA).
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students distinguish primary sources from secondary sources and record the details needed to credit each one. They add accurate in-text citations to quotations and paraphrases, then match them to full entries in MLA or APA style.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can integrate a quotation or paraphrase smoothly without changing the source’s meaning. Each borrowed idea has a correctly placed citation and a matching, complete entry, with one style used consistently.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may cite direct quotations but leave paraphrases uncited, or assume a web link alone is enough. They may confuse source type with source format, mix MLA and APA rules, or create entries that do not match in-text citations.
How to Assess It
- Give students one quotation and one paraphrase from two labeled sources. Ask them to add MLA in-text citations, label each source as primary or secondary, and write matching Works Cited entries.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print citation parts on cards, then have pairs arrange them into correct MLA entries and connect each entry to its in-text citation.
Ask students to explain in writing: When does a paraphrase need a citation, and how is that citation linked to the source list?
Run a citation error hunt with five short examples; teams earn points for finding and correcting each missing, mixed, or mismatched citation.
Use a news article quoting a public speech, then have students cite the speech as primary and the article as secondary.
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