MLA Formatting Practice

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MLA Formatting Practice

Assignment:

·  The purpose of this assignment is to allow you to practice the word processing format which we will be using on nearly all of our writing assignments.

·  You have been given a typed paragraph on the back, entitled “Spiders.”

·  Instruction for MLA Formatting is in your writing packet.

·  Follow the directions precisely as you set up your computer and type this paragraph.

·  Remember to put your name, teacher’s name (Hint: Mrs. Wallace), English I, and the due date on the left-side heading.

·  Remember your right-side header which consists of your last name and page number.

·  Your paragraph should look exactly like the MLA Formatting instructions—it is incorrect to bold the title, underline the title, or change the font size or type.

·  NOTE: You are not writing a new paragraph about spiders. You are simply typing the one provided exactly word for word, punctuation mark for punctuation mark, etc. in MLA format.

This assignment is due, typed in MLA format: ______

Spiders

In his book The Way to Rainy Mountain, Scott Momaday writes, “I know of spiders. There are dirt roads in the Plains. You see them, and wonder where and how far they go. They seem very old and untraveled, as if they all led away to deserted houses. But creatures cross these roads: dung beetles and grasshoppers, sidewinders and tortoises. Now and then there comes a tarantula, at evening, always larger than you imagine, dull and dark brown, covered with long, dusty hairs. There is something [whimsical] about them; they stop and go and angle away.” Spiders are fascinating to me. They are in many ways one of the most “temporary” creatures in the world. We think very little of crushing them. I am a weaver of cloth. In some Native American tribes the name for the weaver is Spider Woman. When I warp my loom with colorful threads, sometimes I find in my weaving that a friendly spider makes her home there and observes me as I weave. I never crush the spider when I am weaving. That the spider would share my space seems an honor, for I am a very poor Spider Woman compared to some.

Student Name (First and Last)

Mrs. Wallace

8th Grade English

31 August 2016

Spiders

In his book The Way to Rainy Mountain, Scott Momaday writes, “I know of spiders. There are dirt roads in the Plains. You see them, and wonder where and how far they go. They seem very old and untraveled, as if they all led away to deserted houses. But creatures cross these roads: dung beetles and grasshoppers, sidewinders and tortoises. Now and then there comes a tarantula, at evening, always larger than you imagine, dull and dark brown, covered with long, dusty hairs. There is something [whimsical] about them; they stop and go and angle away.” Spiders are fascinating to me. They are in many ways one of the most “temporary” creatures in the world. We think very little of crushing them. I am a weaver of cloth. In some Native American tribes the name for the weaver is Spider Woman. When I warp my loom with colorful threads, sometimes I find in my weaving that a friendly spider makes her home there and observes me as I weave. I never crush the spider when I am weaving. That the spider would share my space seems an honor, for I am a very poor Spider Woman compared to some.