Ms. McKeown's ENG 4U0
Akhtar's Disgraced & Nottage's Intimate Apparel
The Task - Akhtar's Disgraced
Research key words from the title and general information about the author:
- What causes someone to be disgraced? Make a list. How might the concept of being disgraced be significant to the text?
- Find 10 relevant facts about Ayad Akhtar's life and literary works.
Read any introductory material, such as a dedication, introduction, epigraph, or foreword:
- Read "On Reading Plays" and the production history at the beginning of the play. What might each suggest about the play (if anything)? Consider the years and places involved in the performance history to assist you.
Research the following terms using print or online sources:
- Velazquez's Portrait of Juan de Pareja (state the historical significance)
- Hamas (state the connotation)
- Orientalism (state the connotation)
- The Partition of India (state the historical and cultural significance)
- Rumi (state the historical and cultural significance)
- Talmud and Quran (state the historical significance)
The Task - Nottage's Intimate Apparel
Research key words from the title and general information about the author:
- What is intimate apparel? Why might this term be significant to the text?
- Find 10 relevant facts about Lynn Nottage's life and literary works.
Read any introductory material, such as a dedication, introduction, epigraph, or foreword:
- Read the production history and production note at the beginning of the play. What might each suggest about the play (if anything)? Consider the years and actors involved in the performance history to assist you.
Research the following terms using print or online sources:
- 20th Century New York (state the historical significance)
- Fifth Avenue (state the connotation)
- Panama Canal (state the historical significance)
- Ragtime Music (state the historical and cultural significance)
Research - The Library Catalogue
- Go to the applications page and click on the "Library Catalogue - Louise Arbour"
- Go to www.peelschools.org. Click on the pink BYOD link. Click on the teal library circular icon. The green library catalogue icon will be at the top of the page.
Once you are at the main page, enter the subject/keywords of the topic that you are searching for. Keep in mind that spelling is really important! If you spell the word that you are looking for incorrectly, the system will assume we do not have it. We may not have books for some of the topics that you are looking for, but this is a good place to start!
Doing Your Research - Finding and Using the Databases
Sometimes books on your topic can be hard to find because your subject area might be really new or really specific. This is where databases will become your best friend! There is a really easy and fast way to access the databases:
- Go to the applications page and click on "Library Catalogue - Louise Arbour". Then click on Library eResources. Click on eResources. Click on Intermediate/Secondary. Then you will find all of our databases.
- Go to www.peelschools.org. Click on the pink BYOD link. Click on the teal library circular icon. The intermediate/secondary library databases will be listed below.
Below are some examples of the databases that you will have access to. Please keep in mind that you cannot click the links below to get to the databases. You can click on the secondary eResources link below for a quick and easy way to access the databases.
Note Taking in Gale Databases
Be wise....don't plagiarize!!
When to Cite - A Checklist
I now know when to cite my work.....but how do I do it?
MLA 8 - The New Way to Cite in MLA
Embedded Citations - MLA Format
Creating a Works Cited Page in MLA Format
MLA 8 was designed to simplify the process, helping writers accurately and intuitively cite sources more easily, requiring that every source type follow the same format. This means that books, websites, periodicals, videos, photographs, and all other types of sources now use this same standard format.
MLA 8 requires researchers to locate the same “core elements” from their sources and place them in a standard order in order to create their citations.
The “Core Elements” of an MLA 8 citation, along with their corresponding punctuation marks, include the following (in this order):
- Authors.
- Title of the source.
- Title of container,
- Other contributors,
- Version,
- Numbers,
- Publisher,
- Publication date,
- Location.
The appropriate punctuation mark will follow each core element, unless it is the final piece. In this case, the punctuation mark would be a period.
Example of an MLA Eighth Edition Works Cited Page:
Patterson, James, and Chris Grabenstein. House of Robots. Little, Brown and Co., 2014.
Patterson, James, and Chris Tebbetts. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here. Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Sparks, Nicholas. Dear John. Grand Central, 2007, p. 82.
– – – . A Walk to Remember. Warner, 1999.
Twenty-Eight Days Later. Directed by Danny Boyle, produced by Alex Garland, Fox
Searchlight Pictures, 2002.