AMERICA S CASTLES 1. Begin a new Word document. 2. DO NOT type in your heading lines or use your macro. 3. Save the document in your computer folder. Call it (Your Last Name) America s Castles. 4. Be sure you have the 2013 MLA Research Presentation document open and handy to refer to as you work on this project. 5. Be sure all four margins are set to 1 (Step 1 in the MLA Document). 6. Create your header (Step 2 in the MLA document). a. Click on the Insert tab. b. Choose Edit Header. c. Click on the Page Number button. d. Choose Top of Page. e. Choose Plain Number 3. f. Click to the left of the number. g. Type in your last name and a space. h. Click on the Close Header and Footer button. 7. Change your line spacing to Double. (Step 3 in the MLA document) 8. Be sure your font is Times New Roman, 12 point. 9. Type in your heading lines (Step 4 in the MLA document). a. DO NOT USE YOUR MACRO. THESE HEADING LINES ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR NORMAL ASSIGNMENT HEADINGS. b. Be sure your alignment is set to Left Aligned. c. Type in your first and last names. d. Press Enter. e. Type in your Language teacher s title (Mrs. or Miss), a space, and their last name. f. Press Enter. g. Type in the word Language and the period you actually have Language class. h. Press Enter. i. Insert the date the paper is due. i. Be sure you use the correct format. ii. Date, space, full name of month, space, four digit year. j. Press Enter. 10. Type in the title of your paper (Step 5 in the MLA document). a. Use title case (capitalize the important words). b. Change alignment to Center. c. The title of the paper is America s Castles. d. Press Enter twice. 11. Type in the body paragraphs of the paper (Step 6 in the MLA document).
a. Change alignment back to Align Left. b. Open the Paragraph dialog box. c. Choose First Line from the Indentation section. d. Choose a Line Spacing of Double from the Spacing section. e. YOU WILL NOT NEED TO PRESS THE TAB KEY AT THE BEGINNING OF ANY PARAGRAPHS. THE COMPUTER WILL AUTOMATICALLY INDENT EACH PARAGRAPH BY ½ INCH. f. The body paragraphs 1 for your paper are shown below. 12. The source information for your Works Cited is shown below on sample Bibliography cards. a. Be sure you use the correct example depending on the type of source (book, magazine, etc.). b. Type the information in the order given in the example (Author Name, Source Title, etc.). c. Some sources don t have all of the facts given in the sample. i. IF YOU DON T HAVE A PARTICULAR FACT FOR A SOURCE, SKIP IT AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE. ii. For example, if you don t have an Editor, skip it and type in the next source you have. d. YOU MAY HAVE TO TYPE THE INFORMATION IN DIFFERENTLY THAN SHOWN ON THE CARD. i. For example, I have an author s name (First Name, Last Name) on the card, but you will need to type it (Last Name, comma, space, First Name, period) in your Works Cited.
12. Insert a Page Break (Step 8 in the MLA document). a. Click on the Insert tab. b. Click on the Page Break button. c. You should now have a new page to begin your Works Cited page. 13. Begin your Works Cited (Step 9 in the MLA document). a. Change your alignment to Center. b. Type in the words Works Cited. c. Press Enter. d. Change alignment back to Left Aligned. e. Set up a Hanging Indent. i. Open the Paragraph Dialog box. ii. Choose Left for Alignment. iii. Choose Hanging under the Special drop down (Indentation section). iv. Keep line spacing set for Double. f. Begin typing in the bibliographical information. i. Source information is shown below. ii. DO NOT CREATE A TABLE FOLLOW THE MLA GUIDELINES LIKE YOU DID FOR SAMPLE WORKS CITED. iii. Press Enter at the end of each source. iv. Look over the information carefully to determine whether the source is a book, magazine, encyclopedia, or web page. (HINT Magazines are the only sources that have page numbers.)
14. Alphabetize your sources (Step 10 in the MLA document). a) Block out all 7 sources (but not the title Works Cited). b) Click on the Sort button. 15. When you are finished, proofread carefully, double check directions, and drag your assignment in to the correct drop box folder. Be sure your document name includes your last name.