5th and 7th Period--Putting in Quoted Evidence, 5/22

Below are three sample about how to take the evidence from note cards and put it into paragraphs. Always remember to do three things when using quoted evidence in an essay:

  1. USE QUOTATION MARKS around the "word-for-word" evidence you took from your research.
  2. Introduce your quote or otherwise make sure you've let your reader know who is saying it (give your quote context).
  3. Put in a citation after your quote.  Use the author's name if you have it.  If not, use the title of the article.

SAMPLE 1

Source:  U.S. Supreme Court Plyer V. Doe 1982 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts.getcase.pl?court_US&navby=case&vol=457 &invol=202

I would agree without hesitation that it is senseless for an enlightened society to deprive any children—including illegal aliens—of an elementary education.

 

 

Sample Paragraph:

      Another reason why I think Prop. 187 is unjust is because it takes away the right of education.  You might wonder, “Is education really a right for an illegal immigrant?”  The answer is YES.  According to Supreme Justice Burger, “I would agree without hesitation that it is senseless for an enlightened society to deprive any children—including illegal aliens—of an elementary education” (Plyler v. Doe).

 

   

SAMPLE 2

Source:  “Overall U.S. Economy Gains from Immigration, but it’s Costly to Some States and Localities”  Molly Galvin, Shannon Flannery. http://www4.nas.edu/news.nsf/isbn/0309063566?OpenDocument

“Immigrants may be adding as much as $10 billion to the economy each year.”

 or some of you might have it written like:

“Immigrants may be adding as much as $10 billion to the economy each year,” said panel chair James P. Smith, senior economist at RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.

 

Sample Paragraph:   (notice the use of "" and '' because of the quote inside the quote)

      Second of all, I also think Prop. 187 is judging illegal immigrants unfairly because they actually add a lot of money to our country.  “ ‘Immigrants may be adding as much as $10 billion to the economy each year,’ ” stated a top economist, James P. Smith, who did research on immigrants (Galvin & Flannery).

OR

      Second of all, I also think Prop. 187 is judging illegal immigrants unfairly because they actually add a lot of money to our country.  “ ‘Immigrants may be adding as much as $10 billion to the economy each year,’ said panel chair James P. Smith, senior economist at RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.” (Galvin & Flannery).

 

SAMPLE 3

Source:  “Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary”

American people, they don’t want us here no more.  They don’t like us.  (Myra)

 

 

Sample Paragraph:

       Finally, I believe Prop. 187 causes emotional harm.  A student named Myra from a school affected by Prop. 187 said, “American people, they don’t want us here no more.  They don’t like us” (“Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary”).