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APA Formatting

Media Lesson: 3
Learning Target and Success Criteria
Standards:
I.B.3. Generating products that illustrate learning.
VI.B.2. Acknowledging authorship and demonstrating respect for the intellectual property of others.

Learning Target: Create a title page, references list, add sub-headings and format my paper according to APA
7 Style
Success Criteria: Create a title page
Success Criteria: Create a references page
Success Criteria: Add sub-headings for major sections of paper
Success Criteria: Format paper and references page

Purdue OWL for APA Formatting help:


https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/index.html
Format Your Paper
General APA Guidelines
In addition to conventions for citing information, style guidelines have rules for formatting the paper
itself that are specific to that style (for us, APA). Here are the basics:

❖ Typed, Double line spaced


❖ 1 inch margins on all sides
❖ Page header with page numbers top right of every page (begins on title page)
❖ 1 easy to read font for the entire paper; some options:
➢ 11 point Calibri
➢ 11 point Arial
➢ 12 point Times New Roman
❖ Indent first line of each paragraph; do not add extra line spaces between paragraphs
The Title Page
❖ Title of paper (Bold, centered, top half of
page, first letter of each word capitalized)
Teaching 101
❖ Writer’s name (first name, middle initial,
last name)
John M. Smith
❖ School name
North Caroline High School
❖ Course name
English 11
❖ Teacher’s name
Ms. Clemens
❖ Assignment due date
March 28, 2023
❖ 3 spaces between the title and the other
info, 1 space between the other items
2
Subheadings Title of Paper

This is where I would write my introduction,


❖ Bolded
❖ Capitalize each word ending with my super awesome thesis statement.

❖ Flush left Argument 1

❖ Not needed for introduction or conclusion After I write my subheading, I will go to the
❖ 1 (double) space between paragraph and next line, indent, and then talk about the first main
subheading
section/topic of my paper. Then I will transition to
❖ 1 (double) space between subheading and
my next topic, and write another subheading.
new paragraph
Argument 2
Reference List
❖ Have your citations recorded before formatting (following the APA guidelines from media lesson 2)
❖ Last page of paper
❖ Write References at the top of the page (boldfaced, capitalized, and centered)
❖ Use same font as the rest of paper
❖ Left align
❖ Create hanging indent (½ inch)
❖ Double line space
❖ No additional spaces between citations
❖ List them in alphabetical order by the first piece of information
Sample Reference List
Learning Target and Success Criteria
Now that you’ve completed the
Learning Target: Create a title page, references list, lesson, look back over the
learning targets and success
add sub-headings and format my paper according to criteria. Check off the criteria
APA 7 Style you feel confident you’ve met. If
you don’t feel confident that
you’ve hit the learning targets for
this lesson you can:
❏ Success Criteria: Create a title page ● look back over the lesson
❏ Success Criteria: Create a references list ● ask your classmates for
help
❏ Success Criteria: Add sub-headings for major ● Ask the teacher for help
and/or additional
sections of paper resources.
❏ Success Criteria: Format paper and references
page

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