The document provides a lesson plan on citing sources and the American Psychological Association (APA) format. The objectives are for students to learn about citing sources, APA formats, and teamwork. The lesson involves dividing students into groups to discuss why citing sources is important. The teacher explains APA citation formats for different sources like books, websites, and magazines. Students practice citing sources in different exercises and are evaluated on correctly arranging sample citations in APA format. The lesson aims to teach students the importance and proper methods of citing sources in their academic work.

1. LESSON PLAN
I. Objectives
At the end of one – hour period, students
are expected to:
a. Familiarize with the importance and usage of
citing sources.
b. Comply and associate with different kind of
formats for basic bibliographic information
recommended by the American Psychological
Association (APA).
c. Show teamwork and cooperation through group
dynamics.
II. Subject Matter
Topic: APA Symbols
Reference/s:Celebrating Diversity through World
Literature English Learners Material
Materials: Handouts (Fidget Spinner)
III. Procedure
A. Preliminary Activity
Teacher’s
Activity
Student’s
Activity
Prayer “Let us pray
first.”
(One student
will lead the
prayer.)
Greetings “Good day,
class!”
“Good
Morning,
Ma’am!”
Classroom
Management
“Clean your
area. Arrange
your chairs
properly.”
“Okay Ma’am!”
(Students will
clean their area
and arrange
their chairs.)
Checking of
Attendance
(Roll call) (Students will
tell who’s
absent.)
Daily Fast
Express!
(The teacher
will post one
idiomatic
expression on
the board.)
“Students!
Look here in
front. Read
appropriately at
your age.”
(Students will
read the
idiomatic
expression.)
“Be glad to see
the back of.”
(The teacher
will explain the
(Some students
will react on
meaning.)
“This means
that, ‘Be happy
when a person
leaves’.”
chorus.)
“Aaaaaahhh..”
“So, give me a
sentence using
this idiomatic
expression.”
(Some students
will raise their
hand. Some will
give a correct
answer,and
some other
students will
just give ‘hugot
lines’.)
“Very good,
class! So, we’re
finished in our
Daily Fast
Express!,to
proceed to our
lesson ..”
(The teacher
will ask a
question.)
“What do we
include or must
put in our mind
when we do a
research?”
(Students will
pause and think,
then raise their
hand.)
B. Lesson Proper
1. Motivation
The teacher will use T-chart to sort the
things that must be included in doing a research.
Research Paper
Things to include .. No. of students
Direction: Ask the class about the things to be included
or must put in mind in doing a research. Write their
answers to “’things to include..’ column, and do a survey
(on how many students do the following from the list.)

2. GroupName: __________________________________________
Group No. : _____
2. Presentation
The teacher will divide the class into three
groups. Each group will be given a handout (Fidget
spinner – Fill the spin!) The teacher will ask some
questions and their answers will be written on designated
circle of the fidget spinner.
1. Could anything bad happen to you if you copied
someone else’s idea or words and didn’t give
them credit?
2. How does it help YOU when you cite sources?
3. How would you feel if you posted something
really cool on Facebook and a bunch of people
shared it as if it was their own witty comment,
not giving you credit?
3. Discussion
The teacher will discuss referencing and its
importance, and standard formats and examples
of basic bibliographic information recommended
by the American Psychological Association
(APA).
The terms cite and refer (or citation and
referencing) are often used to same thing since
to cite a piece of work is to provide a reference
to its source.
Why is a bibliography and referencing
important?
 Preparing bibliographies helps
researchers keep track of the sources
they consulted or cited for their written
material and gives readers a framework
of how the writers' arguments were
formed.
 Referencing allows you to
acknowledge the contribution of other
writers and researcher in your work.
Any university assignments that draw on
the ideas, words or research of other
writers must contain citations.
 Referencing is also a way to give
credit to the writers from whom you
have borrowed words and ideas.
 Give credit whenever you use:
1. Another person’s idea
opinion or theory.
2. Any facts,statistics, graphs,
drawings – any pieces of
information - that are not common
knowledge.
3. Quotations of another
person’s spoken or written words.
4. Paraphrases of another person’s
spoken or written words..
Below are standard formats and
examples for basic bibliographic
information recommended by the
American Psychological
Association (APA).
Format
Examples
Format Examples
Books Author’s last
name, first
initial.
(Publication
date). Book title.
Allen, T. (1974).
Vanishing wildlife of
North America.
Washington, D.C.:
National Geographic
1.
2.
3.
Fidget spinner – Fill the spin!

3. Additional
information. City
of publication:
Publishing
company.
Society.
Boorstin, D. (1992).
The creators:A
History of the Heroes
of the Imagination.
New York: Random
House.
Encycloped
ia &
Dictionary
Author’s last
name, first
initial. (Date).
Title of Article.
Title of
Encyclopedia
(Volume pages).
City of
publication:
Publishing
company.
Bergmann, P.G.
(1993). Relativity. In
the New
Encyclopedia
Britannica (Vol. 26,
pp. 501-508).
Chicago:
Encyclopedia
Britannica.
Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate Dictionary
(10th
ed.). (1993).
Springfield, MA:
Merriam-Webster.
Pettingill. O.S., Jr.
(1980). Falco and
Falconry. World
Book
Encyclopedia.(pp.
150-155). Chicago:
World Book.
Magazine
&
Newspaper
Articles
Author’s last
name, first
initial.
(Publication
Date). Article
title. Periodical
title, volume
number (issue
number if
available),
inclusive pages.
Note: Do not
enclose the title
in quotation
Harlow, H. F. (1983).
Fundamentals for
preparing psychology
journal articles.
Journal of
Comparative and
Physiological
Psychology,55, 893-
896.
Henry, W. A., III.
(1990, April 9).
Making the grade in
today’s schools.
marks. Put a
period after the
title. If a
periodical
includes a
volume number,
italize it and then
give the page
range (in regular
type) without
“pp.” If the
periodical does
not use volume
numbers, as in
newspapers,use
p. or pp. for page
numbers.
Note: Unlike
other periodicals,
p or pp. precedes
page numbers for
a newspaper
reference in APA
style.
Time, 135, 28-31.
Kallete, D. (1996,
July 21). California
town counts town to
big quake. USA
Today, 9, p. A1.
Website or
Webpage
Online
periodical:
Author’s name.
(Date of
publication).
Title of article.
Title of
periodical,
volume number,
Retrieved month
day, year,from
full URL
Online
document:
Author’s name.
(Date of
publication).
Title of work.
Retrieved month
day, year from
full URL
Devitt, T. (2001,
August 2). Lightning
injures for at music
festival.The Why?
Files. Retrieved
January 23, 2002,
from
http://whyfiles.org/13
7lightning/index.html
Dove, R. (1998).
Lady freedom among
us. The electronic
Text Center.
Retrieved June 19,
1998, from Alderman
Library, University of
Virginia website:
http://etext.lib.virgini
a.edu/subjects/afam.h
tml
Fredrickson, B.L.

4. Note: When
citing internet
sources,refer to
the specific
website
document. If a
document is
undated, use
“n.d.” (for no
date)
immediately
after the
document title.
Break a lengthy
URL that goes to
another line after
a slash or before
a period.
Continually
check your
references to
online
documents.
There is no
period following
a URL.
Note: If you
cannot find some
of this
information, cite
what is available.
Note: If a
document is
contained within
a large and
complex website
(such as that for
a university or a
government
agency), identify
the host
organization and
the relevant
program or
department
before giving the
URL for the
document itself.
(2000, March 7).
Cultivating positive
emotions to optimize
health and well-
being. Prevention &
Treatment, 3,Article
0001a. Retrieved
November 20, 2000,
from
http://journals.apa.or
g/prevention/volume
3/pre0030001a.html
GVU’s 8th
WWW
user survey. (n.d.)
Retrieved August 8,
2000, from
http://www.cc.gatech.
edu/gvu/usersurveys/
survey1997-10
4. Application
Destined to be Yours!
The teacher will divide the class into two
groups. Each group will be given a severalcharts.
Representatives must fill the column/s (by pasting some
information written in a piece of cartolina) accordingly
to its needs. The group who got the right answers in a
short period of time is the winner.
Can you fill it right this emptiness? Can you match the
destined, in just a short period of time? Let’s find out!
CHARTS FOR GROUP ONE: NAME ME!
1.
Author
’s Last
Name
First
Initi
al
Mid
dle
Initi
al
(Publica
tion
Date)
Book
title
Place
of
Publica
tion
Publishe
r
2.
Book
title
(Publicat
ion Date)
Place of
Publication
Publisher
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lee,
(1982).
New York:
Warner Books.
H.
(2004)
. The American Renaissance.
Philadelphia:ChelseaHouse Publication

5. 3.Author1’sLastName
FirstInitial
MiddleInitial
Author2’sLastName
FirstInitial
MiddleInitial
(PublicationDate)
Booktitle
PlaceofPublication
Publisher
CHARTS FOR GROUP TWO:
WHERE ARE YOU?
1.
New
York
:
To
Killa
Mocki
ngbir
d.
Lee,(1982
)
War
ner
Book
s.
H
.
2.
Philadelp
hia:
Chelsea
House
nPublish
eers.
(2004)The
American
Renaissa
nce.
3.
P.H.,Hopper
,
(1982)Fun
with
physics
.
Hopper,
H., Gwunn,
P.(1997). Fun with physics.
NewYork:
Harper & Row.
Author’sLast Name
FirstInitial
Middle Initial
(Publication
date)BookTitile
Publisher Place of
Publication
(Publication
date)
BookTitile
Publisher
Place of
Publication

6. New
York
:
(1997
)
Gwun
n,
Hopper
&Row.
RUBRICS:
PRESENTAION: 50
TIME PERIOD: 50
PLUS
CORRECT ANSWERS
5. Generalization
The teacher will ask the following questions:
 How important to cite sources?
 What have you learned the most in our lesson
for today?
6. Evaluation
Arrange the following:
1. Author(s): Lynn Smith
Year:2010
Title: A Study of Undergraduate Students
Page number: article pgs. 170-191; quote pg.
172
Journal: Collegiate Learning Review
Reference:
_____________________________________________
____________________________________
2. Author(s): Steven Marisol
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing
Title: Mathematical Concepts for Non-Math Majors
City of Publication: New York City, New York
Year: 2008
Page number: quote pg. 214
Reference:
_____________________________________________
____________________________________
3. . Author(s): Jan Plumm and Carol Neischke
Publisher: Harley Publishing, Inc.
Title: A Creationist View of Sexuality City of
Publication: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Year:2008 Page
number: quote pg. 113-114
Reference:
_____________________________________________
____________________________________
4. Author(s): John P. Ackran
Date of Publication: September 21, 2013
Title of webpage: Statistics of Insurance Coverage of
Elderly Date of Access:April 3, 2014
Sponsoring Organization: Organization for Medical
Reform
URL:
http://www.medreform.org/statistics/insurance/elderly-
coverage/233
Reference:
_____________________________________________
____________________________________
5. . Author(s): No specific author
Date of Publication: May 3,
2011
Title: Coordinating Grassroot Campaigns for Liberal
Conservatives Date of Access:June 28, 2014
Main Page Title: Grassroot Strategies
Sponsoring Organization: Grassroots of America
URL:
http://www.grassrootsofamerica.org/strategies/campaign
s/0012/abd
Author1’sLast Name
Author2’s
FirstInitial
(Publication
date)
BookTitile
Publisher
Place of
Publication
Author2’sLast Name
Author1’s
FirstInitial

7. Reference:
_____________________________________________
____________________________________
IV. Assignment
Write all your answers in your assignment
notebook.
 Copy ten bibliography/references
from different books.
 What is MLA? Elaborate and give
ten examples.