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How to Work with Information from SourcesUse Quotations to Introduce an IdeaPassage from Rianne's Draft:According to Pascoe, "giving schools a letter grade without considering the socioeconomic background of the children merely measures the knowledge the children bring to school with them. I believe schools should be measured on what they add to a child's knowledge."7 The amount of funding a school district receives directly affects the level of education that children within it will receive. However, Senate Bill 186 does nothing to address this discrepancy in resources-it provides little if any financial aid to help failing schools improve themselves. In this example from her essay on education legislation, Rianne used a quotation from Senator Pat Pascoe to introduce the idea that grading schools without attention to socioeconomic issues can affect the education the students receive. Notice how she began with the quotation and then explained her point relative to the Senate bill in question. She also used a signal phrase, shown in orange, to introduce the quotation, in red. Rianne used an endnote to identify her source, in keeping with the Chicago-style documentation system she had chosen. Click on the Continue button to continue.
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