Estimados Estudiantes,

Today is Quote Sandwich Day in many of my classes. 

Who's bringing the MAYONNAISE?

This is what you need:

• One JUICY quote from your research articles.
• It could be something someone said.
• It could be something someone wrote.
• But bring something INTERESTING!

THE QUOTE SANDWICH – It’s as easy as 1..2..3.

First you INTRODUCE your quote. Second, you QUOTE it. And third, you EXPLAIN it. This process will ensure you integrate your quotes SEEMLESSLY (smooth!) into your essays.

1. Top Bread:

• Provide context for the quote so the reader who is unfamiliar with the source can understand it.
• Where did this quote come from?
• What was going on when it was said?
• Why would anyone say it?
• Use a signal phrase or a sentence to lead in to the quote, using a comma or colon before the quote begins.

2. Filling:

• Provide the quotation in quotation marks, or follow the guidelines for long quotes by formatting it into a block quote.
• Provide an in-text citation of the source of the quote in MLA, APA, or another required style. Keep in mind that using a signal phrase in the top bread to introduce the quote can sometimes fulfill all or part of this in-text citation.

3. Bottom Bread:

• Explain the significance of the quote, interpreting it and telling the reader how this idea supports and connects to your thesis.
• This is your chance to show off your CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS!  Your ANALYSIS. 
•  What do these words mean to the person who said them?
•  What do these words mean to the people who heard them?
•  Are they historically significant?  Explain.
•  What do they mean to you?

Jay's Tip – In class, I will ask you to interview another student. The purpose will be to elicit an INTERESTING quotation from your conversation.

Write your quote down on a piece of scratch paper.  Use the following Quote Sandwich Recipe to format your paragraph.  You will be graded on your punctuation.  You may or may not be asked to provide an in-text citation to explain where it came from.  

Here is a Quote Sandwich Sample from a Classroom Blog Out of the Past  – I asked my students to share their first-year experience on a college campus:

Here is a Quote Sandwich Sample from my Amy Winehouse Death by Alcoholism Research Paper

* I found a great quote in a Rolling Stone article.

* I positioned it in the middle of my page.

* I provided 100 words of background up on top.

* I provided 100 words of analysis below. 

This is a Big Deal!  Your Quote Sandwiches will BEEF UP your essay -  They are a great tool support your main ideas. 

* Through the course of your research paper, I will ask you to insert THREE quote sandwiches.

Below is a sample Quote Sandwich SNIP that I created for a Mental Illness paper in English 009:

• Notice the quote in RED!

Here is a good punctuation website – Grammar Girl – to help you format the quote.

Here is the link to her quotation page: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-use-quotation-marks

I hope you ENJOY your Quote Sandwiches as much as I do mine.

• Integrating quotations to support your main ideas is an important standard of the course.
• Plus, they are FUN and EAZY
• You bring the QUOTES.  I will bring the NAPKINS.

Any Questions?  You can contact me here: jay.lewenstein@imperial.edu. 

At COD, you can find me here: jlewenstein@collegeofthedesert.edu

This is going to be GREAT.  You will see.

Paz,

JL