1. sports
2. skateboarding

lIn this activity,you will practice how to:
1. format a report in MLA style.
The Modern Language Association is the authority on how to prepare and format scholarly manuscripts,
reports, and research papers. MLA style is widely used in high schools, colleges, and professional publications.
ln this activity,you willformat the provided text as a report using proper MLA format style.
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Open a NEW document in Word.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, the font should be set to Courier, the font size to 12 point.
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Save the
document
as TRICKSKATE.
Set up the document in proper MLA report style format as follows:
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b.
Set the page margins
to 1"on all sides
lnsert a header that includes your last name followed by the page number. Right align
the text in the header.
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d.
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other punctuation marks.
Set up the document so that all text is double-spaced.
Starting on the first line of the document, do the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Use only one space after periods and
Type your first and last name (left aligned), then hit ENTER.
Type your instructor's name (left aligned),then hit ENTER
Type the title of the course you are enrolled in (left aligned), then hit ENTER.
Type the current date (left aligned),then hit ENTER.
Type the title of the report exactly as shown in Figure 33-1 . Center align the title, then hit ENTER.
Type the body of the report exactly as shown in Figure 33-1 . lndent each parapraph using the
default tab setting (.5").
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lnsert a page break (CTRL+ENTER) after the last paragraph in the report (before the "Works
Cited"text).
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Type the "Works Cited" page as follows (be sure that it starts on a new page in the document):
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Center align the text"Works Cited,"then hit ENTER.
Format the text under the title exactly as shown in Figure 33-2.
Carefully proofread the document for spelling, grammar, and accuracy.
10. Resave the document.
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Print the document if required by your instructor.
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Figure 33-1
A Skater Performs a Kickllip
with the evolution of skate parks and ramp riding, the
skateboard. began to change. Early skate tricks consisted mainly of
two-dimensional rnaneuver€t (i.e., riding on only t'he front wheels
(nose manual), spinning like an ice skater on the back wheels (a
350 Bivot), high jumping over a bar (sometimes called a "Hippie
ilumpo), long juryring from one board. to anot'her (often over fearless
teenagers lying on ttreir backs) ' and slalom.
In L975, skateboard.ing was transformed by the invention of
modern skaUeboarding trick by AIan *Ollie" Gelfand. It
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remained. largely a unique Florida trick from 1975 until the sr11pner
of 1-978, when Gelfand made his first visiU to California. Gelfand and
his revolutionary maneuver caught the attention of the west CoaEt
skaters and the media where it began to spread worldwide. Arr ollie
is performed by popping the tail of the skateboard' slid'ing the
front foot towards the nose and lifting up the back foot to leveI
the skateboard out. This results in the skateboarden' along with
his or her skateboard, lifting into the air without the aid of foot
straps or the skateboarder's hands.
The ollie was reinvented by Rodrrey Mullen in 1981' who
adapted it to freestyle skating by ollieing on flat grourid rither
than out of a vertical ramp. Irfgllen also invented the ol]-ie kick
flip, which, at the time of its invention' was dubbed the "nagic
flip." The flat ground otlie allowed skateboarders to perform tsricks
in mid-air without any more equipment than the skateboard itself.
The development of tlrese complex tricks by Rodney lhrllen and others
transformed skateboarding.
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Skateboarders began performing their tricks down stair sets
and on other urban obstacles - they were no Longer corrfined to empty
pools and o<pensive wooden r€rmps. The act of "ollieing" onto an
obstacle and sliding along it on the tnrcks of the board is known as
grinding, and has become a mainstay of modern skateboarding. Tlrlres
of grinds inslude the ..50-50 grind', (balancing on the front and back
trrrcks while grinding a rail), the "5-0 grind" (balancing on only
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the back truck while grinding a rail), the nose grind (balancing on
only the fronu trrrck while grinding a rail), and the \rcrooked grind"
(balancing on the front trrrck at an anELe whiLe grinding).
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There are various other grinds that invol-ve touching both the
trucks and. the deck to the rai1, ledge, or lip. The most comrnon of
these is the smith grind, in whish the rider balances over the back
truck while touching ttre outer middle of the board to the grind,ing
surfaqe in the direction from which he or she ollied. Popping and
landing on the back truck and. touching the inner edge of the board,
(i.e., popping \over"), is known as a feeble grind. "Board. slides,',
"l,ip sJ-ides," "nose slides," and "taiL slides" are other variations
of grinding that are characterized by sliding on an obstacle while
balancing on the (usually wooden) deck of the skateboard,, rather
than on the trucks.
Figure 33-2
works Cited
Howell, Ocean. NE*treme Market Research." Topic Magazine 13 December
2005 <http : //en.wikipedia. orglwiki/Skateboarding>