The rewrites of the first essay will be due Monday, 10/14/13. If you haven't received your paper from me via email, please let me know.
A few notes about the rewrites. Check the list below and make sure you have adhered to all requirements. Any failure to do so will result in a five point deduction from your grade.
-All papers must be submitted to me as a Microsoft Word attachment (.doc or .docx file). If you're using Google Docs, make sure you don't send it to me as an HTML file.
-All filenames should start with your last name.
-All headings should be in the body of the document, not in the header. The should be formatted as follows:
Your Name
Mr. Sullivan
English 11 Honors
Date Due
-All margins should be one inch. Check carefully, Word defaults to 1 and a quarter.
-Twelve point font, Times New Roman, black, double spaced.
Again, if you don't have any of these right, you'll suffer a five point deduction for each one.
In addition, here are some common issues that I've seen crop up in the first drafts. You may want to check your papers for any of these:
-Book titles go in italics. You may have been taught to underline them, but the convention is shifting to all italics.
-Punctuation always goes in inside quotation marks. It goes outside in England, but we are not in England. My country 'tis of thee....
-Avoid contractions in formal essays. This is something of a strange convention, and there's not much reason for it, but it is what it is.
-Avoid meaningless modifiers like "very" and "extremely" and "definitely." They add nothing to your sentence.
-If something is obvious or clear, then you shouldn't have to state that it is obvious or clear.
-Don't write "In conclusion," or "Finally." Let your words make it clear you're wrapping things up.
I'd also ask that you pay special attention to topic sentences and transitions.
A few notes about the rewrites. Check the list below and make sure you have adhered to all requirements. Any failure to do so will result in a five point deduction from your grade.
-All papers must be submitted to me as a Microsoft Word attachment (.doc or .docx file). If you're using Google Docs, make sure you don't send it to me as an HTML file.
-All filenames should start with your last name.
-All headings should be in the body of the document, not in the header. The should be formatted as follows:
Your Name
Mr. Sullivan
English 11 Honors
Date Due
-All margins should be one inch. Check carefully, Word defaults to 1 and a quarter.
-Twelve point font, Times New Roman, black, double spaced.
Again, if you don't have any of these right, you'll suffer a five point deduction for each one.
In addition, here are some common issues that I've seen crop up in the first drafts. You may want to check your papers for any of these:
-Book titles go in italics. You may have been taught to underline them, but the convention is shifting to all italics.
-Punctuation always goes in inside quotation marks. It goes outside in England, but we are not in England. My country 'tis of thee....
-Avoid contractions in formal essays. This is something of a strange convention, and there's not much reason for it, but it is what it is.
-Avoid meaningless modifiers like "very" and "extremely" and "definitely." They add nothing to your sentence.
-If something is obvious or clear, then you shouldn't have to state that it is obvious or clear.
-Don't write "In conclusion," or "Finally." Let your words make it clear you're wrapping things up.
I'd also ask that you pay special attention to topic sentences and transitions.