Essay 1 requirements UPDATED

Checklist for Essay 1 due your first class of March at the beginning of class (if you're late, it's late and you don't get a redo).

UNTIL THEN, print out bad essay + shoes (sample essays) and emotionally valuable (1st essay). We'll do them in class this week.

1. Dresser Drawer Method (10 points)
2. Extended Outline (10 points)
3. 2-3 typed pages of notes (3-4 handwritten - when in doubt, print out an extra draft) (15 points)
4. TYPED rough draft (15 points).
5. ALSO if you turned in any rough drafts to be corrected, turn those in as well. If I can't see a difference between notes, rough draft, and or final paper, you won't get full credit for pre-writing.

The paper is worth 200 points
20 for length
20 for format
20 for effort
60 for sentence sense
40 for grammar
40 for transition

Next
1. Underline your thesis
2. Label each paragraph as to what its main point is (write next to it)
Then look for the following errors:
1. Is your paper 12 point type
2. Is it written in Times New Roman
3. Is the whole paper double spaced
4. Did you make sure that there are no gulleys
5. Is the paper AT LEAST 2.5 pages long
6. Did you make sure that you didn’t change the margins
7. Is there any bold type
8. Is there any italic type
9. Is there use of the words YOU, WE, OUR, US, and anything else that implies you are talking conversationally to the reader (I is ok)
10. Is there any profanity, slang, or undefined abbreviations

By turning in this essay, you UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PAPER IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU FILLED WITH A MYRIAD OF SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MUST CORRECT (up to 5 statements, 12 errors marked off). YOU REALIZE THAT YOU ARE IN THIS CLASS TO LEARN, AND THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN LEARN IS TO HAVE YOUR MISTAKES POINTED OUT TO YOU. YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU DON’T REDO THIS PAPER, IT WILL GET THE ORIGINAL GRADE ON IT. PAPERS THAT ARE LATE OR ARE MARKED AS NOT USING SPELL AND GRAMMAR CHECK WILL NOT GET A REDO. MR. GLASS WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY EXCUSES FOR IT BEING LATE. IF YOU DO NOT TURN IT IN ON TIME, YOU HAVE 1 EXTRA WEEK TO TURN IT IN PROVIDED THAT YOU MEET WITH ME AND WRITE A JOURNAL FOR ME ON WHAT YOU DID WRONG AND WHAT YOU CAN DO BETTER. THIS JOURNAL IS ALL ABOUT YOU - NOT ME. ALL PAPERS THAT AREN'T TURNED IN BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS THE FIRST DAY OF THE 2ND WEEK OF MARCH WILL RECEIVE A ZERO. THEY WILL NOT BE LOOKED AT. YOU WILL FAIL THE CLASS.

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CONCLUSION