Tuesday, April 30th, 2013--5:30 pm

Greetings,
a few things:
1. Due to my error--I noted the due date for essay 3 rough drafts as Monday, April 29th, on the course outline BUT Wednesday, May 1 on the essay assignment. I apologize. Those students who still want to submit a rough draft for essay 3 can do so tomorrow. Since there is NO CLASS ON FRIDAY, I would prefer that you email me your draft by the end of the day tomorrow. That way I can review the essay and send you comments via email.
2. Below you will find a copy of the handout from Monday.

English 20, Spring 2013

Editing & Proofreading Workshop, Monday April 29th

REVIEW

NEW POLICY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY! J

For this third and final out of class essay, it is now an unacceptable error (10 points deducted, if your heading set up is incorrect. By heading, I am referring to your name, my name, the class title and the date.)  Please refer to your class notes from the first week or so of classes. Also, you now have received and read at least six sample student essays, which also provide you with the correct set-up.

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REVISIONS

·      Please follow the guidelines on how to submit a revision, which are provided on your class syllabus.

·      If you did not choose to revise out of class essay one or two, and you end up wanting to revise essay three, there will still be time. Graded essay three will be returned to you on Monday, May 13^th. If you choose to revise, it must be submitted no later than Friday of finals week. YOU MUST EMAIL ME TO LET ME KNOW YOU HAVE PLACED IT IN MY DEPT. MAILBOX. Otherwise, I will not be on campus to pick it up. ALSO, be sure you hear back from me that I have indeed received the email instruction.

RESEARCH DOCUMENTATION

·      You must introduce all direct quotations with a lead-in.

·      If you refer to the author in the lead-in or when you paraphrase, you DO NOT NEED an in-text citation.

·      All in-text citations MUST CORRESPOND/MATCH THE SOURCE ON THE WORKS CITED PAGE EXACTLY.

·      DOUBLE SPACE ENTIRE WORKS CITED PAGE.

·      INDENT SECOND AND CONSECUTIVE LINES OF EACH CITATION.

·      YOU DO NOT NEED TO RECORD THE ENTIRE WEB ADDRESS.

CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION

·      One main idea per paragraph.

·      Transition clearly from one paragraph to the next. You do not need TWO transitional sentences, one at the end of the paragraph and one at the beginning of the next!

·      You do NOT need to include a Webster’s dictionary definition of words that are commonly understood and recognized by the majority of readers. For example: suicide and alcoholism are commonplace terms and do not need further explanations.

·      In a three to five page essay, there is no need to summarize your main points in the conclusion. And you also do not need to actually write—“In conclusion….”

·      Most instructors (and it should be ALL instructors) expect near perfection from a writing assignment where the student has been given three to four weeks to plan, research, write and revise an essay.  In other words, evidence of editing and proofreading must be obvious.

Although other classes probably do not have an Unacceptable Errors list, they will not be tolerant of the errors I have included on that handout,