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Here are some hints and expectations for your assignments:
• Any written assignment given to you with more than one class night to complete must be typed. No excuses. Please do your work well ahead of time so that if your printer or computer should explode, you have time to take care of the assignment. Please only count class nights. If I assign you a short paper on Wednesday and we do not meet on Monday, that is still only one class night even though four nights have gone by. If I give an assignment on Monday and ask for it on Wednesday and we meet every day that week, please type it. Figure it out when you write your assignment down in your notebook. When in doubt, please ask.
• Place your name, period and date in the upper right hand corner of the paper. These facts will be essential for years to come. I want to know who wrote the paper. I will never remember which period of English class you are in, and I want to know how long it has been since I have received your paper and I still haven't marked it.
• Double space your paper.
• One inch margins please. I am not a fanatic. I don't take a ruler to your paper. Just try for one inch margins on the sides and top and bottom. It is neater this way.
• Please use only Times Roman or Arial 12 point font.
• Assume all assignments are meant to be on paper unless told otherwise. Do not walk in to class with a computer disk. If the assignment was meant to be on paper, have it on paper.
• Spell check and grammeer check your document.
• Have your assignments looked at by a talented peer, a parent or a writing tutor before I see it and while there is still time to do something about it. If you should see a minor error on the hard copy, you may correct it in pen or pencil neatly. Neatly! Send writing-related questions and papers for editing and feedback to my attention. Papers should be saved in DOC format, or Rich Text Format, and sent a...