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GUIDELINES FOR THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ESSAY

FORMAT OF THE ESSAY:

 Follow the instructions under “Format and Guidelines for Papers” in our syllabus. 
 Write all of your group members’ full names in alphabetical order in the upper left-hand
corner of the first page. 
 For the type of paper, write “Fairy Tale Essay.”
 Create an original title for your essay.
 Do not make a separate title page for your essay. Your essay should begin below its title
on the first page.

PAGE LIMIT:
 Your first documented essay should be 5 to 8 pages long (roughly 1500-2000 words). 
This page count should not include the page(s) containing your list of Works Cited.

SOURCES AND LIST OF WORKS CITED:

 Use at least seven credible sources to support your arguments, opinions, and ideas in
both essays. 
 Do not consult only websites. You should  also consult and cite some academic journal
articles, books, and other types of sources.  Do not cite Wikipedia because it is not always
reliable (although you may consult it initially).
 Use the MLA 2016 (8th ed.) documentation style for citing your sources. Be sure to read
the pdf “2016 MLA Guidelines” which I will post in our FB group soon.

FIRST DRAFT AND REVISION (OPTIONAL):

 If you wish, you may submit a complete or partial draft of your essay on or before Friday,
October 25, 2019. It should be a hard copy only. Submit it to me in person during any of
our class periods on/before Oct. 25. Do not submit it to the English Dept. because student
papers submitted there sometimes get misplaced.
 If you submit your draft on Oct. 25, I will return it with my comments on November 06 or 08.
Also note that the earlier you submit your draft, the sooner I will be able to read it and return
it to you, and the more time you will have to revise it.
 If you decide not to submit a draft of your essay, then I will read only the final version of
your essay which is due on Nov. 29 (see below).

SUBMISSION OF FINAL VERSION: 

 Submit a hard copy of the final version of your first documented essay on Friday,
November 29, 2019, during our class period. Bring it to our classroom. I will not accept
essays sent by e-mail.
 You and your groupmates must all be present when you submit your essay. You will each
be required to describe your contributions to the work on your essay and to evaluate your
groupmates’ work. This will be done orally, not in writing. If you are absent or arrive very
late, and thus fail to participate in your group’s peer evaluation, you will receive a .50
deduction on the grade of your first documented essay.
 You should arrive at, or within 10 minutes of, the beginning of our class period on Nov. 29.
If all the other groups have finished their peer evaluations and you have not yet arrived, I
will proceed with your group’s peer evaluation and then leave the classroom. I will not
spend the rest of the period waiting for you to arrive. You will be marked absent and will
receive the .50 deduction mentioned above.
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