Please remember that the final draft of Essay#1 is due at our next class meeting, on Monday October 17th. You will find my grading rubric here.
Please follow the guidelines below, and include a cover page, previous draft and outline.
1) For the second draft of your essay, please include a new cover letter. The cover letter is a chance for you to reflect on the writing process, and to introduce readers to your essay. Here are some questions to consider in your cover letter:
Describe your revision process. What suggestions did you get from others that you tried to follow? Point to specific places in your draft where you followed someone else’s advice. Where do you feel your revision succeeded? Where did it fail? What would you have liked to continue working on?
2) Please give your essay a creative, original title – and “Essay #1” does not count as creative or original. Titles are very important; they help to focus the reader (and the writer) on the heart of the matter.
3) Please format your essay according to the MLA formatting guidelines (ie): indenting paragraph breaks (including for dialogue); normal margins; double-spacing; and include the date.
4) Please include page numbers.
5) Please staple all of your revision material together; that means:
– Your final draft on top
– Your first draft underneath that
– The critiques you received from your fellow students
– Your outline