NON Countdown

13 days until Night of the Notables!

That's right, we're in the home stretch. 

Tomorrow 7th grade will be turning in their rough draft for peer editing and teacher editing. They will recieve their papers back on Tuesday, so they can type the final draft.

Tomorrow the souveniers are due in class at 8:00. They will be checked off and sent home. They are due this week to prevent last minute craziness!

Next Thursday the final draft is due. The final draft should be typed in MLA style. It will include a title page, body, and bibliography. The bibliography will be completed in class tomorrow. The entire paper should either be stapled once in the upper left hand corner or placed in a report cover. Below you will find some of the most important guidelines, but the full style guide can be found at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman). The font size should be 12 pt.

Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks

Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.

Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin. MLA recommends that you use the Tab key as opposed to pushing the Space Bar five times.

Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin.

In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use double-spaced text.

Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters.

Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in your title, just as you would in your text: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Morality Play; Human Weariness in "After Apple Picking"

Double space between the title and the first line of the text.