Writing Expectations

Expectations for ALL work

  • Heading: name, date, block
  • Legible
  • Reasonably neat
  • Ready to hand in at beginning of class

Expectations for final-draft quality work (essays, projects, etc.)

  • Ready to hand in at beginning of class (printed, stapled)
  • No report covers
  • Title page
    •  Title (centered)
    • name, date, block
  • Typed
    •  12 pt, easy-to-read font
    •  1.5 spaced
    •  1” margins
    •  Indent new paragraphs
    •  Page numbers
    •  Name only on title page, not on any pages of paper

 

Unacceptable errors: Grade 8

1. Homonyms

  • its/it’s
  • which/witch
  • weather/whether
  • there/their/they’re
  • your/you’re
  • to/two/too


2. No contraction errors: “could of” is incorrect (it’s “could have”)
3. No text message or informal spelling: u, 4, gonna, etc.
4. “A lot” is two words
5. Capitalization: beginning of sentences, proper nouns
6. Punctuation: end of sentences, commas
7. No magic trick phrasing: “In my paper, I am going to tell you…” “I hope you have enjoyed my paper.”

 

 

 

 

Unacceptable errors: Grade 7

1. Use complete sentences
2. Paragraph = Several sentences, all about the same main idea
3. Capitalization: beginning of sentences, proper nouns
4. Punctuation: end of sentences