AP Language & Composition Essay Submission Guidelines

-- All essays must be submitted in FINAL form to Turnitin.com

-- Essay deadlines are FIRM – No excuses. Late papers will be accepted only under extraordinary circumstances and REQUIRE a phone call from parent or guardian. Students MUST be prepared for computer crashes and supply needs (e.g., ink cartridges). KINKOS IS OPEN 24 HOURS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPUTER AT HOME, you must adjust your own schedule to permit time to work at school.

-- Missed workshops AUTOMATICALLY deduct 10% from the grade. NO excuses. Absence from class does NOT excuse workshops. You should arrange to have paper delivered to class OR have parent/guardian call me. PAPERS MUST BE READY AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS FOR WORKSHOP. BRING TWO COPIES OF PAPER TO EACH WORKSHOP.
Workshops can be excused IF you email me the paper by 6 a.m. AND call me to let me know the paper has been emailed. You must then on your own workshop three papers from other students in the class.

-- You must keep a backup of all essays at all times. We will occasionally revisit assignments and you MUST be able to retrieve it for revision. In addition, backups help both you and me in the event of lost papers.

-- All papers will be kept by the student until the end of the semester for possible final revisions. You must turn in the original graded paper with any revision.

-- Two Essays may be revised during weeks 10-14 of the semester. Missed workshops cannot be made up through revision.

FORMAT

SUBMIT ALL ESSAYS IN A TWO POCKET FOLDER.

DO NOT STAPLE FINAL DRAFT

PLACE FINAL DRAFT AND GRADING MATRIX ON RIGHT SIDE

PLACE ALL DRAFTS AND WORKSHOPS AND PREWRITING
ON LEFT SIDE

Typing Guidelines:

Basic Paper Format (FROM OWL WRITING CENTER)

The preparation of manuscripts in MLA style is covered in chapter four of the MLA Style Manual, as well as in chapter three of the Handbook for Writing Research Papers. Here are some basic guidelines for formatting a paper in MLA style.

General Guidelines
- Type your paper or write it on a computer and print it out on standard-sized paper (8.5 X 11 inches).
- Double-space your paper.
- Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.
- 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.
- Use either underlining or italics throughout your essay for highlighting the titles of longer works (books, movies, magazines, newspapers) and providing emphasis. Use quotation marks for shorter works such as poems and essays.

Formatting the first page of your paper
- Do not make a title page for your paper unless specifically requested.
- Provide a double-spaced entry in the top left corner of the first page that lists your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date.
- Center your title on the line below the header with your name, and begin your paper immediately below the title.
Here is a sample first page of an essay in MLA style: