Important Essay Instructions

ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS (1st, 3rd, and 5th)
1) The turnitin.com deadline for the first draft is Monday  morning (Oct. 8) at 7:30 a.m. Process points for Monday depend on having your hard copy with you in class as well as having submitted the essay to www.turnitin.com by the start of the school day.  The box is open now.

2)  There are several specific formatting instructions for your first draft.  Note especially that this is not an MLA paper, and the heading is our standard one, not the MLA heading.  List the assignment exactly as given in the first bullet point below.

• Heading on left, single-spaced:  Name, Period, Date, First Draft Personal Essay  
• Skip a line, then, across the top of the page, type out the complete prompt you are addressing:  single-spaced, and in bold.  Do not just "label" (Common App #1), but actually type out all the words.
• Give your essay a creative, relevant title. [Some colleges want this, others don't; you will decide if you want to submit it with a title.  But for our class, create a title.]
• Double-space the entire essay.
• Do a word count of the essay (not the heading, not the prompt) and put it in parentheses at the end.

TODAY IN CLASS
Second part of the College Application Process presentation. See their website for the full info, including the slide show; if you missed it (or mentally checked out somewhere along the line) you really DO need to consult the site before asking an unnecessary question.

TOMORROW IN CLASS
1st and 3rd--We will be discussing pp. 3-10 in the Beowulf book. Read it so that you will be aware of what questions you may have.  I'll be asking you lots of questions as we go.

5th--We'll get the Beowulf books first, so people will have them to start reading after you finish the second part of the test.  That second part was intended to take about 15-18 minutes; I'll give you somewhat more time in class.  You'll simply start to read as you finish the quiz.