How to Hand in an Assignment by Ms.

Gobeille

1. When you hand in an assignment it should be TYPED and DOUBLE SPACED.

2. You should ALWAYS put your good copy on top.
3. You should ALWAYS hand in your RUBRIC I dont hand them out for you to
lose them.
4. You should answer ALL questions/section.
5. You should always set up your page for your essay in the following way:

Smith 1
Joanna Smith
ENG3U
Ms. Gobeille
May 15, 17

Lost and Lord of the Flies Comparison

You always indent the first line of any paragraph. And you always underline or

italicize the names of long texts. Only short texts like short stories, poems, songs or TV

episode titles get Quotation Marks. Any long work like novels, newspaper titles, TV

series titles or really long poems always get underlined if you are hand writing, or italics

if you are typing your work.

You should always double space your work because it is easier for your teacher to

mark. ALWAYS double space your work that is unless your teacher tells you otherwise.

* Formatting Notes:
o Times New Roman font
o 12 pt.
o Your last name as header in the top right (every page)
o Page number in the top right (every page)
o Your name, my name, course code, and date in top left (first page only)
o Title is same size font, centered, NOT bold, NOT underlined
o Only ONE space after title and in between paragraphs
o Indent the first line in a paragraph

Dos and DONTs of Essay Writing

(and assignments in general)
In general:
o DO NOT write an essay in the first person (I, me, we) or the second person (you,
you should, you are) use the third person instead
o DO NOT ever use contractions in your essays or paragraphs (cant, shouldnt,
didnt, its, theyre, couldve, whatsetc)
o DO NOT refer to a short story as a book or to a play as a novel
o DO give your essay (assignment or paragraph) a title, but DO NOT call it Lord of
the Flies Essay or Romeo and Juliet Essay (Be a little creative!)
o DO read over your work before handing it in. I catch so many errors that are
simply a matter of carelessness and not using a spell checker
o DO have variety in your vocabulary, sentence structure, and presentation of ideas.
Your ideas should not all be presented in the same way.
o DO always about literature in the present tense switching verb tenses is
confusing and weakens your writing
o DO use formal vocabulary avoid slang and clichd phrases
o DO know the difference between there, their, and theyre; where and were; your
and youre
o DO know how to spell definitely and beginning

In the Introduction:
o Introduction format:
o Opening statement(s)
o Short summary of the work for context
o Your thesis (that is what you are proving)
o The directional statement (3 examples you will use to prove your thesis)
o DO make absolutely certain that the thesis statement is clearly defined and that
you have included the directional statements
o DO NOT begin offering support for your subtopics
o DO NOT make statements about the function of the essay, or of individual proof
(This essay will prove that.) with quality writing the purpose of each statement
will be clear

In the Body Paragraphs:

o DO NOT use the words I WE YOU OUR In my opinion I think I
feel You should
o DO NOT have quotations as stand-alone sentences these are used to assist your
ideas, not to replace them
o DO integrate your quotes into a sentence
o DO NOT just summarize the plot!
o DO NOT just give a superficial statement that says THIS happened, and
therefore it is connected to the thesis.
o DO NOT make reference to the quote you just used This quote is an excellent
example of..
o DO analyze your quotations to show me how they are connected to your thesis
 o DO have three supports for each point you are making. If you cannot come up
with that many, then you are not making a strong enough point.

In the Conclusion:
o DO NOT EVER begin your conclusion with In conclusion or To conclude or
In summary or To sum up it is your last paragraph, therefore it is
OBVIOUSLY a conclusion. (Okay, maybe Im over reacting but it does seem
redundant, so try to come up with something better!)
o DO NOT introduce any new information everything you need to say should
have already been said
o DO NOT make statements about what the essay was supposed to have done This
essay proved that.

Be sure to follow these tips so you do not lose easy marks!