1. Goals, Objectives, Rules

2.  All submissions to Turnitin will follow MLA formatting:  Header (if the piece is two or more pages)  Heading  Font size  Spacing

3.  No revisions for work submitted late.  No revisions for incomplete work regardless of submission date.  Revisions are due in an email to me no later than three (3) calendar days from completion of grading.

4.  Emphasis will continue to be on the following elements of paragraph writing:  Clear topic sentence  Unified: All sentences support the topic sentence.  Coherent: All details are in a logical order.  Multiple topics require multiple paragraphs.

5.  Do the following in order to achieve an intellectual and mature voice and tone:  Objectivity: Keep your personal feelings out of text analyses. Save that for persuasive and personal essays.  Informal language: Familiar language (language used with people we know well) and slang have no place in analyses.  1 st and 2 nd Person: Use 3 rd person formal (one) instead of the more informal 1 st and 2 nd person.  Authors: Refer to the authors in your analyses. They have created everything you’re writing about.

6.  Composition review will begin shortly. It will be done regularly throughout the rest of the year.  Unit 1: Compound and complex sentences  Unit 2: Commas  Unit 3: Paragraph formation Cause and effect Sequence Description Problem/solution Compare/cont