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Essay length:

6th grade: 1- 1.5 pages

7th grade: 1.5 - 2.5 pages

8th grade: 2 - 3 pages

PROPER FORMATTING:

Your Name <---------- This all goes in the HEADER (single spaced/left edge)

Mr. Slater P. X? *ON FIRST PAGE ONLY (Click "Different first page" box in header menu)

Type of Essay – date (xx/xx/xx)

Title

• Proper heading in the top LEFT HEADER. Ask for help if you don’t know how to put it there.

• Typed and DOUBLE SPACED in TIMES NEW ROMAN (font size = 12)

•Text is aligned LEFT, not centered

• 1 inch margins

• Centered title (same font & font size, no bold or underline)

• Pages stapled. No cover page or plastic cover.

(Easily Avoidable) Point Deductions

-Late = One day = -4 / More than one day = -5 *NOTE THAT BEING SICK/ABSENT DOES NOT PROVIDE EXTRA TIME FOR ESSAYS. THEY SHOULD BE EMAILED IN IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT TO SCHOOL ON A DUE DATE.

-Below or above min/max length = -4 *There is no negotiation about length. Close is not the minimum. You must have writing on the last required line. You can exceed the max length only if you need to finish a reasonable-length paragraph.

-Missing citations (if research used)= -1 no in-text citations/-1 no Work Cited page *If a significant amount of research is un-cited, the paper will be returned for correction, then turned in late.