Parkview High School Language Arts Department Composition Standards:

Follow these guidelines for your essays:

·        Papers should be typed if at all possible.

·        Type a heading in the upper left corner of the first page, including your name, your teacher’s name, the name of the course, and the date. 

Joe Smith

Ms. Drenning

Freshman English

September 5, 2003

·        Space once before typing your title.

·        Center and type the title of the paper.  Use standard capitalization rules.  Space once between the title and the body of the paper.  Do not underline the title.

·        Double-space the body of the paper.  (If you must write your paper by hand, skip lines.  Do not leave an extra space between paragraphs.)

·        For multi-paged papers, number all pages in the upper right-hand corner.  Type your name immediately before the page number.  (Use the header function on your keyboard.)

·        Write or print on only one side of the paper.

·        Use blue or black ink on lined, loose-leaf notebook paper if you are writing your paper.

·        Edit your papers carefully.  Rules concerning Standard English apply to all assignments.

·        Take pride in the overall appearance of your paper!