About those Essays (Required)
• You may write in 1 st person singular
• Utilize proper and correct spelling, grammar and ‘language’
• Integrate points raised in class discussions
• Integrate your own opinions and observations
• Weave in other readings (your choice of which readings)
• Solid/sound intellectual observations, arguments and conclusion(s)
• Remember context: who, what, where, why, when, how
• Format, Font, Margins, etc (failure to follow = the loss of one letter grade):
– Standard page size (8.5×11)
– Normal margins (1” top, bottom, left and right)
– Times New Roman (size: 12 or 13)
– 1.5 spaced
– Double spaced between paragraphs
– Block quotes single spaced
– Document file format: PDF
– Google Docs, Word and links NOT accepted
• On Cover Page (required):
– Title
– First and last name
– Name of assignment (i.e., Mid-Term Essay)
– Name of Class
– Semester
– Professor or Dr. Temple Tsenes-Hills
– Date
– Photo/Illustration (Optional, but if you use one, put heading below it)
Note: Cover page does not count toward final page count
• At the top right corner of every subsequent page: last name and page number
• Citations (websites NOT ACCEPTED):
– Footnotes (Style: Chicago (Turabian)
• Bibliography
– Style: Chicago (Turabian)
– Does not count toward final page count
• Essays must be submitted electronically to our D2L page, on the due date by 6 pm.
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*I do not accept late essays. If there is a problem or situation that will negatively affect the
quality of your essay, or cause a problem with you turning it in on time, talk to me as soon
as you are aware of the problem.
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