Westchester Community College: Valhalla Campus
Professor Melinda Roberts
Thursdays: 6:00-8:40 PM

Thursday, March 4, 2010

FIRST RESPONSE PAPER GUIDELINES



FIRST RESPONSE PAPER GUIDELINES

© Short Stories: minimum 350 words; maximum 500 words (NOT including student/class information and title)
© Poems: minimum 250 words; maximum 350 words (NOT including student/class information and title)
REMEMBER: A first response paper is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotations from the story (2-3 quotations from the poem) and tell how the piece affected you.

Upper left-hand corner, single-spaced:
FIRST AND LAST NAME
Date Assignment is Due
Professor Melinda Roberts
Comp & Lit Ii: Spring 2010
Centered Title (all caps and bolded):
RESPONSE PAPER: "TITLE OF SHORT STORY/ POEM"

Submission of Response Paper:
© Submit via e-mail to: mailto:english102wcc@gmail.com
© Cut and paste your response paper into the e-mail (response papers sent as an attachment to the e-mail will not be accepted.)
© Put your first name, last name and RESPONSE PAPER: "TITLE OF STORY/POEM" as the subject of the e-mail.
© Response papers are due on or before 12:00 noon EDT on the assignment's posted due date.
© You will receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your response paper within 24 hours. If you do not receive a response within 24 hours, locate your original e-mail in your "sent" folder and resend it.
© It is strongly suggested that you submit your response paper well in advance of the deadline to avoid computer and/or Internet-related technical snafus.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Response papers that do not meet the paper guidelines will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Response papers are due on or before 12:00 noon EST on the assignment's posted due date. Late papers will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero.

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at mailto:english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).

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