FIRST RESPONSE PAPER GUIDELINES

Graveyard angel blanketed in snow (taken 2/26/2010)

* 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)

* 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 I: Spring 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "TITLE OF SHORT STORY/ POEM"

Submission of Response Paper:

• Submit via e-mail to:  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 midnight 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 any technical complications which may occur as a result of your computer or the internet.

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

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

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at 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).