A paper must be substantially changed for the better in order for your grade to improve. You are expected to proofread your papers carefully before turning them in, but I don't mind if you make last-minute corrections in handwriting. Papers should be typed with a DARK ribbon and there should be four adequate margins. Double space and avoid fancy types. Do not put your paper in a slick plastic cover.
Handwritten papers are acceptable if easily legible.
Plagiarism will result in a zero for the paper and action as prescribed by university policies on academic honesty. In a reading journal you should make at least three entries a week, recording what you have read and minimal factual information about your reading. This will inspire you to keep up with your reading and will help you review for quizzes. Good journals include personal responses, notes for questions you might want to ask or write about in a paper, and ideas about how the book is related to its time, to our time, and to other books. To count, the item must be obviously related to one of the books we are reading, and you must give sufficient information about its location to enable another student to find it.