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MHS
Composition Guide
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instructions for correcting compositions |
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| Manuscript Form General Rules Title Page Outline Page Body of Paper Writing a Good Composition Literary Analysis Guide Approaches to Literary Criticism
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1. As each composition is returned to you, read the comments and
make any necessary revisions before writing the next composition. The
errors will be marked according to the numbers in the Harbrace or
Warriner’s handbooks. Refer
to the appropriate handbook, and enter the letter beside the number in
the margin (for example, 12a, 6b, 32c). Using red ink, write out the
rule each time you miss it on the back of the page directly across from
your error. Next, cross out the incorrect word, phrase, sentence, or
punctuation mark, and make the correction or revision in red above the
line in the text. Misspelled
words should be written correctly 25 times on the back of the previous
page.
2. If a correction or revision is extensive, or if space is
limited, write the passage on the back of the previous page. Always make
meaning changes; do not merely shuffle words around.
3. Fill in the Table of Contents on the inside front cover of
the folder in blue or black ink. Give
your themes original, informative titles that will arouse the interest
of the reader. If you are
writing about a literary work, do more than give the title of the novel,
play, story, or poem.
4. On the inside back cover of the theme folder, fill out the
Summary of Errors. Record
the number and letter of each error marked in the paper.
Enter spelling words in a separate column.
5. Fasten the compositions in the folder with brads in reverse
order. Theme No. 1 goes on
the bottom, the most recent theme on top.
6. Don’t begin a new composition without revising the previous one. Then you will be building on skills already learned. |
