Rewrite Guidelines

Date July 15, 2007

Now that you have received your first few graded assignments, some of you will probably want to do a few rewrites to improve your work and your grade. This is permitted if your assignment was submitted on time, and I feel that you made an honest effort to complete the whole assignment. If I didn’t feel that way about your work, I would have specified this on the graded returned assignment. Rewrites are encouraged because I feel that we learn by doing, and with writing and research, sometimes it takes more than one attempt. Remember, writing is a process, and very few of us can get it perfect on the first few tries, so you should always write a draft, revise, edit and then take advantage of the opportunity to rewrite after I’ve graded your work.

You will only have a limited time inwhich to do your rewrites, so be sure if you plan to do one that you do it right away. Don’t put it off for later because they will not be accepted after the due date has passed. With that said, here are the guidelines for doing rewrites:

  • Read the comments left on your returned graded assignments
  • Make ALL of the suggested corrections on the same document. You must make all the corrections and not just a few.
  • Save the document in the same format, but add RW to the end. Example: Lisa P1RW.doc
  • Upload your rewrite to the correct assignment area by clicking on the Rewrites tab and choosing the correct Assignment number.

Rewrites for Paper 1 need to be submitted with Paper 2. Just make all corrections on the paper 1 and then paste it into the beginning of paper 2. Make a short title for when you begin paper 2, so I’ll know for sure where it begins.

All rewrites for module 1 are due by midnight Tuesday, July 17th. No late rewrites will be accepted.

Category Posted in Module I, Rewrites

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