Mini Lesson on MLA Formatting/Heading

Please write the following in your notebooks.

Essay requirements/format
1.  Include a thoughtful, creative title that reflects your main idea. This must be centered.
2. Type in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman
3. Double Spacing
4. 1 inch margins, all around
5. Your last name, followed by the page number in the top right hand corner (*I will show you)
6. Correctly formatted in text citations: (Douglass 2).
7. A Work Cited page

Your heading must include the following (put a space between each one):
1. Your name
2. Teacher
3. Class
4. Date: Day Month Year (no commas)

This is located in the top left-corner of your paper.
FOR EXAMPLE, CLICK HERE: (file name: Formatting and Heading Example)
It should look like this:

Bob N. Furapples

Mr. Misses

ELA

10 December 2012

ESSAY DUE DATES (be sure you pay attention to the class section):
8-1, 8-4: Final Essay is due Tuesday, Dec. 11
8-2, 8-3, 8-5, 8-6: Final essay is due Thursday, Dec. 13