Follow the directions that your teacher gives you to have a product of which you can be proud. Generally, the following rules apply to manuscripts.
- Use Arial, Courier, and New Times Roman fonts. These are clean and crisp and easy for almost any reader to see.
- Use a 12 point font. Do not try to be clever with font size. Remember, this is an educational assignment.
- Use 1" margins throughout the paper.
- Double-space your document.
- Use spell-check and grammar-check.
- Do not forget to turn in a "Works Cited" page (bibliography). Cite only those sources which you actually used to prepare the paper.
For additional information check out the resources that the Owl Writing Lab has for grades 7-12
RESEARCH HOME TYPES OF SOURCES TAKING NOTES CITING SOURCES