Manuscript Form
- All secondary students will follow this form in preparing their school work.
- Use wide-lined paper approximately 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size.
- Use blue,
blue-black, or black ink. At the discretion of the teacher, pencil may
be used for mathematics and other classes or tasks for which it is
particularly desirable.
- You may write on both sides of the paper except for formal composition work and tests.
- In block
form, write your name, date, the subject, the period and the teacher
name in the upper right-hand corner. On each additional sheet put your
name only in the same position. Write out or abbreviate the name of the
month.
- Maintain a
one-inch margin on the left and a one-half inch margin on the right.
Do not divide words incorrectly to maintain the right-hand margin. Skip
the last full line.
- Center the title on the first line.
- Skip a line
and begin, starting at the margin for sentences which are numbered.
Indent one inch from the left margin rule for paragraphs.
- Your teacher
will tell you whether to turn in papers flat or folded. If papers are
to be folded, place the identification (No. 5) on the back of the
paper on the first three lines.
- Number items neatly just to the left of the left-hand margin rule.
- Number each sheet of paper after the first.
- Double-space typewritten work.
- Use paper
clips to fasten pages together, or fasten as directed by the teacher.
Do not tear corners to fasten pages together.
- Use the form for bibliography which your school has adopted for use.
Diagram of a basic page layout
