If you intend to submit a revision of an already-graded paper for an improved grade, it must be apparent that the paper itself has been improved, not just patched up. Major sections of it must be rewritten, and all instances of errors identified by me must be fixed. Anything less will not be looked at.

Every time you revise a paper, you should look at the whole thing and make sure that it holds together after your revisions. Otherwise, it starts looking like a patch job.

You should definitely respond to my comments, but I might not have caught everything or responded to repetitions of the same issue elsewhere in the paper. So you should also look through the paper to determine if there are similar problems and fix them. Then finally, look at the whole paper to make sure it all holds together clearly and smoothly.

If you plan your work sufficiently in advance, you might ask a classmate to look over your work to make sure it is clear, sort of like a peer review, and to help you catch things you might have overlooked. Everyone overlooks their own errors; I do, too. That's why I award points for helping me find them.

In order to submit revised work for an improved grade, you must include all of the following:

1. The original draft that has my comments
2. My evaluation sheet and any notes I may have made
3. Your statement of how you responded to my comments and what changes you made in the essay.

These are essential so I can see your improvements. (I do not need to see the prep work at that time.)