You just finished reading a short essay titled “In Praise of the ‘F’ Word” by Mary Sherry.
Your assignment is to write an essay in response to only one of the two options below:

According to Mary Sherry, “We must review the threat of flunking and see it as it really is—a positive teaching tool. It is an expression of confidence by both teachers and parents that the students have the ability to learn the material presented to them” (paragraph 11).

Option 1:
Write an essay in which you agree with Sherry’s pro-fail argument. Be sure to give specific reasons why you agree with her. You must include two direct quotes from Sherry’s essay to support your viewpoint.

Option 2:
Write an essay in which you disagree with Sherry’s pro-fail argument. Be sure to give specific reasons why you disagree with her. You must include two direct quotes from Sherry’s essay to support your viewpoint.

Directions:
• Your essay must include at least three paragraphs (intro, body paragraph, and a conclusion)
• In your introduction, be sure to mention the author and the title of the article
• Include a thesis at the end of your introduction that responds to the topic you chose
• Your body paragraph(s) should have strong topic sentences
• Your body paragraph(s) should include evidence from the readings
• You can include evidence from your own experience but keep personal narrative to a minimum.
• Include two direct quotes from the article in your essay (you might put them in separate paragraphs using the quote sandwich method)
• Use signal phrases to introduce the quotations you select
• Include robust analysis to fully explain the evidence you provide
• No Works Cited page is required for this paper; just be sure your in-text citations are correct.

Your essay should be about two full pages or at least three well-developed paragraphs.

Think before you write.

Proofread after you write.

Check that you have done all the things listed above.

In short: No works cited needed.
Use signal phrase: In Mary Sherry’s essay titled “In Praise of the F Word,” she writes, “Quote quote” (1).

3. For parenthesis and page numbers just use (1) or (2).