Do you think Shawn should be allowed to work with the football team even though he was not chosen? Why? Explain your answer.

Read this: Shawn and his class were working on a new assignment. They were writing persuasive essays. When Shawn first learned about the assignment, he was unhappy. Shawn disliked writing essays, and he wasn’t sure how to go about planning and writing a powerful essay that would persuade someone to do something. So he asked Mr. Matthews for extra help planning his essay. Mr. Matthews suggested that Shawn begin by selecting a topic that was important to him. Shawn wanted to be on the football team, so he decided to write a paper explaining why he should be on the team. Next, Mr. Matthews suggested that Shawn list the strongest and best reasons he could think of that would persuade people. When Shawn had listed his reasons, he was ready to start writing. First, Shawn wrote a draft of the paper. He began with his main point—that he should be allowed to be on the football team. Then, he explained why he should be on the team, using the reasons he had listed. Then, he wrote the conclusion—the end of the paper. After Shawn had his draft finished, he was ready to revise what he had written. Shawn read the paper aloud to himself and to his parents. His mom and dad suggested ways that he could revise the paper to make it more convincing. Then, Shawn read the paper again. This time, he thought of a few persuasive details himself. After the revisions were finished, it was time to edit. To edit his paper, Shawn read it carefully to be certain that he had spelled everything the way it should be spelled. He also checked his paper for grammatical mistakes. Mr. Matthews had explained to the class that a paper is more persuasive if it is written carefully. By the time Shawn was finished editing his paper, it was written well enough that Mr. Matthews gave him a very good grade. The football coach read Shawn’s paper, too, and was so convinced by Shawn’s reasons that he permitted Shawn to work with the team!