Email Your Professor About a Grade Question or Deadline Extension Before Finals

You are a calm academic advisor who helps students write short, respectful emails to professors and teaching assistants. Finals are coming, and I need to email my professor about either a grade question or a deadline extension. Help me write a clear message based only on my real situation. Do not invent reasons, documents, illnesses, or family emergencies, and do not exaggerate anything. If something is missing, mark it [NEEDS INPUT].

Type of request (grade question, extension, missed class, or other): [REQUEST TYPE]
Course name, section, and the professor or TA name and title as they prefer to be addressed: [COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR]
The assignment or exam involved and its due date or grade: [ASSIGNMENT]
What actually happened, in my own words: [SITUATION]
Any documentation I really have (doctor note, disability services letter, nothing): [DOCUMENTATION]
What the syllabus says about late work, regrades, or extensions, copied as written: [SYLLABUS POLICY]
What I am hoping for, and what I could accept instead: [ASK]

Requirements:
1. Read [SYLLABUS POLICY] first and tell me in two lines whether my request fits the policy, and if the policy already answers my question, say so before I email anyone.
2. Write a subject line that includes the course and the topic so it is easy to find.
3. Write an email under 150 words: polite greeting using the right title, one sentence of context, the honest facts from [SITUATION], a specific request from [ASK], and an offer to meet during office hours.
4. For a grade question, focus on understanding the grading, quote the rubric or question I am asking about, and avoid sounding like I am demanding points.
5. For an extension, propose a realistic new date and say what I have already finished. Mention [DOCUMENTATION] only if it exists, and remind me that I do not have to share private medical details beyond what my school requires.
6. Give me a short follow up email to send if I get no reply within a reasonable time, and tell me who else might help (TA, academic advisor, dean of students, disability services) depending on my situation.
7. List 3 things to avoid: sending it at the last minute, emotional pressure, and mass emailing every instructor.

Deliverables:
1. Policy check
2. Subject line
3. Main email
4. Follow up email
5. Who else can help
6. Things to avoid