Letter-Writing : Pimp My Bus


Teacher Name: Mr. Darrigrandi


Student Name:     ________________________________________

 

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Format

Complies with all the requirements for a friendly letter.

Complies with almost all the requirements for a friendly letter.

Complies with several of the requirements for a friendly letter.

Complies with less than 75% of the requirements for a friendly letter.

Length

The letter is 5 or more pragraphs.

The letter is 3-4 paragraphs.

The letter is 2 paragraphs.

The letter is 1 paragraph

Salutation and Closing

Salutation and closing have no errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Salutation and closing have 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Salutation and closing have 3 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Salutation and/or closing are missing.

Ideas

Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It was easy to figure out what the letter was about.

Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the organziation could have been better.

Ideas were somewhat organized, but were not very clear. It took more than one reading to figure out what the letter was about.

The letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences. It was very difficult to figure out what the letter was about.

Capitalization and Punctuation

Writer makes no errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Writer makes 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Writer makes 3-4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Writer makes more than 4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.