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Teacher name: Miller Student Name ___________________ |
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 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 10 sentences. | The letter is 8-9 sentences. | The letter is 5-7 sentences. | The letter is less than 5 sentences. |
| Sentences & Paragraphs | Sentences and paragraphs are complete, well-constructed and of varied structure. | All sentences are complete and well-constructed (no fragments, no run-ons). Paragraphing is generally done well. | Most sentences are complete and well-constructed. Paragraphing needs some work. | Many sentence fragments or run-on sentences OR paragraphing needs lots of work. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Grammar & spelling (conventions) | Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling. | Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar and/or spelling. | Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar and/or spelling | Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar and/or spelling. |
| 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. |
| Neatness | Letter is typed, clean, not wrinkled, and is easy to read with no distracting error corrections. It was done with pride. | Letter is neatly hand-written, clean, not wrinkled, and is easy to read with no distracting error corrections. It was done with care. | Letter is typed and is crumpled or slightly stained. It may have 1-2 distracting error corrections. It was done with some care. | Letter is typed and looks like it had been shoved in a pocket or locker. It may have several distracting error corrections. It looks like it was done in a hurry or stored improperly. |