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Letter Rubric
Effectively Partially
CRITERIA Not Accomplished
Accomplished Accomplished
Most major points
Some points supported
Support /5 supported with specific
with specific detail
Attempt at support
detail
Uses vocabulary that is
Uses vocabulary that is
precise with an Uses vocabulary that is
appropriate with some
Language /5 awareness of the
awareness of the
unsuitable for the
audience and the audience or purpose
audience or purpose
purpose
Piece has structure and Reader must infer Piece rambles, is
Organization /10 major points are structure and some repetitive or is confusing
paragraphed points are paragraphed to the reader
Piece lacks more than
Piece has a well-defined
one of the following: Piece is uneven and
Development /5 introduction, body and
introduction, body and fragmentary
conclusion
conclusion
Does not follow accepted
Follows accepted
Follows most accepted guidelines and is
standard formatting
Format /5 guidelines and is
formatting guidelines and significantlty over or
is the requested length under the requested
requested length
length
Writing contains one or
Writing evidences Writing does not use
two consistent
understanding of proper proper grammar or
Conventions /5 grammar and proper use
grammatical errors or
punctuation and contains
incorrect uses of
of punctuation throughout numerous errors
punctuation.
The number of spelling
All words are spelled There are some spelling errors significantly
Spelling /5 correctly errors detracts from the
readability of the piece.

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