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Letter Writing/Book Report Letter Writing/Book Report Post Card Book Report: Select a book for your report. After reading the book, pretend to be a character from the book and write a brief but detailed paragraph in the form of a postcard that tells about the book from the character's viewpoint. Add an address that uses the setting and a stamp should be included. The reverse side should have a post-card-like hand drawn picture, the book title, author's name, and student name. Rubric Code: MX9W72C By chart100 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Category Enter rubric description
	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts
Salutation (opening) and Closing The postcard is addressed to a recipient and has a closing that includes the character's name. Example salutation:<BR> Dear Jack,<BR> Example closing:<BR> Yours Truly,<BR> Annie	Good Opening is neat and legibly typed or handwritten. Capitalization, spelling, and punctuation are correct.	Fair One to two errors in: neatness, spelling, capitalization or punctuation.	Poor More than two errors in: neatness, spelling, capitalization or punctuation.
Paragraph This is the body of the postcard. It should be indented like all paragraphs.	Good Paragraph is interesting, contains different sentence structures (some long, some short, some beginning with a verb or phrase), and clearly communicates the events of the story from the perspective of the character with no holes.	Fair One or two errors in punctuation, spelling; or one to two sentence structure errors. Story is missing a clarifying detail.	Poor More than two errors in punctuation, spelling; or more than two sentence structure errors. Story is unclear based on what is written.
Address and stamp Enter criteria description	Good Name<BR> Street address<BR> City, State zip code<BR> are properly formatted, neatly handwritten and punctuation, spelling, and capitalization error-free.<BR> Stamp is drawn in neatly in the correct location.	Fair One to two errors in the address or stamp area.	Poor More than two errors in the address or stamp area.
Illustration	Good A colorful, hand-drawn illustration that depicts a scene from the book and includes the title, author, and student's name is on the front side of the postcard. There are no punctuation, capitalization, or spelling errors. The work is neatly done and colorful.	Fair There are one to two errors in punctuation, capitalization or spelling; the picture is a little sloppy or lacking in color.	Poor There are more than two errors in punctuation, capitalization or spelling; the picture is a sloppy, lacking in color, or printed off the computer.