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Business Email

Students will sent an email to the instructor. This is a professional communication activity.

Rubric Code: JX739C6

By lenaderrick

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Subject: Business

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Business Email Rubric
	Very Good 5 pts	Fair 4 pts	Poor 3 pts	Unsatifactory 1 pts
Subject Line 20 %	Very Good Subject line has no errors and accurately describes message contents. First letter of each word is capitalized.	Fair Subject Line has some errors but accurately describes message contents. First letter of each word is capitalized.	Poor Subject Line has no errors but does not accurately describe the message contents or first letter of each word is not capitalized.	Unsatifactory No Subject Line included with email.
Grammar & Spelling 15 %	Very Good The message may contain minor errors but all sentences are complete and well-constructed.	Fair The message contains some errors and most sentences are complete and well-constructed.	Poor The message contains multiple errors. Some sentences are complete and well-constructed, but most are simple.	Unsatifactory The message contains multiple errors, sentence fragments and/or run-on sentences.
Ideas 30 %	Very Good Key message is front-loaded. The intent and outcome of the message is clear from the beginning. All ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion.	Fair Key message is front-loaded. The intent and outcome of the message is clear but may not be fully expressed. Ideas were expressed in a relatively clear manner.	Poor Ideas were not very clear. The intent and outcome of the message is not very clear. Key message is clear but not frontloaded.	Unsatifactory The email seemed to be a collection of unrelated ideas and/ or key message is not front-loaded. The intent and outcome of the message is obscure.
Organization 30 %	Very Good The ideas are well organized and a separate paragraph is used for each idea. Appropriate transitions are used to direct the reader. A blank space is used between paragraphs	Fair The ideas are relatively well organized and a separate paragraph is used for each idea. Some transitions are used to direct the reader. However, there is a lack of clarity. A blank space is used between paragraphs	Poor The ideas are hard to completely understand and/or paragraphing was not used. Did not use conjunctions appropriately to combine sentences.	Unsatifactory Poor use of transitions and paragraphing. Hard to follow the writer's train of thought.
Closing & Signature 5 %	Very Good Email contains complementary closing and signature with all required items.	Fair Email contains complementary closing and signature with only 1 item missing.	Poor Email contains complementary closing and partial signature.	Unsatifactory No complementary closing or signature included in the email.

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