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Thank You Letter

Write a meaningful thank you/thankful letter by including details explaining what features of said person/s that you are thankful for and why you are thankful for this person.

Rubric Code: K2W4X73

By lgwaldis

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Thank You Letter
	20 pts	15 pts	10 pts	5 pts
Parts of a Letter	20 Heading, salutation, body, closing are present and written correctly (commas, capital letters, placement).	15 All of the parts of a friendly letter are present and most are written correctly.	10 All of the parts are present but only some are written correctly.	5 Only some of the parts of a friendly letter are present.
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling	20 Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed; spelling is correct.<BR> Language is clear and precise; sentences display consistently strong, varied structure.	15 Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed with minor errors that do not detract from the readability of the work.<BR> Spelling is correct.	10 Paper contains a few grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors.	5 Paper contains numerous grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.
Content	20 Student understands assignment and writes meaningful thank you letter using three strong reasons, with supporting details for each reason.	15 Student understands assignment and works to write a meaningful thank you letter. Although writing may wander off topic and/or need more details, all three required reasons are touched on.	10 Student's writing<BR> reflects a basic understanding of the assignment and/or minimal effort in completing the task, using limited ideas or repetition of ideas and details. <BR> All three reasons are not touched on.	5 Student does not display any understanding of the meaning behind the writing assignment. Few details are used.
Appearance	20 Very neatly written with no errors or visible corrections.<BR> Everything is positioned correctly on the page.	15 Neatly written with good handwriting.<BR> One or two errors in placement of parts of the letter.	10 Handwriting may be somewhat difficult to read. <BR> Parts of letter are missing or not in the right place.	5 Messy, corrections on the paper.<BR> Placement sloppy or non-existent.
Construction of Turkey	20 Project is very neatly constructed without any visible mistakes.	15 Project is neatly constructed with 1 or two visible mistakes.	10 Project is constructed with visible mistakes. Not much effort was used to construct project.	5 Project is poorly constructed. Very little effort was used to constuct project.