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iRubric: "Dear Congressman" Letter Grading Rubric

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"Dear Congressman" Letter Grading Rubric "Dear Congressman" Letter Grading Rubric This rubric will be used to score the final draft of your "Dear Congressman" letter to John Mica. Rubric Code: MXA47WX By annoya Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Political Science Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

"Dear Congressman"
	Poor 9 pts	Fair 11 pts	Good 13 pts	Excellent 15 pts
Letter Introduction 30 %	Poor The letter introduction is missing 3 or more components.	Fair The letter introduction is missing 2 of the components.	Good The letter introduction is missing 1 of the components.	Excellent The letter introduction includes all components: the student's name, school, grade, reason for writing, and opinion about the voting age requirements.
Body (Content) of Letter 50 %	Poor The student unclearly supports his or her opinion about voting age requirements with irrelevant reasons/examples or are missing.	Fair The student somewhat unclearly supports his or her opinion about voting age requirements with at least 1 partially relevant reason/example.	Good The student somewhat clearly supports his or her opinion about voting age requirements with at least 1 relevant reason/example.	Excellent The student clearly supports his or her opinion about voting age requirements with at least 2 relevant reasons/examples.
Spelling and Grammar 10 %	Poor The final draft exceeds 10 spelling and/or grammar errors.	Fair The final draft contains between 6-10 spelling and/or grammar errors.	Good The final draft contains no more than 5 spelling and/or grammar errors.	Excellent The final draft contains less than 2 spelling and/or grammar errors.
Format of Letter 10 %	Poor Final draft is missing 2 or more formatting components and/or all components are completed incorrectly.	Fair Final draft is missing 2 components and/or most components are completed incorrectly.	Good Final draft is missing 1 of the components and/or some components are completed incorrectly.	Excellent Final draft includes formatting components for a letter: date, salutation, closing, signature and are completed correctly.