iRubric: Scientist Letter Final Draft rubric

Letter is professional in formatting with a date, proper greeting, body divided into paragraphs, closing, four spaces for your signature, your name, and your contact information below. You have an addressed envelope with both the sender address and return address.

Your letter has most of the required formats but you are missing one of the professional letter formats.You turned in a properly addressed envelop.

The letter is formatted but you are missing two or more of the requirements. You turned in a properly addressed envelope.

The letter is not formatted correctly. You failed to turn in a properly addressed envelope.

Your letter is compelling and demonstrates a true interest in the scientist's work. Your letter contains several well thought-out questions regarding the scientist's work, education, and life. It is clear why you are asking the questions and they are well connected. You have a good mix of questions and content.

Your letter is composed in a smooth manner and contains several questions about the scientists work intermixed with observations about the scientist's work. Your questions could be more thoughtful or relevant or perhaps you could include more connections between the questions or reasons for asking.

The body of your paragraph contains questions, but the questions could be more relevant or thoughtfully constructed. You might ask too many questions without giving background or reasons for asking.

The body of your letter contains information and questions but it isn't clear that you were thoughtful or provided grounded reasons for asking them.

Your letter is organized and easy to read. Your letter is professional in nature and free of grammatical errors.

Your letter is organized and clear. Your grammatical errors are limited.

Your letter shows some signs of being edited but you have several organizational and grammatical errors.

Your letter is disorganized and needs editing.