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Parent Persuasive Letter (short) Open Topic Persuasive Letter (Long) Rubric Code: PX7332 By steve7699 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Persuasive Letter
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Intro/Position Statement	Poor No introduction or topic sentence in first paragraph.	Fair Intro present, but ineffective. Topic of letter is not effectively mentioned.	Good Position clearly stated, consistently maintained. Effective introduction, but could be stronger.	Excellent Excellent introduction. Position clearly & effectively written. Reader is effectively "hooked".
Reasons and Support	Poor Reasons for request ineffective & are not supported. No support given for reasons.	Fair Reasons for request are flawed. 1-2 reasons given. Limited evidence given to support reasons.	Good 3 reasons and support are given with slight flaws...2 reasons given with strong support, but missing 3rd reason.	Excellent Three excellent reasons given. All reasons have effective arguments and support.
Opponent's Viewpoint & Counter	Poor Opponent's viewpoint (OVP) is not mentioned.	Fair OPV present, but not effective/realistic. Or no counter is given.	Good OPV given w/ solid counter. Counter could be stronger.	Excellent OPV impressively done. Viewpoint countered effectively, solid reasoning used.
Conclusion	Poor Concluding paragraph is not present.	Fair Conclusion is weak. Conclusion strategy not used effectively. Little impact left with reader.	Good Conclusion is effective. Reader is impacted. Overall conclusion could be stronger.	Excellent Conclusion is impressively done. Closing strategy used well to impact reader.
Sentence Structure & Fluency	Poor Very little attention to proper sentence SF. Many run-on sentences & fragments.	Fair Work contains structual weaknesses & errors. Halting rhythm throughout paper.	Good Sentence SF is mostly correct. Some awkward sentences are present.	Excellent Sentence SF is correct and effectively done. Few, if any mistakes.
Conventions	Poor Conventions are poor, disrupts reading of letter. Large # of mistakes throughout.	Fair Conventions need improvement. Mistakes causes reader to pause, disrupts flow of letter.	Good Conventions are well done. Limited mistakes, reading of the letter is smooth.	Excellent There are little/no conventions errors. Impressively done.