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Letter to the Editor Letter to the Editor Letter to Editor expressing your opinion on an assigned topic. Rubric Code: QXA63C3 By jbaumann Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

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	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 15 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Spelling, Grammar, Puncuation	Poor Inadequate use of proper punctuation throughout paragraph. Proper capitalization was not used at all. Spelling makes it difficult to understand.	Fair Very limited use of punctuation techniques. Some capitalization errors. Manny spelling erros, but understandable.	Good Few punctuation errors. Few capitalization errors. Few spelling errors.	Excellent No punctuation errors. No capitalization errors. No spelling erros.
Sentences	Poor Fewer than 4 sentences per paragraph. Many are incomplete and unclear; no variety.	Fair Fewer than 5 sentences per paragraph. Some are incomplete with 1 or 2 unclear sentences.	Good At least 5 sentences, all of which are complete. There is very little variety in the type of sentence used or the lenght of the sentence.	Excellent At least 5 good, complete sentences, with changing length and type.
Word Choice	Poor 4 or more misused words; several ideas are unclear.	Fair 2 - 3 misused words; a few ideas are unclear.	Good 1 misused word; words clarify ideas.	Excellent Proper usage of words; they add detail and interest.
Emotion/Examples	Poor No sense of emotion. Very boring. Author used no examples.	Fair Some emotion, but emotion is unclear. Only one example used.	Good Reader can feel that the author is not happy. One or more example used.	Excellent This person gives their opion and has many examlples used to support their opinion.
Followed Instructions for Letter to	Poor Did not follow instructions at all.	Fair Some instructions for formatting the letter were followed.	Good Most instructions for formatting the letter were followed.	Excellent All instructions for formatting the letter were followed.