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Letter to a Public Official on a Healthcare Issue

Persuasive Advocacy Letter to a Public Official

Students are to choose a healthcare issue from their community (local, national, global) that they care enough about to advocate. They are to then write an advocacy letter for change, carefully considering their audience and using primary and secondary information as evidence to support their arguments. They must have an appropriate call to action and correct business letter format. The letter will be sent via e-mail to the public official selected by the student.

Rubric Code: RX6CB2A

By woodruffki

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Subject: Nursing

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Persuasive/Expository Letter
	Below Basic 0 pts	Basic 1 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Advanced 5 pts
Position and Counterargument 1 pts	Below Basic Fails to defend a position with any evidence and fails to address the reader's counterarguments if necessary.	Basic Defends a position with little evidence and may address the reader's counterarguments if necessary.	Proficient States and maintains a position, generally defends that position with precise and relevant evidence and addresses reader's counterarguments if necessary.	Advanced States and maintains a position, authoritatively defends that position with precise and relevant evidence and convincingly addresses reader's counterarguments if necessary. Must have at least 3 arguments to support stance.
Clearly Extends Ideas 1 pts	Below Basic Fails to extend ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.	Basic Extends some ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.	Proficient Extends ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.	Advanced Clearly extends ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.
Call To Action 1 pts	Below Basic May provide a weak or unrealistic call to action that is related to the advocacy cause.	Basic Provides a debatably realistic or appropriate call to action that is related to the advocacy cause.	Proficient Provides an appropriate call to action that is related to the advocacy cause.	Advanced Provides a meaningful call to action that is responsive to the cause.
Tone and Focus: Aware of Audience 1 pts	Below Basic Demonstrates a lack of tone and focus related to the supposed audience or lacking audience awareness.	Basic Demonstrates an inconsistent tone and focus related to the audience.	Proficient Consistent tone and focus with a general sense of audience.	Advanced Consistent tone and focus. Demonstrates a clear sense of audience (elected official).
Language and Grammar 1 pts	Below Basic Contains serious errors in grammar and uses limited vocabulary.	Basic Contains several errors in grammar and uses basic and predictable language.	Proficient Contains some errors in grammar but they do not interfere with reader understanding. Provides some precise language.	Advanced Contains few, if any, errors in grammar. Provides precise and appropriate language utilizing a business letter format.

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