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Letter to the Editor Rubric Letter to the Editor Rubric Unit 1 Project: Its Your Turn p. 61 Rubric Code: T33442 By chayes120 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Editorial
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 1 pts	Poor 0 pts
1 Intro	Excellent This letter is written with an interesting lead to bring the reader into the story.	Good This letter is written with an interesting lead to bring the reader into the story.	Fair This letter is written with a lead but it needs to be more interesting.	Poor This letter is written with a boring lead which does not encourage the reader to continue.
3 Opinion	Excellent This letter has a clearly stated opinion toward the beginning of the article.	Good This letter has an opinion that could be stated more clearly using better wording.	Fair This letter has an opinion which is somewhat confusing.	Poor The writer is very confusing about his/her opinion on the issue.
4 Reasons	Excellent This letter contains at least 2 different, but logical reasons for the stated opinion.	Good This letter contains at least 1 reason for the stated opinion that is VERY distinct from the other and logical for the argument.	Fair This article contains only one opinion.	Poor This article does not contain any valid reasons for the given opinion.
8 Ending	Excellent The writer ends the article giving a specific recommendation for the reader to take action and the reasons for the recommendation.	Good The writer ends the article giving a recommendation for the reader to take action with only one reason for the recommendation.	Fair The writer ends the article giving a recommendation for the reader to take action without a reason for the recommendation.	Poor The ending of the story does not give any clear recommendations for the reader to take action.
9 Grammar/Spelling	Excellent The writer uses all correct grammar/spelling	Good One or two errors in grammar/spelling	Fair Three to five errors in grammar/spelling	Poor More than five errors with /spelling