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Formal Letter Writing

After learning the structures of both formal and friendly letters, students will write their own formal letter to someone using a formal tone and all elements of the formal letter.

Rubric Code: V24526B

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Analysis
	Excelling 5 pts	Mastering 4 pts	Secure 3 pts	Developing 2 pts	Total (N/A)
Letter	Excelling The student has convincingly wrote a formal letter to someone that is neat (no scratch outs), clear and accurate.	Mastering The student has written a letter to someone that is neat (no more than one scratch out), and accurate.	Secure The student's letter to someone was written with scratch outs, and is not clear and/or accurate.	Developing The student did not write in letter format.	Total
Topic	Excelling Student clearly and accurately stated the intention for the formal letter, and did not deviate from the topic.	Mastering Student included mention of the letter's intent, but did not fully convey his/her need for the reader's attention to the matter.	Secure Student did not clearly state intention of letter, or had more than one intention, and neither were explained in detail.	Developing Student does not have an intent for writing the letter.	Total
Organization	Excelling The student neatly and correctly included a sender's address, recipient's address, date, formal salutation, body, closing, and signature in his/her formal letter.	Mastering The student included sender's address, recipient's address, date, formal salutation, body, closing, and signature in his/her formal letter, but some elements were not neatly or correctly positioned on the paper.	Secure The student is missing one to three critical elements of the formal letter.	Developing The student is missing more than 3 critical elements of the formal letter.	Total
Mechanics	Excelling Student used correct capitalization, punctuation, and sentences.	Mastering Student had no more than 2 errors in capitalization, punctuation and sentences.	Secure Student had 3-5 errors in capitalization, punctuation and sentences.	Developing Student had more than 5 errors in capitalization, punctuation and sentences.	Total
Spelling	Excelling Student's spelling was perfect.	Mastering Student made no more than 2 spelling errors.	Secure Student made 3-5 spelling errors.	Developing Student made more than 5 spelling errors.	Total