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The Great Mailrace Letter 
Persuasive Writing
Rubric Code: V776A8
By Kate3309
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Subject: Education  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

Powered by iRubric The Great Mailrace Letter
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3

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2

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1

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Types of Writing

4

Maintains a focus.

Includes all parts of a friendly letter (heading, salutation/greeting, body paragraphs, closing)
3

Maintains a focus.

Includes all parts of a friendly letter (heading, salutation/greeting, body paragraphs, closing)
2

Establishes but does not maintain a focus.

Includes some parts of a friendly letter.
1

Unclear focus.

Does not include any parts of a friendly letter.
Conventions and Mechanics

4

Makes no errors in capitalization.

Makes no errors in comma usage and end punctuation.

Makes no errors in spelling.
3

Applies basic capitalization rules.

Makes 3 or fewer errors in comma usage and end punctuation.

Correctly spells grade-appropriate, high frequency words.
2

Makes 5 or fewer basic capitalizaton errors.

Makes 4-7 errors in comma usage and end punctuation.

Misspells 1-7 grade-appropriate, high-frequency words.
1

Makes 6 or more basic capitalization errors.

Makes 8 or more errors in comma usage and end punctuation.

Misspells 8 or more grade-appropriate, high-frequency words.
Structures of Language

4

Uses multiparagraphs appropriately that include appropriate topic sentences.

Consistently uses a variety of sentence types.

Includes more than 7 different prepositional phrases.
3

Uses multiparagraphs appropriately.

Sufficiently uses a variety of sentence types.

Includes 5-7 different prepositional phrases.
2

Has evidence of paragraph form.

Insufficiently uses a variety of sentence types.

Includes 1-4 different prepositional phrases.
1

No evidence of paragraph form.

Does not include a variety of sentence types.

Does not include any prepositional phrases.
Writing Habits

4

Uses the writing process (pre-write, draft, revise, edit, critique) to produce final draft of written products.
3

Teacher directed use of the writing process (pre-write, draft, revise, edit, critique).
2

Uses most steps of the writing process (pre-write, draft, revise, edit, critique).
1

Incomplete use of the writing process (pre-write, draft, revise, edit, critique).




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