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Pen Pal Letter

Letter to Ms. Weber's class 915 Yampa Avenue Craig, Colorado 81625 USA

Rubric Code: Z89X47

By dbloom

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Public Rubric

Subject: Geography

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Geography Content
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Toronto neighbourhood	Poor Student listed 1-2 facts that describe their city and province. No geography questions from the letter were answered.	Fair Student listed 3-4 facts that describe their city and province. A few geography questions from the letter were simply answered.	Good Student listed 3-4 facts that describe their city and/or province and explained their importance. Some geography questions from the letter were thoughtfully answered.	Excellent Student listed 3-4 facts that describe their city and province and explained their importance. Facts are of interest to their pen pal and are relevant.
Government	Poor Student responded to questions about Canada's levels of government in a limited or inaccurate way.	Fair Student responded to questions about Canada's levels of government in a basic way. Ideas are difficult to understand.	Good Student responded to questions about Canada's levels of government in an accurate way. Some comparisons made to American election. No opinions included.	Excellent Student responded to questions about Canada's levels of government in an accurate way and compared this to the American election. A thoughful reflection.
Mulitculturalism	Poor Student could not describe why multiculturalism was an important Canadian value.	Fair Student could describe why multiculturalism was an important Canadian value. Facts weren't used to support this idea.	Good Student could describe why multiculturalism was an important Canadian value. Facts were used to support this idea.	Excellent Student could thoughtfully describe why multiculturalism was an important Canadian value. Relevant facts were used to support this idea.
Opinion Content
	Poor 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Enter Title (N/A)	Enter Title (N/A)
Questions	Poor No questions were asked. No questions were answered.	Good Some simple, but irrelevant questions were asked. Some questions were answered.	Enter Title Some interesting and relevant questions were asked. Many questions were answered.	Enter Title Many interesting and relevant questions were asked. All questions were answered.
New information	Poor Little personal or new information was introduced to the pen pal.	Good Some personal and/or new information was introduced to the pen pal.	Enter Title Relevant and interesting personal and/or new information was introduced to the pen pal.	Enter Title A lot of relevant and interesting personal and/or new information was introduced to the pen pal.
Organization Content
	Poor 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Enter Title (N/A)	Enter Title (N/A)
Correct letter format	Poor includes 1-4 components: heading, greeting, body, closing, signature	Good includes all five components: heading, greeting, body, closing, signature	Enter Title	Enter Title
Mechanics/Grammar	Poor includes 5 or more mistakes throughout the letter	Good Includes 3-4 major mistakes throughout entire letter.	Enter Title Includes 3-4 minor mistakes throughout entire letter.	Enter Title includes no more than 2 minor mistakes throughout entire letter

Subjects:

Geography

Types:

Writing

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