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Letter to the Editor adopting historical perspective Letter to the Editor Rubric Code: X2A4CC By colleeni Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Editorial
	Fair 1 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 5 pts
1 Intro	Fair The writer does not present a reason for writing the letter.	Good This writer presents a reason for writing to the editor but does not make it perfectly clear.	Excellent The writer presents a clear reason for writing to the editor.
2 Opinion	Fair This letter has an opinion which is somewhat confusing.	Good This letter has an opinion that could be stated more clearly using better wording.	Excellent This letter has a clearly stated opinion toward the beginning of the article.
3 personal story	Fair The writer makes little attempt to create a personal story, with no supporting historic details.	Good The writer adopts a personal story that has only 1 - 2 specific historic details metioned.	Excellent the writer creates a personal story that includes at least 3 historic details of his or her life.
4 Structure	Fair The letter is written as one long paragraph.	Good The letter contains two or more paragraphs, but poorly organized.	Excellent The letter contains three or more paragraphs and is written in an organized manner.
5 Ending	Fair The writer ends the article giving a recommendation for the reader to take action without a reason 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.	Excellent The writer ends the article giving a specific recommendation for the reader to take action and the reasons for the recommendation.
6 Grammar	Fair Three to five errors in grammar.	Good One or two errors in grammar	Excellent The letter contains no grammatical errors.