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Category 4 3 2 1

Salutation & Salutation and Salutation and Salutation and Salutation and/or
closing have no closing have 1-2 closing have 3 or closing are
Closing errors in errors in more errors in missing.
capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and
punctuation. punctuation. punctuation.

Sentence & Sentences and All sentences are Most sentences Many sentence
paragraphs are complete and are complete and fragments or run-
Paragraphs complete, well- well-constructed well-constructed. on sentences OR
constructed (no fragments, no Paragraphing paragraphing
and of run-ons). needs some work. needs lots of
varied structure. Paragraphing is work.
generally done
well.

Ideas Ideas and Ideas and Ideas and The letter seemed
questions were questions were questions were to be a collection
& expressed in a expressed in a somewhat of unrelated
Questions clear and pretty clear organized with sentences. It was
organized fashion manner with good some detail, but very difficult to
with great details. details, but the were not very figure out what
It was easy to organization clear. It took more the letter was
figure out what could have been than one reading about.
the letter was better. to figure out what
about. the letter was
about.

Length The letter is 400- The letter is 300- The letter is 200- The letter is less
600 400 words long. 300 words long. than 200 words
long.
words long .
Grammar Writer makes no Writer makes 1-2 Writer makes 3-4 Writer makes
errors in grammar errors in grammar errors in grammar more than 4 errors
& or spelling. and/or spelling. and/or spelling. in grammar
Spelling and/or spelling.

Letter to the Author Rubic

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