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Letter-Writing: San Francisco Coll School

The document provides a rubric for evaluating a student's letter writing assignment. It rates students on 14 criteria divided into categories including sentences and paragraphs, salutation and closing, grammar and spelling, ideas, length, capitalization and punctuation, neatness, format, content accuracy, and envelope. For each criteria, it provides descriptors for scores of 4, 3, 2, and 1 to assess the student's performance in that area. An ideal total score is 40 points, with 40% (24 points) considered passing.

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Letter-Writing: San Francisco Coll School

The document provides a rubric for evaluating a student's letter writing assignment. It rates students on 14 criteria divided into categories including sentences and paragraphs, salutation and closing, grammar and spelling, ideas, length, capitalization and punctuation, neatness, format, content accuracy, and envelope. For each criteria, it provides descriptors for scores of 4, 3, 2, and 1 to assess the student's performance in that area. An ideal total score is 40 points, with 40% (24 points) considered passing.

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San Francisco Coll School

English Department

Letter-Writing
Teacher Name: SOLANGE CEA
Student Name:

CATEGORY

________________________________________ YOUR SCORE: _________ MARK: __________

Sentences and
paragraphs are
complete, wellconstructed and of
varied structure.

All sentences are


complete and wellconstructed (no
fragments, no run-ons).
Paragraphing is
generally done well.

Most sentences are


complete and wellconstructed.
Paragraphing needs
some work.

Many sentence
fragments or run-on
sentences OR
paragraphing needs lots
of work.

Salutation and Closing Salutation and closing


have no errors in
capitalization and
punctuation.

Salutation and closing


have 1-2 errors in
capitalization and
punctuation.

Salutation and closing Salutation and/or


have 3 or more errors in closing are missing.
capitalization and
punctuation.

Grammar & spelling


(conventions)

Writer makes no errors


in grammar or spelling.

Writer makes 1-2 errors Writer makes 3-4 errors Writer makes more than
in grammar and/or
in grammar and/or
4 errors in grammar
spelling.
spelling
and/or spelling.

Ideas

Ideas were expressed


in a clear and organized
fashion. It was easy to
figure out what the letter
was about.

Ideas were expressed in


a pretty clear manner,
but the organization
could have been better.

Length

The letter is 10 or more The letter is 8-9


sentences.
sentences.

Capitalization and
Punctuation

Writer makes no errors


in capitalization and
punctuation.

Writer makes 1-2 errors Writer makes 3-4 errors Writer makes more than
in capitalization and
in capitalization and
4 errors in capitalization
punctuation.
punctuation.
and punctuation.

Neatness

Letter is typed, clean,


not wrinkled, and is
easy to read with no
distracting error
corrections. It was done
with pride.

Letter is neatly handwritten, clean, not


wrinkled, and is easy to
read with no distracting
error corrections. It was
done with care.

Format

Complies with all the


requirements for a
friendly letter.

Complies with almost all Complies with several of Complies with less than
the requirements for a the requirements for a 75% of the requirements
friendly letter.
friendly letter.
for a friendly letter.

Content Accuracy

The letter contains at


least 5 accurate facts
about the topic.

The letter contains 3-4 The letter contains 1-2 The letter contains no
accurate facts about the accurate facts about the accurate facts about the
topic.
topic.
topic.

Envelope

Complete, accurate
return address and
recipient address.
Addresses in correct
positions.

Complete, accurate
1-2 errors in return
return address and
address. Recipient
recipient address.
address is correct.
Position may be slightly
off.

Sentences &
Paragraphs

IDEAL SCORE: 40 PTS


40%: 24 PTS

Ideas were somewhat


organized, but were not
very clear. It took more
than one reading to
figure out what the letter
was about.

The letter seemed to be


a collection of unrelated
sentences. It was very
difficult to figure out
what the letter was
about.

The letter is 5-7


sentences.

The letter is less than 5


sentences.

Letter is typed and is


crumpled or slightly
stained. It may have 1-2
distracting error
corrections. It was done
with some care.

Letter is typed and looks


like it had been shoved
in a pocket or locker. It
may have several
distracting error
corrections. It looks like
it was done in a hurry or
stored improperly.

Addresses are
incomplete and/or
inaccurate.

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