Letter-Writing: Friendly Letter


Teacher name: L. McLoughlin

Student Name ___________________

CATEGORY

Excellent

Good

Satisfactory

Needs Improvement

Format

Complies with all the requirements for a friendly letter.

Complies with almost all the requirements for a friendly letter.

Complies with several of the requirements for a friendly letter.

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

Length

The letter is 10 or more sentences.

The letter is 8-9 sentences.

The letter is 5-7 sentences.

The letter is less than 5 sentences.

Content Accuracy

The letter contains at least 10 accurate facts about the topic.

The letter contains 8-9 accurate facts about the topic.

The letter contains 6-7 accurate facts about the topic.

The letter contains fewer than 6 accurate facts about the topic.

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 organziation could have been better.

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.

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

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.

Date Created: 2002-07-02


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