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Letter-Writing : Oregon Trail Farewell Letter

Student Name: ____________________________________
CATEGORY
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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 have 3 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation.
Salutation and/or closing are missing.
Heading
Includes the name of the county or city, state, and date and a return address.
Includes the name of the county or city, state and date, but out of order.
One item is missing.
More than one item is missing.
Sentences & Paragraphs
Sentences and paragraphs are complete, well-constructed and of varied structure. Paragraphs have topic sentence and supporting details.
All sentences are complete and well-constructed (no fragments, no run-ons). Paragraphing is generally done well.
Most sentences are complete and well-constructed. Paragraphing needs some work or sentences need lots of work.
Many sentence fragments or run-on sentences OR paragraphing needs lots of work.
Grammar & spelling (conventions)
Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling.
Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar and/or spelling.
Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar and/or spelling
Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar and/or spelling.
Capitalization and Punctuation
Other than the salutation, writer makes no errors in capitalization and punctuation.
Writer makes 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation.
Writer makes 3-4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.
Writer makes more than 4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.
Ideas
Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It was easy to figure out what the letter was about.
See assignment for details.
Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the organization 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.
Content Accuracy
The letter contains at least 5 accurate facts about the topic.
The letter contains 3-4 accurate facts about the topic.
The letter contains 1-2 accurate facts about the topic.
The letter contains no accurate facts about the topic.
Pre-write and rough draft Pre-write has lots of details; Rough draft has lots of evidence of editing and revising. Pre-write is okay; rough draft has lots of evidence of editing and revising. either pre-write or draft are missing, or there is not any evidence of editing/revision on draft. no pre-write or draft is handed in.


Modified: January 8, 2009
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