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Letter to Congress Grading Rubric Letter to Congress Grading Rubric This rubric will be used to score your Letter to Congress Rubric Code: F248BX4 By annbol91 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Political Science Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Letter to Congress
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts	Excellent 7 pts
Introduction 20 pts	Poor The letter introduction is missing 3 or more components.	Fair The letter introduction is missing 2 of the components.	Good The letter introduction is missing 1 of the components.	Excellent The letter introduction includes all components: the student's name, school, grade, reason for writing, and opinion about the voting age requirements.
Strength and Clarity 20 pts	Poor The main argument in the letter is unclear. Evidence includes many inaccuracies and doesn’t clearly relate to the main argument.	Fair The main argument in the letter is only somewhat clear. Evidence is partially accurate and somewhat relates to the main argument	Good The main argument in the letter is mostly clear and complete. Evidence is accurate and strengthens the main argument. Overall, the letter is persuasive.	Excellent The main argument in the letter is clear, concise and complete. Evidence is accurate and strengthens the main argument. Overall, the letter is highly compelling and persuasive.
Content 20 pts	Poor The student unclearly supports his or her opinion about voting age requirements with irrelevant reasons/examples or are missing.	Fair The student somewhat unclearly supports his or her opinion about voting age requirements with at least 1 partially relevant reason/example.	Good The student somewhat clearly supports his or her opinion about voting age requirements with at least 1 relevant reason/example.	Excellent The student clearly supports his or her opinion about voting age requirements with at least 2 relevant reasons/examples.
Spelling and Grammar 20 pts	Poor The final draft exceeds 10 spelling and/or grammar errors.	Fair The final draft contains between 6-10 spelling and/or grammar errors.	Good The final draft contains no more than 5 spelling and/or grammar errors.	Excellent The final draft contains less than 2 spelling and/or grammar errors.
Format 20 pts	Poor Final draft is missing 2 or more formatting components and/or all components are completed incorrectly.	Fair Final draft is missing 2 components and/or most components are completed incorrectly.	Good Final draft is missing 1 of the components and/or some components are completed incorrectly.	Excellent Final draft includes formatting components for a letter: date, salutation, closing, signature and are completed correctly.