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Friendly Letter Friendly Letter This is a rubric for writing a friendly letter Rubric Code: H7823W By cgerber Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Friendly Letter
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Parts of the Letter	Poor 3 or more parts are missing or incomplete (includes punctuation such as commas in date, salutation, and closing).	Fair 2 parts are missing or incomplete (includes punctuation such as commas in date, salutation, and closing).	Good 1 part is missing or incomplete (includes punctuation such as commas in date, salutation, and closing).	Excellent All 5 parts of a friendly letter are included (date, salutation, body, closing, signature). Punctuation is correct (includes punctuation such as commas in date, salutation, and closing).
Form of the Letter	Poor 3 or more of the parts are not aligned correctly and/or the body is not indented.	Fair 2 of the parts are not aligned correctly and/or the body is not indented.	Good 1 of the parts isnot aligned correctly and/or the body is not indented.	Excellent All 5 parts of the letter are in the right place on the page. Date, closing, and signature are lined up about halfway across the paper. Salutation is along the left margin, and the body is indented.
Contents of the Letter	Poor The body of the letter is at least 3 sentences long but it does not make sense. The sentences are not complete, and they do not all start with a capital or end with punctuation. There are many misspelled words.	Fair The body of the letter is at least 3 sentences long. The sentences are complete, but they do not all start with a capital or end with punctuation. There are several misspelled words.	Good The body of the letter is at least 4 sentences long. The sentences are complete, start with a capital, and end with punctuation. There are few misspelled words.	Excellent The body of the letter is at least 5 sentences long. The sentences are complete, start with a capital, and end with punctuation. There are few, if any, misspelled words.