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Persuasive Letter to Governmental Representative Persuasive Letter to Governmental Representative Write a persuasive letter to a representative in government about change that you would like to see made. Rubric Code: S97X26 By cgruben Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Persuasive Letter Rubric
	Awesome Job! Level 4 (N/A)	Pretty Good Level 3 (N/A)	Almost There Level 2 (N/A)	Needs Work Level 1 (N/A)
Greeting/Closing	Awesome Job! A proper salutation is used in the correct place. Proper Closing is used in the proper place. Signature included in the proper place.	Pretty Good Missing one component from the following: Proper salutation is used in the correct place, proper capitalization of the name, the proper use of the comma, signature included in proper place.	Almost There Missing two components from the following: Proper salutation is used in the correct place, proper capitalization of the name, the proper use of the comma, signature included in proper place.	Needs Work Missing three components from the following: Proper salutation is used in the correct place, proper capitalization of the name, proper use of the comma, signature in proper place.
Body	Awesome Job! Provides 3-4 complex arguments, with vivid description, to persuade the reader	Pretty Good Provides 3 clear arguments, with appropriate description, to persuade the reader	Almost There Provides 2-3 arguments, with some description, to persuade the reader	Needs Work Provides only 1 argument, with limited description, to persuade the reader
Supporting Details	Awesome Job! Provides at least 3 details, reasons and/or examples that strongly support the supporting arguments.	Pretty Good Provides at least 2 details, reasons and/or examples that support the supporting argument.	Almost There Provides at least 1 detail, reason and/or example that supports the supporting argument.	Needs Work Provides little or no supporting details for the supporting arguments.
Conventions	Awesome Job! Paper contains hardly any capitalization, punctuation and/or spelling errors.	Pretty Good Paper contains a few capitalization, punctuation and/or spelling errors.	Almost There Paper contains some capitalization, punctuation and/or spelling errors.	Needs Work Paper contains many capitalization, punctuation and/or spelling errors.
Format/Organization	Awesome Job! Sentences and paragraphs are complete, well-written and varied.	Pretty Good Sentence and paragraph structure is generally correct.	Almost There Sentence and paragraph structure is inconsistent.	Needs Work Little or no evidence of sentence or paragraph structure.
Tone and Focus Did you choose the right government official to send the letter to?	Awesome Job! Consistent tone and focus and demonstrates a clear understanding of the audience. Chose the right government official to send the letter to.	Pretty Good Consistent tone and focus with a general sense of the audience.	Almost There Demonstrates an inconsistent tone and focus related to the audience.	Needs Work Demonstrates lack of tone and focus related to the supposed audience or lacking audience awareness.

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