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Friendly Letter 
Friend Letter written in the Voice of a character from literature. Audience is 5th grade class.
Rubric Code: VX799W
By aaarnol2
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate

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  Exceeding

6 pts

Highly Performing

5 pts

Proficient

4 pts

Approaches

3 pts

Below Standards

2 pts

Far Below

1 pts

Friend Letter Format

Exceeding

Clearly contains proper format/spacing of all elements of the friendly letter (Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing, Signature)
Highly Performing

Contains proper format/spacing of 4/5 elements of the friendly letter (Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing, Signature)
Proficient

Contains proper format/spacing of 3/5 elements of the friendly letter (Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing, Signature)
Approaches

Contains proper format/spacing of 2/5 elements of the friendly letter (Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing, Signature)
Below Standards

Contains proper format/spacing of 1/5 elements of the friendly letter (Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing, Signature)
Far Below

Does not contains proper format/
spacing of any of the elements of the friendly letter (Heading, Salutation, Body, Closing, Signature)
Voice

Exceeding

* Exceptionally strong sence of audience, topic, and purpose

* Strong sense that topic has come alive
Highly Performing

*strong sense of audience, topic, and purpose

* sense that topic has come alive
Proficient

*some sense of audience, topic, and purpose

* Inapproprately causal or stiff
Approaches

*limited sense of audience, topic, and purpose

* writing is mechanical
Below Standards

* minimal awareness of audience, topic, and purpose

* writing is mechanical
Far Below

* lacks awareness of audience, topic, and purpose

* writing is flat and lifeless
Sentence Fluency

Exceeding

* Effective flow and rythem
* Sentences flow effortlessly into one another
* Extensive variation in sentence structure & beginnings
* Strong control over simple/compound/ complex sentences
Highly Performing

* Easy flow and rythem
* Sentences flow into one another
* variation in sentence structure & beginnings
* strong control over simple/compound
Proficient

* flow and rythem little less than fluic
* Sentences flow
* Some repeated patterns in sentence structure &
beginnings
* Strong control over simple
Approaches

* mechanical flow and rhythm
* Sentences flow may cause reader to slow down
* repeated patterns in sentence structure & beginnings
* Control over simple sentence strucure
Below Standards

* choppy and rambling
* awkward sentences force reader to slow down
* sentence patters are monotonous
*little control over simple sentence structure
Far Below

* difficult to follow
* sentences incomplete, rambling, very awkward
* confusing word order
*no control over simple sentence structure
Conventions

Exceeding

* no significant errors

* easy to read

* little or no need for editing
Highly Performing

* few significant errors

* easy to read

* little need for editing
Proficient

* minor errors

* easy to read despite errors

* moderate need for editing
Approaches

* some errors

* readable

*significant need for editing
Below Standards

* frequent, significant errors

* slow to read

* substantial editing needed
Far Below

* extensive errors

* difficult to read

* extensive editing needed




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