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Letter from an author or character Copy of Letter to Beowulf Rubric Code: Z2934B By grossman6729 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Letter to character
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 5 pts	Good 10 pts	Excellent 15 pts
Point of View	Poor The student does not write from the point of view of the character.	Fair The student writes from the point of view of the character.	Good The student convincingly writes from the point of view of the character.	Excellent The student writes insightfully from the point of view of the character.
Tone	Poor The student does not develop a tone of the the character or the author.	Fair The student writes with a somewhat accurate tone of the the character or author. Significant lapses in syntax and diction.	Good The student writes with an accurate tone of the the character or author. Some lapses in syntax or diction.	Excellent The student writes with a convincing and accurate tone of the character or the author. Diction and syntax are excellent matches.
Audience	Poor The student does not write to a specific audience.	Fair The audience is hardly mentioned.	Good The student writes with the audience in mind.	Excellent The student writes compellingly to the specified auience.
Purpose	Poor The student writes with no purpose in mind.	Fair The purpose is hardly mentioned.	Good The purpose is somewhat logically organized.	Excellent The purpose is both effectively clear and coherent.
Content Author is only used when the the student is writing as the author.	Poor The student does not use references from the text, or the author's life	Fair The student uses limited references from the text or author's life	Good The student uses some examples of diction, syntax, genre, plot, characterization, setting, symbolism or imagery from the text with clear references from the author's life and times.	Excellent The student uses significant examples of syntax, genre, plot, characterization, setting, symbolism or imagery from the text with clear references from the author's life and times.
Mechanics	Poor The meaning is obscured by the grammatical errors. More than five errors	Fair There are many mechanical, grammtical, and punctuation errors in the letter. Three to five errors	Good There are a few mechanical, grammtical, and punctuational errors in the letter. One to two errors	Excellent The paper is free of errors.
Spelling	Poor More than five errors	Fair Three to five errors	Good One to two errors	Excellent No errors