Friendly Letter Rubric

Name__________________________ Date________________

4 Excellent 3 Very Good 2 Satisfactory 1 Developing

Letter Parts Date, greeting, Four of the five Two or less
body, closing, letter parts are letter parts are
and signature present and present and
are present accurate. accurate.
and accurate.

Conventions Excellent Very good Punctuation, Punctuation,

punctuation, punctuation, spelling, and spelling, and
spelling, and spelling, and grammar slightly grammar
grammar with no grammar with distract the significantly
errors. less than than reader. There distract the
two errors. are four errors reader. There
or less. are more than
four errors.
Content Message stated is Message is Message is Message is not
clear, precise, clear. Letter is mostly clear. focused. Ideas
and shows two Letter is one wander. The
insight. Letter is paragraphs. paragraph in reader may
three or more length. have to infer at
paragraphs. times.
Letter encourages
a response from
the reader.

Assessment

10-11 points = 4

8-9 points = 3

7 points = 2

6 or less points = 1