Fan letter rubric.docx Excellent Strong Proficient Developing Beginning 5 4 3 2 1 Ideas & content Clever. Interesting. General. Cluttered. No main idea Strong. Appropriate. Limited detail. Irrelevant Detailed. detail. Organization Precise order. No One part is out Two parts are Three parts Four or more Heading missing parts. of order or out of order or are out of parts are out of Your address missing. missing order or order or missing Date missing Celeb address Greeting + punc Body 1 (intro) Body 2 (admire) Body 3 (ask) Closing + punc Signature Voice The letter is Formal register Formal Informal Very formal, and sounds like register. register. informal/intimate respectful and a kid wrote it. register. sounds like you. Word Choice Precise, strong, Several (5+) A few creative Ordinary Inappropriate descriptive, creative big big words small words words. carefully chosen words words Sentence Fluency Long, short, and Short and Short Short Short disjointed in-between medium sentences. sentences and/or rambling sentences. sentences. Periods are with the sentences. Periods, commas, Periods and used correctly. same and semicolons commas are beginnings. are used used correctly. correctly. Conventions Exceptional. Errors are Occasional Frequent Multiple obvious Well proofread minor and few. errors. errors. errors. multiple times. Proofread. Incomplete Was not No proofreading. No colored No colored proofreading. proofread. Multiple colored underlines. underlines. Colored Multiple underlines. underlines. colored underlines. Presentation Impressive. Artwork is Neat. Fonts are too Messy. May include copied or small, large, Letter is wrinkled original artwork. traced. or difficult to or torn. Creative. Creative. read. Neat. Neat.
Fan letter rubric.docx Excellent 5 Strong 4 Proficient 3 Developing 2 Beginning 1 Ideas & content Clever. Strong. Detailed. Interesting. Appropriate. General. Limited detail. Cluttered. Irrelevant detail. No main idea Organization Heading Your address Date Celeb address Greeting + punc Body 1 (intro) Body 2 (admire) Body 3 (ask) Closing + punc Signature Precise order. No missing parts. One part is out of order or missing. Two parts are out of order or missing Three parts are out of order or missing Four or more parts are out of order or missing Voice The letter is formal, respectful and sounds like you. Formal register and sounds like a kid wrote it. Formal register. Informal register. Very informal/intimate register. Word Choice Precise, strong, descriptive, carefully chosen words Several (5+) creative big words A few creative big words Ordinary small words Inappropriate words. Sentence Fluency Long, short, and in-between sentences. Periods, commas, and semicolons are used correctly. Short and medium sentences. Periods and commas are used correctly. Short sentences. Periods are used correctly. Short sentences with the same beginnings. Short disjointed and/or rambling sentences. Conventions Exceptional. Well proofread multiple times. No colored underlines. Errors are minor and few. Proofread. No colored underlines. Occasional errors. Incomplete proofreading. Colored underlines. Frequent errors. Was not proofread. Multiple colored underlines. Multiple obvious errors. No proofreading. Multiple colored underlines. Presentation Impressive. May include original artwork. Creative. Neat. Artwork is copied or traced. Creative. Neat. Neat. Fonts are too small, large, or difficult to read. Messy. Letter is wrinkled or torn.