CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Salutation and Salutation and closing Salutation and Salutation and closing Salutation and/or have no errors in closing have 1-2 have 3 or more errors closing are missing. Closing capitalization and errors in in capitalization and punctuation. capitalization and punctuation. punctuation. Sentences & Sentences and 4 All sentences are Most sentences are Many sentence paragraphs are complete and complete and fragments or run-on Paragraphs complete, (no sentences OR and of fragments, no Paragraphing needs paragraphing needs varied structure. Paragraphing some work. lots of work. is generally done well. Content The letter explains the The letter mostly The letter somewhat The letter does not math used correctly. explains the math explains the math explain the math Accuracy used correctly. used correctly. There correctly. There is one is two or three mistake made. mistakes made. Ideas Ideas were expressed Ideas were Ideas were somewhat The letter seemed to in a clear and expressed in a pretty organized, but were be a collection of organized fashion. It clear manner, but not very clear. It took unrelated sentences. was easy to figure out the organization more than one reading It was very difficult what the letter was could have been to figure out what the to figure out what about. better. letter was about. the letter was about. Grammar & Writer makes no Writer makes 1-2 Writer makes 3-4 Writer makes more errors in grammar or errors in grammar errors in grammar than 4 errors in spelling spelling. and/or spelling. and/or spelling grammar and/or (conventions) spelling. Additional Comments: Project Grade:
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Salutation and Closing Salutation and closing have no errors in capitalization and punctuation. Salutation and closing have 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation. Salutation and closing have 3 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation. Salutation and/or closing are missing. Sentences & Paragraphs Sentences and 4 paragraphs are complete, and of varied structure. All sentences are complete and (no fragments, no Paragraphing is generally done well. Most sentences are complete and Paragraphing needs some work. Many sentence fragments or run-on sentences OR paragraphing needs lots of work. Content Accuracy The letter explains the math used correctly. The letter mostly explains the math used correctly. There is one mistake made. The letter somewhat explains the math used correctly. There is two or three mistakes made. The letter does not explain the math correctly. Ideas Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It was easy to figure out what the letter was about. Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the organization could have been better. Ideas were somewhat organized, but were not very clear. It took more than one reading to figure out what the letter was about. The letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences. It was very difficult to figure out what the letter was about. Grammar & spelling (conventions) Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling. Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar and/or spelling. Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar and/or spelling Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar and/or spelling. Additional Comments: Project Grade:
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