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Salutation and closing have no errors in capitalization and
punctuation.
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Salutation and closing have 1-2 errors in capitalization and
punctuation.
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Salutation and closing have 3 or more errors in
capitalization and punctuation.
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Salutation and/or closing are missing.
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Sentences and paragraphs are complete, well-constructed and
of varied structure.
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All sentences are complete and well-constructed (no
fragments, no run-ons). Paragraphing is generally done well.
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Most sentences are complete and well-constructed.
Paragraphing needs some work.
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Many sentence fragments or run-on sentences OR paragraphing
needs lots of work.
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Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It
was easy to figure out what the letter was about.
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Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the
organziation could have been better.
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Ideas were somewhat organized, but were not very clear. It
took more than one reading to figure out what the letter was about.
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The letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences.
It was very difficult to figure out what the letter was about.
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The letter contains at least 5 accurate facts about the
topic.
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The letter contains 3-4 accurate facts about the topic.
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The letter contains 1-2 accurate facts about the topic.
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The letter contains no accurate facts about the topic.
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Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling.
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Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar and/or spelling.
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Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar and/or spelling
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Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar and/or spelling.
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