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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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Complies with all the requirements for a friendly letter.
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Complies with almost all the requirements for a friendly letter.
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Complies with several of the requirements for a friendly letter.
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Complies with less than 75% of the requirements for a friendly letter.
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The letter is at least three paragraphs long. Each paragraph is three sentences long or better.
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The letter is three paragraghs long. The paragraphs contain less than three sentences.
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The letter has less then three paragraphs.
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The letter is not written in paragraphs.
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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 organization 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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Writer makes no errors in capitalization and punctuation.
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Writer makes 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation.
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Writer makes 3-4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.
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Writer makes more than 4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.
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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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Letter is typed, clean, not wrinkled, and is easy to read with no distracting error corrections. It was done with pride.
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Letter is neatly hand-written, clean, not wrinkled, and is easy to read with no distracting error corrections. It was done with care.
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Letter is typed and is crumpled or slightly stained. It may have 1-2 distracting error corrections. It was done with some care.
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Letter is typed and looks like it had been shoved in a pocket or locker. It may have several distracting error corrections. It looks like it was done in a hurry or stored improperly.
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