Lesson One Formative Assessment Scoring guide

3 pts.

Friendly letter

The letter uses proper friendly letter format with all parts of a friendly letter present and properly placed.

The letter includes an appropriate greeting and closing.

Compound sentence

The writer uses at least one compound sentence with a comma and an appropriate coordinating conjunction or a semi-colon to join the two thoughts.

Sentence fragments

The letter is free of sentence fragments.

2 pts.

Most parts of a friendly letter are present and properly placed.

The letter includes an appropriate greeting or closing.

The writer uses at least one compound sentence, which is properly punctuated, but the coordinating conjunction chosen may not clearly show the relationship between the two thoughts.

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