ADVICE COLUMN RUBRIC
| CATEGORY |
DISTINGUISHED (4) |
PROFICIENT (3) |
APPRENTICE (2) |
NOVICE (1) |
| Audience Awareness | The audience for the advice is immediately clear to the reader within the title or the first lines of the text. | The audience for the advice is easy to discover after reading the entire letter. | The audience for the advice is difficult to determine because it could apply to many different audiences. | The audience for the advice is unclear. |
| Purpose or Reason for the Advice | The purpose of the advice is explained within the title or the first couple of sentences of the letter. | The purpose of the advice is made clear by the end of the text. | The purpose of the advice is difficult to determine. | The purpose of the advice is not included or implied in the text. |
| Content | The text includes specific pieces of advice and includes reasons that the advice should be followed for each piece of advice. | The text includes pieces of advices and hints within each of the reasons that the advice should be followed. | The text includes several pieces of advice and implies in general the reasons that the advice should be followed. | The text includes only a few pieces of advice and/or does not include reasons that each piece of advice should be followed. |
| Language and Use of the Model Text | The word choice and sentence structure is consistent with the model that it imitates. | The word choice and sentence structure is close to the model it imitates. | The word choice and sentence structure uses some words and structures from the model, but does not consistently follow the model. | The word choice and sentence structure does not seem to relate to the model that it should imitate. |
| Creativity | The text contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has really used imagination. | The text contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has used imagination. | The text contains a few creative details and/or descriptionst, but they distract from the advice. The author has tried to use imagination. | There is little evidence of creativity in the text. The author does not seem to have used much imagination. |
| Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation | There are no grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors in the final draft. | There is one grammar, spelling, or punctuation error in the final draft. | There are 2-3 grammar, spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft. | The final draft has more than 3 grammar, spelling and punctuation errors |
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