Letter to the Legislator (20 percent of final grade)Assignment InformationThis assignment provides you with the opportunity to use a specific political advocacy strategy: communication with a legislat

Rubric Name: Letter to Legislator

This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Criteria

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Criterion Score

Format

10 points

(7-10 points)

Highly professional in appearance and in a business letter format, including credentials and contact information

6 points

(3-6 points)

Professional in appearance and in a business letter format, including credentials and contact information

2 points

0-2 points)

Unprofessional in appearance, missing contact information

/ 10

Introduces self and professional position

20 points

(13-20 points)

Introduces self and clearly states professional position

12 points

(6-12 points)

Introduces self, somewhat ambiguous on professional position

5 points

( 0-5 points)

Does not introduce self, unclear on professional position

/ 20

Description of the bill Opinion of the bill (30 points)

30 points

(21-30 points)

Description of the bill demonstrates clear understanding. Clearly states opinion of the bill

20 points

(10 – 20 points)

Describes the bill and states opinion of the bill

9 points

(0-9 points)

Incomplete/ambiguous description of the bill, does not demonstrate knowledge of the bill. No opinion of the bill stated.

/ 30

Integration of evidence from scholarly literature

30 points

(21-30 points)

Through integration of the evidence from scholarly literature. Demonstrates synthesis of information obtained from the literature

20 points

(10 – 20 points)

Integrates the evidence from the literature, some references not from scholarly sources

9 points

(0-9 points)

Little to no integration of the evidence, does not synthesize the information obtained from the literature, information not obtained from scholarly sources

/ 30

Spelling, sentence structure organization & grammar

10 points

(7-10 points)

Excellent spelling, sentence structure and grammar throughout the paper. Excellent organization and easy to read.

6 points

(3-6 points)

Some spelling, sentence structure and grammar errors. Paper generally is readable. Some organization problems

2 points

(0-2 points)

Many spelling, sentence structure and grammar mistakes throughout the paper. Difficult to read with very little organization

/ 10