Write a letter requesting a recommendation from your previous professor/teacher or manager for your scholarship/ job application. Hint: -Use the SAMPLE LETTER in your textbook, page 216, as a reference. (Do not copy it, if you copy more than 20 percent of the wordings in that letter, it becomes plagiarism.) - Use class HANDOUTS on the Open-Body-Close structure, Sentence variety & structures (Avoid run-on sentences, comma splices, fragments), etc., as references. - Use the EVALUATION RUBRIC to understand what you are expected to do. Students will GET A ZERO (0%) if they copy their friends' assignments or letters from the internet. EVALUATION RUBRIC MAIN IDEA (The most important information/A direct lead-in that explains the content of the message) - Located in the introduction 1 - Accurate & not vague CONTENT - Two or three major points 2 Supporting details 3 (ex. The reason for your request/ Information about your dream job or scholarship/Information about you to refresh the reader's mind/ A list of clear instructions that clearly indicates what the reader should do...) - A sense of goodwill 1 Appropriate length (not too long/short-the whole letter should be one page long.) 2 1 7 ORGANIZATION -Open-Body-Close structure - Email structure (with an appropriate salutation and closing and signature) MECHANICS - Punctuation (commas, periods, semicolons, etc.) - Sentence variety and structures (Avoid run-on sentences, comma splices, fragments) -Cohesive devices (Conjunctions, pronoun references, adverbials) Articles -Verbs Words missing/added/order 2 1 1 4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 -Words missing/added/order - Lexical word choice, the naturalness of expression, spelling -Other grammar points (e.g., prepositions, word order, capitalization, etc.) Total 0.5 0.5 0.5 /15