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iRubric: Article Summary and Critique Rubric

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Article Summary and Critique Rubric Newspaper Article Summary Rubric Rubric Code: EBB62X By ponichte Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 9-12

News Article Critique
	Good (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Needs Improvement (N/A)
Summary 3	Good The article is clearly and succinctly summarized - only the key points of the article are touched upon.	Fair The article is clearly summarized, but some sub points are addressed along with main points. The summary is not succinct.	Needs Improvement The article summary is unclear or overly detailed.
Critique 3	Good Strengths and weaknesses that are central to the article are addressed.	Fair Strengths and weaknesses that are peripheral to the article are addressed.	Needs Improvement Strengths and weaknesses are addressed peripherally, weakly, or not at all.
Organization 2	Good Both the summary of the article and the response to it are well organized. Each has a very clear intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is clearly stated. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper is made clear early in the paper.	Fair Both the summary of the article and the response to it are somewhat organized. Each has a moderately clear intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is unclearly stated. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper is not made clear early in the paper.	Needs Improvement Neither the summary of the article, nor the response to it are organized, has an unclear or non-existent intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is not stated and the name of the newspaper and author of the article are not stated or stated late.
Mechanics Requirements 2	Good Requirements are met and there are no grammatical errors or incorrect word usage.	Fair Requirements are met and there are 1-4 grammatical or word usage errors.	Needs Improvement Requirements are not met. There are 5+ grammatical or word usage errors.