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Newspaper Newspaper The student will make a newspaper including newspaper title, date, articles,photos/illustrations, and other features to share a chosen historical topic from the list provided based on the Count of Monte Cristo. Rubric Code: J2W7B42 By buntses Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Overall newspaper
	Poor 3 pts	Fair 7 pts	Good 10 pts
Illustrations/photos 15 pts	Poor No illustration/photo was included.	Fair At least one illustration/photo per article was included.	Good Two color illustrations/photos per article or relevant story were included.
Article Length 10 pts	Poor The articles do not have adequate length or more that 10 grammatical errors.	Fair The articles were adequate length, but contained multiple spelling/grammar errors.	Good The articles have adequate length and have 5 or less spelling/grammar errors.
Article Content 20 pts	Poor The article was not historically accurate and/or did not answer the 5W questions.	Fair The article contained some historically accurate facts and answered most of the 5W questions.Some important information was missing OR the article lacks ties to other topics addressed in the newspaper.	Good The article was historically accurate and it answer all of the 5W questions. It gives the audience enough information to understand the topic and how it related to other articles or historical events/people of the time period.
Advertisements 10 pts	Poor 1 advertisement was included.	Fair 2-3 advertisements were included which were relevant.	Good 4 or more advertisements were included which were relevant.
Headlines 15 pts	Poor No headlines were included	Fair Some headlines were included that related to the accompanying article. Article headline may be unclear or uninteresting.	Good Each article was accompanied by an headline. They are grammatically correct and eye catching, so that people want to read the article.
Photo Captions 10 pts	Poor No photo captions were included	Fair Some photo captions were included that related to the accompanying article.	Good Photo captions were included that related to the accompanying article.
Neatness 10 pts	Poor Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not layed out logically with wasted spaces that articles, etc. could fit into	Fair Newspaper has all articles, photos, headlines with NO wasted spaces, but has articles, etc. crooked	Good Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, and headlines, aligned properly with NO wasted space