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Canadian News Canadian News Explore Canadian issues and how they are presented in different forms of media all around the world. Write a well-developed research essay using MLA citations on each of the following topics: “Religion in Canada” and “First Nations in Canada” Rubric Code: PX9XA52 By jwirtz Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Grading Rubric
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Acceptable 3 pts	Great 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Content	Poor Does not cover both topics and is lacking much information and a proper essay format.	Fair May not have fully developed both topics or stayed on topic for both topics.	Acceptable Has a good amount of information for both topics. Essay may be lacking some elements.	Great Has multiple forms of media and a good deal of information. Both issues are fully developed.	Excellent Shows clear understanding of many types of text and media. Has fully developed the topics. Shows mastery of essay writing.
Clarity	Poor Spelling, grammar, writing conventions, and organization are unclear and inappropriate.	Fair Essay is missing proper spelling, grammar, writing conventions, and/or organization.	Acceptable Essay seems to have a clear direction and format, but may be lacking some elements.	Great Essay is fully developed with a clear organization, thesis statement, and transitions.	Excellent Shows mastery of essay writing with a clear overall structure, clean transitions, and a call to action that connects all the ideas together.
Media	Poor The students has a one-sided, underdeveloped perspective on the event that does not show the event from different media.	Fair The student has not presented multiple media well enough to understand the event from different formats.	Acceptable The student clearly presents some media types, but may not have developed it very far.	Great The student has multiple media that help show the event from different points of view.	Excellent The student has many media sources to present many different sides of the event they have chosen. Each media source is factually correct and fully developed, tying nicely together.
Sources	Poor Has little to no credible sources to validate their information. Lacks MLA style.	Fair Lacks a few sources or does not have credible sources. Lacks MLA style.	Acceptable Is missing some sources or does not have all credible source or is missing proper MLA documentation.	Great Has just enough credible resources to validate their information and proper MLA conventions.	Excellent Has more than enough credible resources to validate their information with a correct MLA works cited list and all the proper MLA conventions.