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Extemp Research Article for specific question Extemp Research Article Students will search for internet articles on current events for extemp files. Articles will indicate source and date of article. Each article will be highlighted and annotated to aid speakers in organization of article Rubric Code: QX74AW5 By laouthier Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 9-12

ExtempArticle Research
	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Relevanace of Article	Good Article is current and foreign or domestic in scope. Article has relevance on a wider basis than entertainment or "fluff"	Fair Article could be considered relevant to foreign or domestic concerns. Article may be from entertainment industry but topic is still relevant	Poor Article is not relevant on foreign or domestic scope. Article has no value other than entertainment.
Source and Date	Good Consistently in upper left corner, Original Source Name, Date article was written, author name (optional for national sources) Source is credible	Fair Lacking source information (name, date, etc) or Source is questionable or not fully explained or information is difficult to find	Poor No source information Source has no credibility whatsoever
Specific to Question	Good Main points of article specifically offer information that would answer the extemp question provided	Fair Article has some relevance to the extemp question provided	Poor Article has nothing but extreme broad topic coverage to extemp question provided