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News story (middle school) News story (middle school) Rubric Code: RX7W747 By psinger Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 6-8

News story
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 6 pts
Lead length	Excellent 25-30 words	Good 31-40 words or 15-24 words	Fair More than 40 words or fewer than 15 words
Names in lead	Excellent No proper names in lead unless a public figure.	Good	Fair Proper name(s) in lead.
Lead quality	Excellent Lead is interesting and draws reader into story.	Good Lead includes information, but no "hook."	Fair Lead does not give information, or is not a sentence.
Assigned topic	Excellent Story was about the assigned topic.	Good Story wandered into other subjects.	Fair Story did not answer the questions it was to answer.
Inverted pyramid	Excellent Most important information was at beginning.	Good Most details were near top of story, but some were buried.	Fair Many important details were at the bottom of the story.
Spelling, grammar & punctuation	Excellent Fewer than five errors.	Good Six-10 errors.	Fair More than 10 errors.
Attribution	Excellent Used direct and indirect quotes from two or more sources.	Good Indirect quotes only, or less than two sources.	Fair One or no sources quoted.
Transitions	Excellent Story used good transitions.	Good Story had at least one good transition.	Fair No transition words were used.
Paragraphs	Excellent At least 7 paragraphs of one or two sentences.	Good At least five paragraphs of one or two sentences.	Fair Fewer than five long paragraphs.
Deadline	Excellent Story received in the proper format on or before deadline.	Good Story received within one day of deadline.	Fair Story received two or more days late.