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Roman Times Newspaper Project Roman Times Newspaper Project The student will make a newspaper including an obituary for Caesar, a front page story about the assassination, a brief editorial arguing for or against the conspirators, and at least two advertisements. Rubric Code: VX94A73 By Jbonilla Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Overall newspaper
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 15 pts
Obituary	Poor Obituary was not realistic or relevant to the play	Fair Obituary was somewhat believable, but lacked continuity with the play.	Good Obituary was believable, thorough, and well aligned with the play.
Illustrations/photos	Poor No illustration/photo was included.	Fair Some illustrations/photos were included; illustrations/photos were messy or not relevant to the story	Good All articles included relevant illustrations/photos; illustrations were presented neatly
Front Page Story	Poor Front page story about the assassination is not an accurate depiction of the event, it does not include the 5 W's, and its not interesting.	Fair Front page story about the assassination is a somewhat accurate depiction of the event, it does not include all of the 5 W's, and it's not very interesting.	Good Front page story about the assassination is a very accurate depiction of the event, it includes the 5 W's, and it very interesting.
Advertisements	Poor Advertisements are missing, or are not historically appropriate. They do not get the reader's attention.	Fair Advertisements are not historically appropriate, or they do not get the reader's attention.	Good Advertisements are historically appropriate, they are interesting, and get the reader's attention.
Creativity	Poor The newspaper shows little creativity.	Fair The newspaper shows some creativity.	Good The newspaper shows great of creativity.
Editorial	Poor Editorial is not well written, it does not include the 5 W's, its n not an accurate depiction of the play, and it's not interesting.	Fair Editorial is somewhat well written, it does not include all the 5 W's, its not an accurate depiction of the play, and it's not very interesting.	Good Editorial is well written, it includes the 5 W's, it is an accurate depiction of the play, and it's very interesting.
GUMS	Poor Newspaper does not meet grade level standards in writing, spelling, grammar, and mechanics. It has more than 6 errors	Fair Newspaper meets grade level standards in writing, spelling, grammar, and mechanics. It has 3-6 errors.	Good Newspaper meets grade level standards in writing, spelling, grammar, and mechanics. It has less than 3 errors.