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News Story News Story Rubric Code: X3X943 By boiserose Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

News Story
	Poor 5 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Lead Content	Poor Starting off with a, an, or the. Beginning stories with a date or time – unless the are the most important news. Too many numbers.	Excellent Who, What, When, Where: "basic facts" included. Starts with people, what they are doing or have done: actions.
Lead/Story Content	Poor Why and How not included in the lead - or the story's development	Excellent Why and How: if not in the lead, these details included in the story
Person	Poor Written in first or second person	Excellent Written in third person.
Word choice/brevity	Poor Uses unnecessarily wordy phrases	Excellent Uses vivid, active verbs, is precise Uses words that are concise, exact, and interesting
Accuracy	Poor Errors in identification of people or spelling of names	Excellent Identifies people accurately, using only what is crucial to the story.
Sources	Poor Uses seconday sources (not witnesses or participants)	Excellent Uses facts, anecdotes, quotes from primary sources
Factual information	Poor Fictional or editorialized (the writer's opinion) information	Excellent Uses facts and details that sum up the most important points effectively
Main Point	Poor The main point is not certain or is unclear in the opening sentences/paragraph.	Excellent The main point can be found in the first one-to-two paragraphs/sentences
Paragraph/Sentence Length	Poor Sentences are much longer than 25-30 words. Complex sentences.	Excellent Paragraphs 25-30 words: one or two sentences in length
Title	Poor Misleading	Excellent Represents the story; creative
Grammar/Mechanics	Poor More than five errors. Three or more errors in the format of the paper.	Excellent Fewer than five errors in grammar, spelling (other than names), or punctuation; no more than two errors in the format of the paper