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Newspaper Book Report Newspaper Book Report Make a newspaper about the book or set in the same city as the book’s main setting. Include at least five parts of a newspaper: comics, advertisements, weather, news stories, feature stories, letters to the editor, obituaries, editorials, sports, etc. Rubric Code: XX592B8 By Jswiderski Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Newspaper Book Report
	Excellent 15 pts	Good 13 pts	Fair 12 pts	Poor 10 pts
Features	Excellent All five features cover the required components and go beyond expectations with proper elaboration and organization.	Good Five features are covered with the main detail required for each section.	Fair Four out of the five features are covered in the paper, details are not clear or nealy done.	Poor Three or less features are completed.
Organization	Excellent All necessary information was presented logically and recorded properly. Not only does each section have a title, but titles show flare and clear headings. Newspaper sections are well organized.	Good Necessary information was covered logically and recorded properly. Features show proper organization. Each section has a clear title.	Fair Most important information is presented in a logical sequence and recorded properly. Not every section has a clear heading.	Poor Significant information is missing, or not recorded properly. No headings used in text.
Creativity	Excellent Project is truly original and characterizes creativity and personalization of the project to the text or self.	Good Signficant evidence of creative license or initiative to personalize project to suit text or self.	Fair Student took little creative license or initiative to personalize project to suit text or self.	Poor Student took no creative license or initiative to personalize project to suit text or self.
Editing & Publishing	Excellent There were no errors or evidence of corrections in the report. Words were well chosen and sentences were concise. Paper can be fluently read without stopping because of grammar errors.	Good A couple errors occurred in capitalization, punctuation, word usage, sentence structure and structure Proof-reading evident.	Fair Some errors occurred in in capitalization, punctuation, word usage, run-on sentences, sentence fragments or structure Proof-reading questionable.	Poor Numerous errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, word usage, run-on sentences, sentence fragments or structure. No evidence of proof-reading.