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Current Event Article Rubric 
Current Event Presentation and Report Rubric
Criteria for completing current event article writeups
Rubric Code: Y242887
By Shannonsp8
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Subject: Journalism  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric Current Event Criteria
  Incomplete

0 pts

Poor

1 pts

Fair

3 pts

Good

4 pts

Excellent

5 pts

Relevance of Subject Matter

Relevance and currency of the topic
Incomplete

No political, economic, governmental, or public interest tie(s) and/or an extremely outdated topic found in the article.
Poor

Little political, economic, governmental, or public interest tie(s) and/or an older topic found in the article.
Fair

Moderately identifiable political, economic, governmental, or public interest tie(s) with somewhat recent topics found in the article.
Good

Exceptional political, economic, governmental, or public interest tie(s) with current topics found in the article
Excellent

Outstanding political, economic, governmental, or public interest tie(s) with current topics found in the article
Summary of Facts

Organization of facts that reflects the inverted pyramid structure
Incomplete

No summary of facts given.
Poor

Very little summary of facts given.
Fair

Some summary of facts given but is mostly read verbatim from article and report.
Good

Summary of facts given with references to the article and report.
Excellent

Detailed summary of facts found in the article is clearly outlined in an organized manner.
Neutral Tone

Article shows clear understanding of the information with no bias through tone, word choice, or selection/omission of information.
Incomplete

Plagarism. Copied verbatim from the article without reference.
Poor

Very basic summary (no more than 1-2 sentences)
Fair

Moderate summarization of facts (1 paragraph) but includes personal bias.
Good

Exceptional summarization of facts (1 paragraph) without personal bias.
Excellent

Outstanding summarization of facts displayed at the beginning of the article without personal bias.
Structure and language

The format follows the guidelines regarding sentence and paragraph structure, and clearly communicates a news article as opposed to a research paper or novel.
Incomplete

No attempt to portray any sense of professionalism or authority on the topic. Little thought was put into the structure or word choice.
Poor

Poor word choice and structure; does not display a sense of professionalism and/or authority
Fair

Acceptable word choice and structure, providing some sense of professionalism but lacks authority
Good

Exceptional word choice and structure which demonstrates a sense of professionalism and authority
Excellent

Outstanding word choice and structure which demonstrates a clear sense of professionalism and authority



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