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Newspaper Article Summary Rubric Newspaper Article Summary Rubric Choose a current full-length article from a major newspaper that reports on a subject of national or global interest. Write a summary of the article and a response to it. Please see Global Week In Review Midterm Instructions for additional directions. Rubric Code: ZX93WWC By jpeustermann Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Political Science Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Federalism Article Summary
	Good 1.37 pts	Fair 0.87 pts	Poor 0.25 pts
Summary	Good The article is clearly and succinctly summarized - only the key points of the article are touched upon.	Fair The article is clearly summarized, but some sub points are addressed along with main points. The summary is not succinct.	Poor The article summary is unclear or overly detailed.
Article Choice	Good Article selected is current, thorough and of national or global importance.	Fair Article selected is current, somewhat thorough but of limited national or global importance.	Poor Article selected is current, but is not thorough and is of no national or global importance.
Organization	Good The summary of the article is well organized. It states the article is about; describes the constitutional power being exercised; where the power is found – citing the specific part of the Constitution - and what the article is about. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper or URL is made clear early in the summary.	Fair The summary of the article is somewhat organized. It has fails to supply 1 -2 requirements of summarizing the article; describing the constitutional power being exercised; where the power is found – citing the specific part of the Constitution - and what the article is about. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper is not made clear early in the paper.	Poor The summary of the article is not organized. There is no summary of the article; no description of the constitutional power being exercised; where the power is found – citing the specific part of the Constitution - and The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper or URL is not made clear early in the summary.
Mechanics Requirements	Good Requirements are met - current article, no older than one month, including stapling or binding of article to summary, you have attached a rubric and there are no grammatical errors or incorrect word usage in the Summary.	Fair Requirements are not fully met and there are 1-4 grammatical or word usage errors.	Poor Requirements are not met. There are 5+ grammatical or word usage errors.