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Book Club Newspaper 
Book Club Newspaper
Create a newspaper based on your book. Choose events from your story and develop them into newspaper articles. Include colorful drawings that reflect the part of the book you are reading. Make sure your newspaper is neat, shows creativity, and it is free of grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Be ready to present your newspaper and explain your choices to the whole class.
Rubric Code: LX7W8A6
By acrank
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Subject: English  
Type: Reading  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Excellent

5 pts

Very Good

4 pts

Good

3 pts

Satisfactory

2 pts

Needs improvement

1 pts

Articles

Excellent

The articles are fully described and contain elements of wonderful story line.
Very Good

The articles reflect one event in the story and contain an element of wonderful story line.
Good

The articles attempt to describe one event in the story.
Satisfactory

The articles don't describe the event fully.
Needs improvement

The articles simply retell the story.
Quote of the Week

Excellent

The newspaper contains articles summarizing the plot, the weather, and a summary of a main character in the story. It also contains an editorial, 4 adds and 1 picture that relates to the story.
Very Good

The newspaper contains a summary of some of the articles listed below, but not all. Plot, weather, character adds and pictures. All articles still relate to the story.
Good

The newspaper only contains 3 articles that relate to the story.
Satisfactory

The newspaper contains 2 or less articles that relate to the story.
Needs improvement
Creativity (ads and drawing)

Excellent

Student is very creative and the product was very well thought out. They used various fonts and had a creative page layout.
Very Good

Student is creative and the product somewhat thought out with various colors.
Good

The product does not use a variety of colors or fonts and is just black and white.
Satisfactory

The newspaper does not seem to be well thought out.<BR>
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The sculpture is messy and does not seem to be well thought out.
Needs improvement
Neatness and Effort

Excellent

The newspaper has no distracting errors or corrections. It is not messy and looks neat.
Very Good

The newspaper has almost no errors or corrections. It is not messy and looks neat.
Good

The quality of the newspaper is messy.
Satisfactory

The newspaper is extremely messy and looks as if no thought was put into this project.
Needs improvement
Presentation

Excellent

Student uses a clear voice and correct, precise pronunciation of terms so that all audience members can hear presentation. The student also maintains eye contact with the audience and seldom returns to look at their notes.
Very Good

Student uses a clear voice so that all audience members can hear presentation. The student also maintains eye contact some of the time.
Good

Student is hard to hear during the presentation. There is little eye contact with the audience.
Satisfactory

Student is hard to hear during the presentation. There is no eye contact with the audience and the student is reading directly from his or her paper.
Needs improvement






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