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Newspaper Project Water Newspaper Project A project to create a newspaper about demonstrating knowledge of the middle ages. Rubric Code: R5268X By cindyburrow Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Project Grade Levels: (none)

Overall newspaper
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 7 pts	Good 10 pts
Illustrations	Poor No illustration was included.	Fair At least one illustration related to an article was included.	Good Two illustrations were included that were related to an article.
Creativity	Poor The newspaper shows little creativity.	Fair The newspaper shows some creativity.	Good The newspaper shows a lot of creativity.
Article Length	Poor The articles have only one paragraph.	Fair The articles were two or three paragraphs long, but contained spelling/grammar errors.	Good The articles have two paragraphs or more and have two or fewer spelling/grammar errors.
Article Content	Poor The article was not historically accurate.	Fair The article contained some historically accurate facts.	Good The article was historically accurate.
Advertisements	Poor No advertisements were included.	Fair One creative advertisement was included and was relevant.	Good Two creative advertisements were included and were relevant.
Headlines	Poor No headlines were included	Fair Some headlines were included that related to the accompanying article	Good Each article was accompanied by an appropriate headline
Photo/Illustration with Captions	Poor No photos or illustrations were included.	Fair Some were included but did not contain relevant captions.	Good Two photos or illustrations were included and contained relevant captions.
Neatness	Poor Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not layed out logically with white spaces that articles, etc. could fit into.	Fair Newspaper has all articles photos, headlines with no white spaces, but has crooked entries, edges sticking up, or hanging off the page.	Good Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines aligned properly.
Classified Ads	Poor No classified ads were included	Fair One or two classified ads were included which may not be related to the middle ages.	Good Three or four classified ads were include and were related to the middle ages.
Conventions	Poor Many spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper making it hard to read.	Fair A moderate amount of spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper but they did not take away from its readability.	Good Few spelling or grammatical errors were found in the newspaper.