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iRubric: Newspaper Article Summary Rubric - McDermott

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Newspaper Article Summary Rubric - McDermott Newspaper Article Summary Rubric Write a summary of the article "Could Humans Actually Live on Mars." Rubric Code: BX8X5A5 By cmcdermo62 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

News Article Critique
	Good 50 pts	Fair 30 pts	Poor 20 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.
Critique	Good Strengths and weaknesses that are central to the article are addressed.	Fair Strengths and weaknesses that are peripheral to the article are addressed.	Poor Strengths and weaknesses are addressed peripherally, weakly, or not at all.
Article Choice	Good Article is current, thorough and discusses a current event.	Fair Article is current, somewhat thorough but minimally discusses a current event.	Poor Article is current, but is not thorough and does not address a current event.
Organization	Good The article is well organized. It has a very clear intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is clearly stated. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper is made clear early in the paper.	Fair The summary of the article is somewhat organized. It has a moderately clear intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is unclearly stated. 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, has an unclear or non-existent intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is not stated and the name of the newspaper and author of the article are not stated or stated late.
Mechanics Requirements	Good Requirements are met and there are no grammatical errors or incorrect word usage.	Fair Requirements are met and there are 1-4 grammatical or word usage errors.	Poor Requirements are not met. There are 5+ grammatical or word usage errors.
Student's Voice	Good Five or more sentences/phrases are put into student's own words.	Fair Three sentences/phrases are put into student's own words	Poor Summary is taken verbatim from classwork; no original sentences/phrases