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Wetlands Newspaper Article

Students create a newspaper article with picture or drawing about day-to-day life in Louisiana wetlands.

Rubric Code: E3C389

By mbcollard

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Wetlands Newspaper Article Enter rubric description
	Poor 5 pts	Approaching Adequate 10 pts	Adequate 15 pts	Proficient 20 pts	Exemplary 25 pts
Answers the five questions all facts are accurate	Poor Answers only one question accurately	Approaching Adequate Answers only two questions accurately	Adequate Answers three questions accurately	Proficient Answers four questions accurately	Exemplary Answers all five questions accurately
Organization contains title, opening sentence, supporting details, closing sentence, and byline	Poor very weak, most components are missing	Approaching Adequate weak, only one or two of components are included	Adequate average organization, at least three of the components are included	Proficient logical organization, at least four of the components are included	Exemplary powerful, coherent organization, all five the of the components are included
Artwork/Photogragh clear picture, neat artwork, clearly depicts something related to article	Poor unclear image or drawing and does not relate to article	Approaching Adequate clear image or drawing, but does not relate to article	Adequate clear image or drawing and related to article	Proficient clear image or drawing and relates to more than one fact in the article	Exemplary clear image or drawing and relates to most of the facts in the article
Grammar and Spelling Mechanics, Sentence structure, and Spelling	Poor frequent and obvious errors in basic rules, several misspelled words	Approaching Adequate several errors in basic rules, many misspelled words	Adequate some errors, but basic keeping to rules, few misspelled words	Proficient few errors in basic rules, little misspelled words	Exemplary basically free of errors and misspelled words