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News Story Rubric

1930's Newspaper - Depression Era

Rubric Code: E5C7B4

By sshunter

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Public Rubric

Subject: Journalism

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

News Writing Rubric
	Poor Did not do what is required. 3 pts	Fair Did most of what is required. 5 pts	Good Did all of what is required and went beyond what is expected. 7 pts	Comments (N/A)
Introduction--Lead 15 pts Must include the 5Ws and H of a story. The lead is inviting, states the main topic and hooks the reader to continue on.	Poor There is no clear introduction of the main topic or structure of the paper--no lead. Missing 4 or more of the 5 W’s and H.	Fair Addresses at least 4 of the 5Ws and H of the story with a lead that attempts to hook the reader to continue on.	Good Addresses the 5Ws and H of the story. Lead is only one sentence and it hooks the reader to continue on.	Comments
Direct Quotes 15 pts Always use said. Uses correct punctuation.	Poor There are no quotes. Doesn't always use said. Punctuation marks are outside of quotation marks.	Fair Most quotes are in their own paragraphs. Mostly uses said. Punctuation is mostly inside quotation marks. At least one source is included.	Good Quotes are in their own paragraphs. Always uses said. Punctuation marks are inside of quotation marks. At least two sources are quoted.	Comments
Paragraphs 15 pts	Poor Writes one to two sentence paragraphs	Fair Writes 3-4 sentence paragraphs	Good Writes 5-6 sentence paragraphs	Comments
Accuracy 15 pts Information must be correct.	Poor Information is filled with inaccuracies.	Fair Information is mostly accurate	Good Information is accuracte	Comments
Grammar & Spelling (Conventions) 10 pts Contains no errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. The story is neatly written or typed and follows teacher's instructions.	Poor The composition is illegible, does not follow teacher's instructions, and has more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content.	Fair The composition is readable, follows most of the teacher's instructions, and has 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Good Makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. The story is neatly written or typed and follows teacher's instructions.	Comments
Team Participation 15 pts Total Contribution to team effort	Poor Misused time in computer lab/and or did not follow project guidelines. Did not do fair amount of work.	Fair Adequately used time in lab. Contributed to overall project. Able to work independently and in the team.	Good Used time in lab for research and team consultation. Followed guidelines and showed enthusiasm and effort.	Comments
Submitted Project 15 pts Overall appearence of finished newspaper	Poor Layout not clear/no title given to paper. Key elements missing. Lack of organization to article layouts.	Fair Attractive layout and front page design. Most elements of newspaper included.	Good Attractive, inviting and creative appearence and title. Included all elements discussed and more. Overall, great team effort.	Comments

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