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Digital Informative News Article Advanced Digital Journalism News Article Write a news article about the history & origin of fairy tales. Write a headline and a by line. Begin with a strong lead. Answer the questions who, what, when, why (or how), and where in your article. Rubric Code: G2385CB By sarajojack Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Computers Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Headline & Byline
	Mastery Used no more than 7 words; included the main point; used alliteration; had a byline (author's name) 4 pts	Advanced has/met 3 of the required elements 3 pts	Meets Has/met 2 of the required elements 2 pts	Approaching Has/met 1 of the required elements 1 pts
Lead	Mastery Clearly answers all of the who, what, when, where, and why or how within the first two sentences.	Advanced Answers 4 of the five who, what, when, where, why, or how within the first two sentences.	Meets Answers 3 of the five who, what, when, where, why, or how within the first two sentences.	Approaching Does not clearly identify who, what, when, where, why or how within the article.
Writing Strategies	Mastery Well organized and sequenced. Audience is clearly addressed. Maintains a central idea. Includes at least 3 paragraphs with more than 6 facts that go beyond the 5 Ws.	Advanced Article is organized and makes sense. Answers the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. Stays on the topic and includes two paragraphs.	Meets Article makes sense, but lacks organization. Answers most of the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. May wander off topic. Includes one paragraph	Approaching Article is confusing and without a clear purpose. May not answer the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Writer seems unaware of audience.
Writing Conventions	Mastery Sentences are well constructed and varied. Strong control of grammar. No errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.	Advanced Writes using complete sentences. Few errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.	Meets May include some incomplete or run-on sentences. Some errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.	Approaching Incomplete or run-on sentences throughout. Frequent errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.
Efficiency	Mastery	Advanced Student handed in article on/or before the deadline, helped with other articles and has used class time efficiently.	Meets Student has met the deadline and has used class time efficiently.	Approaching Student has not met the deadline and has not handed in any work causing delay for grades