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Sentinel Article Rubric

This rubric outlines how you will be graded, starting this semester. Though there will be a weekly participation grade (worth five points per week), articles will take up the bulk of the points you earn, so it's important that you do well. You are graded on article completion, effort, journalistic format, headline/subhead, and photo — all adding up to a 70-point assignment.

Rubric Code: J96744

By lealrb

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Subject: Journalism

Type: (Other)

Grade Levels: 9-12

Sentinel Article Grading Rubric
	Great (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Below Standard (N/A)	No article submitted (N/A)
Effort and Writing Process ____ / 20 POINTS	Great The article submitted has clearly had a lot of work put into it. It has been self-edited by the writer, and is the best the writer can do.	Fair Article is not the author's best work, but is passable. The writer did little to no self-editing before turning into the section editor.	Below Standard Article is below the writer's level of writing, and is obviously complete and utter bullshit.	No article submitted
Interviews/Research ____ / 15 POINTS	Great Article has several interviews with people of varied opinions and is well-researched. The reader's questions are answered by reading the article, and quotes/facts used well.	Fair The writer either has too few (or irrelevant) interviews. Quotes may be off topic, or cover subjects where quotes are unnecessary.	Below Standard Article has no interviews, and is not well researched. The author did not answer the "5 W's," and leaves the reader with questions. Quotes are absent or badly used.	No article submitted
Journalistic format ____ / 15 POINTS	Great The article contains: a good and appropriate lead, a nut graf, no or very few spelling/grammar mistakes, correct attribution of quotes, and answers the 5 W's. The article is not written like an essay	Fair Article is decent, but lacks one or more of these elements, most commonly the nut graf or a good lead. The article may be written similar to an essay.	Below Standard The elements of journalistic format are not (or barely) present in the article.	No article submitted
Completion on time ____ / 10 POINTS	Great Writer turns in their article to the Section Editor on time. The article is shared on GoogleDocs and is ready to edit.	Fair Writer turns in their article shortly after it is due without having asked for an extension. Alternatively, article is not shared on GoogleDocs.	Below Standard Writer turns in article significantly late without a given extension.	No article submitted
Photo ____ / 10 POINTS	Great The writer took more than one picture for their article and has made them available to the photo manager. The photos are good, and obviously had thought put into them.	Fair Writer supplies mediocre photographs, or just one. They may not have made the photo(s) available to editors.	Below Standard No photographs were made available to editors.	No article submitted
Headline & Subhead ____ / 5 POINTS	Great The writer has supplied a good headline and subhead. The headline draws the reader in, and the subhead elaborates further — both accurately reflecting the article	Fair The writer has supplied a sub-par headline and subhead. They may be vague or not succeed in drawing a reader into the article.	Below Standard The writer did not supply a headline or subhead.	No article submitted

Subjects:

Journalism

Types:

(Other)

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