iRubric: Exercise 5: Fatal accident rubric

edit print share Copy to my rubrics Bookmark test run assess... delete Do more...

Exercise 5: Fatal accident

5-6 paragraph report on bicyclist killed after being struck by SUV in Newport

Rubric Code: JXA2A2X

Ready to use

Public Rubric

Subject: Journalism

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: (none)

Fatal accident
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3.5 pts	Good 4.25 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Reporting facts	Poor Missing significant number of facts who, what, where, why, when and how	Fair Missing some details who, what, where, why, when and how Missing or inaccurate details about how the accident happened Reporting lacks sensitivity to victim's family by reporting grisly details of head trauma	Good Includes mostly all the who, what, where, why, when and how Missing some information about driver or her vehicle Sums up how accident happened Includes where the victim was pronounced dead Written with sensitivity by omitting grisly details about victim's head trauma	Excellent Reports name of victim, age, hometown. Also includes he is a retired dentist Reports name of driver, age, hometown Reports specific location of accident on Memorial Boulevard across from Easton's Beach Reports what direction bicyclist and driver were heading Reports where victim was taken to hospital Reports damage to the SUV Conveys severity of victim's injuries by mentioning CPR being performed Written
Lead	Poor Inferior writing in length or wordy, run-on sentence over 40 words	Fair Under 20 or over 40 words Starts with name of victim instead of a delayed ID lead Or names the driver in the lead Or names the victim and the driver in the lead	Good 35ish words Uses delayed ID lead Slightly wordy but conveys that a tragedy occurred, could be more clearly or simply written	Excellent About 30 words Uses delayed ID and prioritizes the fact that a death occurred Makes clear the accident involved a collision between a vehicle and a man riding a bicycle
AP style	Poor Does not follow AP style	Fair Incorrectly writes dateline, time and/or date Uses jargon or acronyms in reporting emergency response	Good Mostly adheres to AP style for dateline, time and date Avoids acronyms	Excellent Adheres to AP style for dateline, time and date Avoids acronyms
Quality of writing	Poor Fails to convey what happened in a logical order Difficult to understand Sloppy copy with typos, misspelled words, poor grammar	Fair Wordy writing, too many phrases with too many prepositions Some spelling, grammar errors or typos	Good 4-5 paragraphs Story mostly flows logically; information presented in order that makes sense 1 or 2 few spelling, grammar errors, typos	Excellent 5-6 paragraphs Flows logically in an easy to read and understand way Evidence of proofreading story before submitting: No spelling or grammar errors or typos