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Outsiders Newspaper Article

Students will construct a newspaper article about the fire in the church from the novel "The Outsiders". The article will contain a Headline (alliterative if possible),a Byline,a Placeline,and a Lead sentence. The article will contain Body paragraphs supplying important details, include a quotation and will follow the "5WH" rule. The article will relate to the headline.

Rubric Code: MX2229B

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Outsiders Newpaper Article
	Not yet Within Expectations 0 pts	Meets Expectation 2 pts	Fully Meets Expectations 3 pts
Headline	Not yet Within Expectations No headline used	Meets Expectation Headline Used	Fully Meets Expectations Alliterative Headline Used
Byline	Not yet Within Expectations Byline not used	Meets Expectation Byline used	Fully Meets Expectations
Placeline	Not yet Within Expectations Placeline not used	Meets Expectation Placeline used	Fully Meets Expectations
Lead Sentence	Not yet Within Expectations Lead sentence not used or is ineffective	Meets Expectation Lead sentence used and gives most important information answering most of the 5W's	Fully Meets Expectations Effective lead sentence used and gives most important information answering most of the 5W's
Body paragraphs	Not yet Within Expectations Do not supply remaining important details or contain important facts	Meets Expectation Supplies remaining important details and contains important facts	Fully Meets Expectations Effectively supplies remaining important details and contains important facts
Quotation	Not yet Within Expectations A Quotation is not used or is used ineffectively	Meets Expectation A Quotation is used in the article.	Fully Meets Expectations
Vintage Advertisements	Not yet Within Expectations Vintage 1960's advertisements not used in the article	Meets Expectation Vintage 1960's advertisements are used in the article	Fully Meets Expectations
Format and use of columns.	Not yet Within Expectations Article is poorly formatted or newpaper columns are not used	Meets Expectation Article is properly formatted and newpaper columns are used	Fully Meets Expectations