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Beyond the Valley of Thorns Newspaper Article

The students will complete a newspaper article on the chapter assigned. The students will summarize the chapter and specify the main idea in the newspaper article.

Rubric Code: NXW559A

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Beyond the Valley of Thorns Newspap
	Poor (F) 8 pts	Fair (C) 12 pts	Good (B) 14 pts	Excellent (A) 16 pts
Title of Newspaper	Poor (F) No title for the newspaper that is related to the novel.	Fair (C) The title of the newspaper is present. There was no creative thought about the title for the newspaper.	Good (B) The title of the newspaper is present. There was little creative thought about the title of the newspaper.	Excellent (A) The title of the newspaper was very creative. The title is interesting and grabs the attention of the reader.
Title of Newspaper Article	Poor (F) The title of the newspaper article is not present.	Fair (C) The title of the newspaper article is a supporting detail from the chapter instead of the main idea.	Good (B) The title of the newspaper article hints at the main idea of the chapter read.	Excellent (A) The title of the newspaper article is related to the main idea of the chapter read.
The Drawing	Poor (F) There is no drawing on the newspaper.	Fair (C) The drawing is not creative and not related to the chapter read.	Good (B) The drawing has little creativity and related to the chapter read.	Excellent (A) The drawing is creative and related to the chapter read.
Summary of the Chapter	Poor (F) The summary of the chapter is not present. The summary is not present.	Fair (C) The summary of the chapter does not specify the chapter read. The summary has little detail. The summary provides a few events that occurred in the chapter.	Good (B) The summary of the chapter specifies the chapter read. The summary has little detail. The summary provides some events that occurred in the chapter.	Excellent (A) The summary of the chapter specifies the chapter read. The summary is detailed and provides great information about the events occuring in the chapter.
Author Information	Poor (F) The author information does not have a name of the students who worked on the project. The author information does not specify the grade. It does not specify the program they are going to enter when they come to Westdale Middle in the Fall.	Fair (C) The author information has the name of both students who worked on the project. The author information does not specify the grade. It does not specify the program they are going to enter when they come to Westdale Middle in the Fall.	Good (B) The author information has the name of both students who worked on the project. The author information specifies the grade. It does not specify the program they are going to enter when they come to Westdale Middle in the Fall.	Excellent (A) The author information has the name of both students who worked on the project. The author information specifies the grade and program they are going to enter when they come to Westdale Middle in the Fall.

Keywords:

Main Idea, Summary

Subjects:

English

Types:

Project

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