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Copy of News Article

News Article

Article on one of the four genetic engineering topics

Rubric Code: QX57CA

By bioteach

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Subject: Biology

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: (none)

Category
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 6 pts	Excellent 8 pts
Quality of information	Poor Information has little or no relevance to the subject.	Fair Information relates to the topic, but lacks examples, facts, statistics.	Good Information relates to the topic. It provides little examples, facts and statistics.	Excellent Information relates to the topic. Several examples, facts and statistics are present.
Amount and use of information	Poor Little information present. Some topics not addressed.	Fair Little information. All of the topics were minimally addressed.	Good Good amount of information. All of the topics were addressed.	Excellent A large amount of information. All of the topics were addressed in many ways, with many facts, examples, etc.
Organization	Poor Article is disorganized.	Fair Some information is organized. No flow between the paragraphs.	Good Most information is organized as well as the paragraphs.	Excellent All information is very organized. Organized, well constructed paragraphs.
Mechanics	Poor Many grammatical errors such as spelling and punctuation.	Fair A few grammatical errors.	Good Almost no grammatical errors	Excellent No grammatical errors.
Creativity	Poor No creativity.	Fair Some creativity.	Good Creative and interesting.	Excellent Highly creative, interesting and eye catching.
Works cited	Poor Works cited page not well typed and lacking sources.	Fair Works cited page typed with minimal sources.	Good A well typed works cited page with few sources.	Excellent A well typed works cited page with a wide range of sources.