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Newspaper Project Newspaper Project The student will make a newspaper including 5 articles and other features to share a chosen historical topic from the list provided. Rubric Code: QXA9649 By maple1814 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 9-12

Overall newspaper
	Good 3 pts	Satisfactory 5 pts	Excellent 8 pts
Illustrations/photos	Good No illustration/photo was included.	Satisfactory At least one illustration/photo related to an article was included.	Excellent Two- three illustrations/photos were included that were related to an article.
Creativity	Good The newspaper shows little creativity.	Satisfactory The newspaper shows some creativity.	Excellent The newspaper shows a lot of creativity.
Article Length	Good The articles have only one paragraph.	Satisfactory The articles were two or three paragraphs long, but contained spelling/grammar errors.	Excellent The articles have at least four paragraphs more and/or have two or fewer spelling/grammar errors.
Article Content	Good The article was not historically accurate and/or did not answer the 5W questions.	Satisfactory The article contained some historically accurate facts and answered most of the 5W questions.	Excellent The article was historically accurate, but did not answer most of the 5W questions.
Advertisements	Good No advertisements were included.	Satisfactory One advertisement was included which was relevant.	Excellent Two advertisements were included which were relevant.
Editorial	Good No editorial included	Satisfactory The information was inaccurate and/or misleading or it was not clear why it was included in the newspaper	Excellent Information was accurate and there was a clear reason for including the editorial in the newspaper
Headlines and Bylines	Good No headlines and/or bylines were included	Satisfactory Some headlines and/or bylines were included that related to the accompanying article	Excellent Each article was accompanied by an headline, byline and photo credit and caption.
Photo Credits/Captions	Good No photo credits and/or captions were included	Satisfactory Some photo credits and/or captions were included that related to the accompanying article	Excellent Photo credits and captions were included that related to the accompanying article
Neatness	Good Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not layed out logically with white spaces that articles, etc. could fit into	Satisfactory Newspaper has all articles, photos, headlines and bylines, with NO white spaces, but has articles, etc. crooked and/or edges sticking up	Excellent Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines, and bylines aligned properly with NO white spaces and all edges glued down