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Newspaper Article Writing Newspaper Article Writing This rubric is to be used to assess a student's final copy of an article for the classroom newspaper. Rubric Code: R2XWB39 By lorenapetit Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8, 9-12

Newspaper Article Writing
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Important Information	Poor The article does not tell who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts are incomplete or wrong and do not show an understanding of the Lincoln-Douglas debate.	Fair The article tells 2 of the following: who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts are primarily correct but do not show an understanding of the Lincoln-Douglas debate.	Good The article contains 3 W's: who, what, where, when, and why/how. The facts are correct and show an adequate understanding of the Lincoln-Douglas debate.	Excellent This article contains all W's: who, what, where, when, and why/how. The facts are correct and show a complete understanding of the Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Writing Mechanics	Poor The article is vague and unclear. The article contains many spelling errors. The article contains many grammatical errors.	Fair The article contains few sentences that are unclear to the reader. The article contains few spelling errors. The article contians few grammatical errors.	Good The article is contains 1 unclear sentence. The article contains only 1 or 2 spelling errors. The article contains only 1 or 2 grammatical errors.	Excellent The article is clear. The article has no spelling errors.
Editing and Improving	Poor The article was neither edited nor improved.	Fair The article shows some improvements and edits.	Good The article was edited and improvements were made following the peer edit. The article has only 1-2 errors.	Excellent The article was edited correctly following the peer edit.
Target Vocabulary	Poor None of the target vocabulary was used.	Fair Only some of the target vocabulary was used or was not used correctly.	Good Most of the target vocabulary was used and was mostly used correctly.	Excellent All target vocabulary was used and used correctly.