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Celebrity Interview (fake)

Write a headline and a subhead. Begin with a strong lead. Answer the questions who, what, when, why (or how), and where in your article. Use at least 2 sources/quotes and include necessary stats. Needs to be a minimum of 400 words. All stories must have no more than 3 photos.

Rubric Code: SX8WCWC

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Subject: Journalism

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Celebrity Interview
	Below Basic 5 pts	Basic 10 pts	Proficient 15 pts	Advanced 20 pts
Writing Strategies	Below Basic Article is confusing and without a clear purpose. May not answer the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Writer seems unaware of audience. Includes no quotes.	Basic Article makes sense, but lacks organization. Answers most of the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. May wander off topic. Includes one quote.	Proficient Article is organized and makes sense. Answers the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. Stays on the topic. Includes two quotes.	Advanced Well organized and sequenced. Answers the who, what, when, where, and why or how clearly. Audience is clearly addressed. Maintains a central idea. Includes at least two quotes.
Lead with 5 W's	Below Basic The article is missing 3 or more of the 5 W's.	Basic The article is missing 2 of the 5 W's.	Proficient The article is missing one of the 5 W's.	Advanced Article adequately addresses the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and how).
Accuracy of Facts/Quotes	Below Basic No facts are reported or most are inaccurately reported or not appropriately cited or paraphrased and no quotes are included.	Basic Almost all supportive facts are reported accurately and appropriately cited or paraphrased in the form of 2 or quotes	Proficient Most supportive facts are reported accurately and appropriately cited or paraphrased in the form of 2 or quotes	Advanced All supportive facts are reported accurately and appropriately cited or paraphrased in the form of 3 quotes.
Writing Conventions	Below Basic Incomplete or run-on sentences throughout. Frequent errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Follows few or no writing guidelines..	Basic May include some incomplete or run-on sentences. Some errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Follows most writing guidelines.	Proficient Writes using complete sentences. Few errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Follows writing guidelines	Advanced Sentences are well constructed and varied. Strong control of grammar. No errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Follows writing guidelines.
Word Count	Below Basic Less than 300 words	Basic Between 300 & 400 words	Proficient At 400 words	Advanced Over 400 words- but not so much that reader gets tired of article.
Photo	Below Basic Images are pixelated. No resource given	Basic	Proficient	Advanced No more than 3 photos that fit with article. Not pixilated. Resources listed

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Newsletter

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