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Of Mice & Men

The class will design a newspaper based on Of Mice & Men. Choose events from the story and develop them into newspaper articles (remember to answer the 5 Wh- questions). Include colorful drawings that reflect the part of the book. Create ads for sales of various things that would be of interest to your characters. Choose an unfamiliar word, explain its meaning and use it in a sentence. Select a quote that is significant for the part of the book you are reading now. Make sure your newspaper section is neat, shows creativity, and it is free of grammar, spelling and punctuation errors. Every student is required to write at least one article, preferably two, contribute a drawing, create an ad, and choose a quote of the week for the newspaper.

Rubric Code: U65B8X

By carolynsh

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Subject: English

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: K-5, 9-12

Newspaper
	Excellent 5 pts	Very Good 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Satisfactory 2 pts	Needs improvement 1 pts
Articles	Excellent The articles reflect two or more events in the story and answer all wh- questions. Obvious effort has been made.	Very Good The articles reflect one event in the story, answer the 5 wh- questions, and contain an element of sensational.	Good The articles attempt to describe one event in the story, but do not answer the 5 wh- questions fully.	Satisfactory The articles are near description of an event in the story but there is only a little clarity.	Needs improvement The articles simply retell the story.
Creativity (ads and drawing)	Excellent Student is very creative and the product was very well thought out. They used various fonts and had a creative page layout.	Very Good Student is creative and the product somewhat thought out with various colors.	Good The product does not use a variety of colors or fonts and is just black and white.	Satisfactory The newspaper does not seem to be well thought out. The sculpture is messy and does not seem to be well thought out.	Needs improvement There is next to no creativity, or the newspaper was a scratch effort.
Neatness and Effort	Excellent The newspaper has no distracting errors or corrections. It is not messy and looks neat.	Very Good The newspaper has almost no errors or corrections. It is not messy and looks neat.	Good The quality of the newspaper is messy.	Satisfactory The newspaper is extremely messy and looks as if no thought was put into this project.	Needs improvement The newspaper is not gradeable due illegibleness.
Presentation	Excellent Student uses a clear voice and correct, precise pronunciation of terms so that all audience members can hear presentation. The student also maintains eye contact with the audience and seldom returns to look at their notes.	Very Good Student uses a clear voice so that all audience members can hear presentation. The student also maintains eye contact some of the time.	Good Student is hard to hear during the presentation. There is little eye contact with the audience.	Satisfactory Student is hard to hear during the presentation. There is no eye contact with the audience and the student is reading directly from his or her paper.	Needs improvement Student is mumbling and impossible to grade.

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