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WRITING A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

WRITING A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE- Junior Grades

This rubric is to be used to assess a student's final copy of a newspaper article written in the 1860's about either the burning of parliament buildings, Mr. Gavazzi’s tour of Canada or George Browns speech in the assembly on June 22, 1864.

Rubric Code: VA5C3C

By care26

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

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. There is no historical accuracy to the article.	Fair The article tells 3 of the following: who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts are primarily correct. There is some historical accuracy to the article.	Good The article contains all 5 W's: who, what, where, when, and why/how. The facts are complete and correct. The article is historically accurate.	Excellent The article provides information on all five W's with descriptive language.The article is not only extremely historically accurate, but flows beautifully and discusses all relevant information.
Reporting Format	Poor The article is more like a short story and not journalistic- missing a beginning, middle, and/or end. Supporting details are not provided.	Fair The article contains a lead but it is not interesting and/or has simple supporting details(2) in the a beginning, middle, and/or end.	Good The article contains an interesting/exciting lead using some relevant supporting details in the beginning, middle, and/or end. The article ends abruptly.	Excellent The article begins with an exciting lead, followed by specific and relevant supporting details in the beginning, middle, and end. The article does not end abruptly.
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 contains few grammatical errors.	Good The article is clear and concise. The article contains only 1 or 2 spelling errors. The article contains only 1 or 2 grammatical errors.	Excellent Writing is descriptive, providing detailed information. An extensive vocabulary is used to keep the reader interested and informed.
Editing and Improving	Poor The article was neither edited or improved.	Fair The article shows some improvements and edits.	Good The article was completely edited and improvements were made.	Excellent The article is formatted clearly and concisely, with little room for improvement.