iRubric: Journalism: Article Rubric

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Journalism: Article Rubric

As basic rubric for articles.

Rubric Code: W64AAB

By sditommaso

Draft

Public Rubric

Subject: Journalism

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: (none)

Journalism: Article Rubric As basic rubric for articles.
	Very Poor 1 pts	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Lead How effective is your opening sentence. Does it contain the nessisary information?	Very Poor Lead is non-existent.	Poor Lead is very weak and contains little of the nessisary information.	Fair Lead contains the nessisary information, but is weakly composed or awkward.	Good Lead is well-written and contains the basic information nessisary,	Excellent Lead is engaging and dynamic, and is written clearly and without error.
Organization Does your article follow the inverted pyramid style?	Very Poor Article lacks any organizational structure. Information is not presented in a logical way.	Poor Organizational structure is very limited. Article is disjointed most of the time, but some of the information follows the inverted pyramid.	Fair The article shows the elements of a basic orginization. Information follows the inverted pyramid at a basic level.	Good The information follows a coherant inverted pyramid structure.	Excellent Information is deftly organized by importance, and there is an overwhelming logic to the order in which it is written.
Transistions How smooth is your shifting between information?	Very Poor Article lacks transitions.	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Mechanics Grammar, Punctuation, etc	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent