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1 Page Newspaper Rubric

Graphic Design

Journalism Final

Rubric Code: WBA668

By shawnagilbert

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Public Rubric

Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

1-Page News Journalism
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 7 pts	Poor 5 pts
Use of Class Time	Excellent Used time well during each class period. Focused on getting the project done and never distracted others.	Good Used time well during each class period. Usually focused on getting the project done and never distracted others.	Fair Used some of the time well during each class period. There was some focus on getting the project done but occasionally distracted others.	Poor Did not use class time to focus on the project OR often distracted others
Main Article	Excellent Attention-grabbing headline and lead. Includes interesting original material gathered by writer. Photo with caption and pull-out quote enhance the meaning of article and spark interest. Well organized and meaningful with very little "filler".	Good Somewhat attention-grabbing headline and lead. Includes original material gathered by writer. Photo with caption and pull out quote work well with article. Well organized and somewhat meaningful with some "filler".	Fair Headline and lead are bland. Original material gathered by writer is weak or forced. Photo is unoriginal with little connection to article. Organization needs work. Lots of "filler". May be missing an element.	Poor Headline and lead give very little clue to the main idea of the article. Photo is meaningless or missing. Very little organization and confusing content.
Design	Excellent The design is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, neatness, dominance, graphics, size, etc. Nearly professional quality.	Good The design is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness. Would be acceptable format for our school paper.	Fair The design is somewhat attractive though it may be a bit disorganized and does not demonstrate a clear understanding of layout. Appears quite unprofessional.	Poor The design is distractingly cluttered or devoid of necessary elements and very poorly designed. It is not attractive.
Additional Content	Excellent All content is related to the theme and would be of interest to the readers: 2 secondary articles, list, cartoon, advertisement, etc. Contains additional content not on assignment sheet. Well written and exciting.	Good All content is related to the theme and would be of some interest to the readers. Well written.	Fair All content is at least loosely related to the theme and somewhat interesting. Leaves something to be desired.	Poor Content does not relate to chosen theme. Missing required contet.
Mechanics	Excellent Great attention to detail. Very few mistakes (imperceptible to most) in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and typing.	Good Good attention to detail. A few mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and typing.	Fair Needs another proofreading. Some obvious mistakes.	Poor Riddles with errors that would have been detected with better proofreading.

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graphic design

Subjects:

Arts and Design

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Assignment

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