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Article Assessment

Article Assessment--Feature/Sports/News/Entertainment

Feature/Sports/News/Entertainment

Rubric Code: Y22CX68

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: (none)

Newspaper Article Writing
	Developing 1 pts	Apprentice 2 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Distinguished 4 pts
Lead	Developing The article's lead shows no attempt to catch the reader's attention and set an appropriate tone for the article, or it does so in a completely unsuccessful way.	Apprentice The article's lead attempts to catch the reader's attention and set an appropriate tone for the article, but it may not do so successfully.	Proficient The article's lead catches the reader's attention and sets an appropriate tone for the rest of the article.	Distinguished The article's lead shows a mastery of feature writing that goes beyond what we learned in class.
Facts	Developing The article does not tell who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts may be incomplete, wrong, or not properly sourced.	Apprentice The article tells some but not all of the following: who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts are primarily correct; some facts may be incomplete or improperly sourced; key information may be not be in an appropriate place.	Proficient The article contains all 5 W's: who, what, where, when, and why/how. The facts are complete, correct, and properly sourced; the key information is properly placed at the beginning of the article.	Distinguished The article organizes and describes the 5 Ws and 1 H with skill and clarity that show mastery beyond what we learned in class.
Angle	Developing The article is highly unfocused and fails to establish an angle.	Apprentice The article attempts to establish an angle, but it is unclear what the angle is; OR the article may establish an angle that is not newsworthy or is otherwise inappropriate for the article.	Proficient The article establishes its angle clearly, and the angle is appropriate for the article.	Distinguished The article's angle shows insight and reporting ability that show mastery of feature writing beyond what we learned in class.
Sources/Interview	Developing The article uses only one source, or its sources are not reliable or appropriate. The article may be highly biased.	Apprentice The article uses multiple sources, but its sources may be only somewhat reliable and/or appropriate. The article may show bias to some degree.	Proficient The article uses multiple sources that are highly reliable and appropriate. The article does not show bias.	Distinguished The article uses multiple sources in research that shows mastery beyond what we learned in class.
Body	Developing The article's body does not develop the angle established in the lead/by the facts, or develops the angle in a way that is confusing or inappropriate for a news article.	Apprentice The article's body attempts to develop the angle established by the lead/facts, but the facts/details/quotes are inaccurate, not clearly described, or insufficient.	Proficient The article's body accurately develops the angle established by the lead/facts. Information is organized in an effective way, and the body uses a variety of appropriate details and/or quotes.	Distinguished The article's body develops the story in a way that shows mastery beyond what we learned in class.
News style	Developing The article is written in overly long paragraphs, or has no grafs/paragraphing at all. The article uses mostly vocabulary that is inappropriate for news style.	Apprentice The article has some paragraphs of appropriate length, but some grafs/paragraphs are overly long. The article uses some vocabulary that is appropriate for news style.	Proficient The article is written in appropriately short grafs/paragraphs. The article uses vocabulary that is appropriate for news style.	Distinguished The article uses news style in a way that shows mastery beyond what we studied in class.
Grammar	Developing The article has obvious major errors in news style and mechanics; the editor has to rewrite and "fix-up" incredibly large portions of the text.	Apprentice The article has enough errors in news style and mechanics that the editor has an unreasonable amount of "fix-up" to do.	Proficient The article may have minor errors in mechanics or news style, but the article is a strong article with a variety of punctuation and sentence types.	Distinguished The article uses news style and mechanics in a way that shows mastery beyond what we studied in class. Your article is flawless and has a variety of punctuation and sentence types.

Keywords:

Newspaper Article Writing, Writing Workshop - Newspapers

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