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Ballad Newspaper Article

Newspaper Article Writing

This rubric is to be used to assess a student's final copy of an article for the classroom newspaper.

Rubric Code: ZX4CCB9

By sharpech12

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Ballad Newspaper Article
	Unacceptable 10 pts	Acceptable 15 pts	Exemplary 20 pts
Important Information	Unacceptable The article does not tell who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts are incomplete or wrong.	Acceptable The article tells 3 of the following: who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts are primarily correct.	Exemplary The article contains all 5 W's: who, what, where, when, and why/how. The facts are complete and correct.
Reporting Format	Unacceptable The article does not contain a lead.<BR> <BR> The article is primarily an opinion.<BR> <BR> This article primarily uses first person point-of-view.	Acceptable The article contains a lead but it is not interesting.<BR> <BR> The article contains an opinion.<BR> <BR> This article is a mix of different points-of-view, including first and third.	Exemplary The article contains and interesting/ exciting lead.<BR> <BR> The article is free of opinions.<BR> <BR> This article is in third person point-of-view with no use of first or second person point-of-view.
Writing Mechanics	Unacceptable The article is vague and unclear.<BR> <BR> The article contains many spelling errors.<BR> <BR> The article contains many grammatical errors.	Acceptable The article contains few sentences that are unclear to the reader.<BR> <BR> The article contains few spelling errors.<BR> <BR> The article contians few grammatical errors.	Exemplary The article is clear and concise.<BR> <BR> The article contains only 1 or 2 spelling errors.<BR> <BR> The article contains only 1 or 2 grammatical errors.
Editing and Language	Unacceptable The article was neither edited nor shows use of language of a journalist.	Acceptable The article shows some edits and uses the language of a journalist but is not consistent.	Exemplary The article was completely edited and used language of a journalist.
Creativity	Unacceptable The article does not show any creativity and simply summarizes the story.	Acceptable The article shows some creativity and summarizes the story.	Exemplary The article shows creativity in every element of the writing and summarizes the story