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The Verona Times The Verona Times You will be creating your very own newspaper based on the play Romeo and Juliet. Your newspaper title and all that the paper contains must be about the story line. You may have an obituary section, editorial, cartoon, society news, fashion, advertisements, etc. This should look like an actual newspaper. Every team, is required to write at least 3 articles, contribute a drawing, create an 3 ads, and another article of your choice. Rubric Code: A2W544C By brieslocum Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Reading Grade Levels: 9-12

Newspaper
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 18 pts	Fair 15 pts	Needs Improvement 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Articles	Excellent The articles accurately depict the plot of the play.	Good The articles reflect an event from the play.	Fair The articles attempt to describe one event in the play, but are not well written.	Needs Improvement The articles are full of mistakes or have nothing to do with the play.	Poor The articles simply retell the play and have no coherence.
Elements	Excellent The newspaper contains four articles about the plot. It also contains 3 ads and a drawing.	Good The newspaper is missing one element. All articles still relate to the play.	Fair The newspaper is missing 2 elements. All articles still relate to the play.	Needs Improvement The newspaper is missing 3 or more elements. All elements still relate to the play.	Poor The article is missing more than 4 elements or all articles do not relate to the play.
Creativity (ads and drawing)	Excellent Students are very creative and the product was very well thought out. They used various fonts and had a creative page layout.	Good Students are creative and the product somewhat thought out with various colors.	Fair The product does not use a variety of colors or fonts and is just black and white.	Needs Improvement The newspaper does not seem to be well thought out.	Poor The information submitted is not arranged as a newspaper.
Neatness and Effort	Excellent The newspaper has no distracting errors or corrections. It is not messy and looks neat.	Good The newspaper has almost no errors or corrections. It is not messy and looks neat.	Fair The quality of the newspaper is messy.	Needs Improvement The newspaper is extremely messy.	Poor The information submitted is illegible.
Ads	Excellent The newspaper contains 3 ads, well done and creative.	Good The newspaper contains 3 ads.	Fair The newspaper contains 2 ads.	Needs Improvement The newspaper contains 1 ad.	Poor The newspaper does not contain ads.