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Fake News Project Fake News Project Write a fake news article about an event/person/topic that has opposing viewpoints. Write a headline and a subhead. Begin with a strong lead. Answer the questions who, what, when, why (or how), and where in your article. Rubric Code: T233534 By memememeiii Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Highly Skilled (N/A)	Skilled (N/A)	Developing Skill (N/A)	Needs to Develop Skill (N/A)
FAKE NEWS ELEMENTS (WRITING)	Highly Skilled The embedded quote, facts, or statistic used as reference enhances or improves the quality and style of the paragraph tremendously.	Skilled The embedded quote, fact, or statistic used as reference enhances or improves the quality and style of the paragraph.	Developing Skill The embedded quote, fact, or statistic used as reference enhances or improves the quality and style of the paragraph, to some effect.	Needs to Develop Skill The embedded quote, fact, or statistic used as reference does very little to enhance or improve the quality and style of the paragraph.
APPLICATION/COMMUNICATION (WRITING & MEDIA)	Highly Skilled Well organized and sequenced. Answers the who, what, when, where, and why or how clearly. Audience is clearly addressed. Maintains a central idea.	Skilled Article is organized and makes sense. Answers the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. Stays on the topic. Loaded language used to show bias and/or humorous or manipulative tone.	Developing Skill Article makes sense, but lacks organization. Answers most of the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. Loaded language somewhat used to partially show bias and/or humorous or manipulative tone. .	Needs to Develop Skill Article is confusing and without a clear purpose. May not answer the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Writer seems unaware of audience. Not enough. Not effectively using language to establish humor or a tone in the article. No obvious bias.
CREATIVITY (MEDIA)	Highly Skilled Layout is well-organized; font size is in relation to the size of the page; size and quality of images is appropriate; great contrast between background and text	Skilled Layout is organized; more than three fonts sizes; size and quality of images is appropriate; great contrast between background color and text	Developing Skill Layout is somewhat organized; too many different font sizes; images are too big/small; background color and text somewhat contrast	Needs to Develop Skill Layout and design is unorganized; background color is too dark/light; fonts either too big/small