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News Article for grade 7 News Article Write a news article about a local event for a student newspaper. 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. Use at least 2 sources/quotes and include necessary stats. Sports articles must be 150 words, news articles 200 words. All stories must have art (photo or graphic). Rubric Code: AX225X4 By lacrossemommy Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

News Article
	Not Yet (N/A)	Almost There (N/A)	I Got It (N/A)	Amazing (N/A)
Form	Not Yet 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. Includes no quotes.	Almost There Article makes sense, but lacks organization. Answers most of the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. May wander off topic. Includes one quote.	I Got It 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. Includes two quotes.	Amazing Well organized and sequenced. Answers the who, what, when, where, and why or how clearly. Audience is clearly addressed. Maintains a central idea. Includes at least two quotes.
Content	Not Yet The article is missing 3 or more of the 5 W's.	Almost There The article is missing 2 of the 5 W's.	I Got It The article is missing one of the 5 W's.	Amazing Article adequately addresses the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and how).
Writing Conventions	Not Yet Incomplete or run-on sentences throughout. Frequent errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Follows few or no writing guidelines..	Almost There May include some incomplete or run-on sentences. Some errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Follows most writing guidelines.	I Got It Writes using complete sentences. Few errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Follows writing guidelines	Amazing Sentences are well constructed and varied. Strong control of grammar. No errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Follows writing guidelines.
Group Work	Not Yet I rarely shared my ideas. I was not interested in participating.	Almost There I didn't always share my ideas or stay on task	I Got It I participated, but didn't always remain on task	Amazing I participated by sharing my ideas and encouraging others.