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News Article Rubric Copy of News Article Article for the 1920s literary magazine Rubric Code: AX5AW3 By drearnold Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

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	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 15 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Quality of information	Poor Information has little or no relevance to the subject.	Fair Information relates to the topic, but lacks examples, quotes, facts and statistics.	Good Information relates to the topic. Unfortunately, it provides little examples, quotes, facts and statistics.	Excellent Information relates to the topic. Several examples, quotes, facts and statistics are present.
Organization	Poor Article is disorganized, too short, lacks any structure. Topic unclear.	Fair Some information is organized. No flow between the paragraphs. Lacks 5-8 body paragraphs, a good introductory hook or a concluding paragraph.	Good Most information is organized as well as the paragraphs. There is a beginning, middle and end to the article, but one or more areas are lacking.	Excellent All information is very organized. Article has organized, well constructed paragraphs. There is an interesting hook, solid introductory paragraph, 5-8 body paragraphs and a summarizing conclusion.
Mechanics	Poor Many grammatical errors--more than 6-- such as spelling and punctuation.	Fair Fewer than 6 grammatical errors.	Good Fewer than 3 grammatical errors.	Excellent No grammatical errors! No run-ons, no fragments, no spelling mistakes or comma splices.
Creativity	Poor No creativity.	Fair Some creativity.	Good Creative and interesting.	Excellent Highly creative, interesting and eye catching.
Works cited	Poor Works cited page not well typed and lacking sources.	Fair Works cited page typed with minimal (1 or less) sources.	Good A well-typed works cited page with two or more sources.	Excellent A well-typed works cited page with a wide range of sources.
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