iRubric: News Article for grade 6 rubric

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.
Article jumps around, no fluidity.

Article makes sense, but lacks organization. Answers most of the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. Article skips around, some fluidity.

Article is organized and makes sense. Answers the who, what, when, where, and why or how questions. Shows some awareness of audience. Article flows and is easy to understand.

Well organized and sequenced. Answers the who, what, when, where, and why or how clearly. Audience is clearly addressed. Article shows fluidity and use of writing to draw the reader in.

Frequent errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.
Has errors that make comprehension difficult.

May include some incomplete sentences. Some errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.
Exhibits some errors that that do not interfere with comprehension.

Writes using complete sentences. Few errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.
Shows some errors when using sophisticated language. Follows writing guidelines

Sentences are well constructed and varied. Strong control of grammar. No errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Has little style errors.

No image created. No caption.

Little effort on the image created or doesn't pertain to the subject. Caption not relevant to image.

An image was inserted and is clear and pertains to the subject. Caption relevant to image, but not catchy.

An image was inserted that is creative and shows much effort. Caption relevant to image and catchy.

1 section is included.

2 sections are included.

3-4 sections are included.

Newspaper name, headline, subheading, byline and word count present. All very catchy and relevant to article.