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Yellow Journalism Newspaper Article Historical Newspaper Article Students will write a "sensational" newspaper article about an event around the Spanish American War or Imperialism in general. Rubric Code: E9972C By sbosch Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Newspaper Article
	Improvement Needed 0 pts	Meets Expectations 2 pts	Exceeds Expectations 4 pts
Headline 1 pts	Improvement Needed No headline included for article.	Meets Expectations Headline is included, but is simply a description of the article. Is NOT sensational in anyway.	Exceeds Expectations Headline is included, describes the article and is sensational and eye catching.
Article Content 2 pts	Improvement Needed The article had little historical basis and/or did not include the most important essential details.	Meets Expectations The article presented historically accurate facts and with essential details in a very straightforward manner.	Exceeds Expectations The article is historically accurate and contained all essential details, but stresses/exaggerates the parts of the story that would change American opinions.
Picture 2 pts	Improvement Needed No picture included.	Meets Expectations A picture or political cartoon is included, but has little relevance to the story it is attached to.	Exceeds Expectations A picture or political cartoon is included that is very relevant to the story told in the article and is used to stress the articles main points.
Grammar and Spelling 1.5 pts	Improvement Needed Article has many errors in several sentences in grammar or spelling or both	Meets Expectations Article has almost all words spelled correctly and most grammar is correct in all sentences	Exceeds Expectations Every sentence in the article has perfect grammar and spelling