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Newspaper Article Summary Rubric Newspaper Article Summary Rubric Choose a current full-length article from a major newspaper or news website that reports on current events. Write a summary of the article and a response to it. Please see "News Article Format" handout for additional directions. Rubric Code: EC2674 By melodeesweeney Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 9-12

News Article Critique
	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Summary	Good The article is clearly and succinctly summarized - only the key points of the article are touched upon.	Fair The article is clearly summarized, but some sub points are addressed along with main points. The summary is not succinct.	Poor The article summary is unclear or overly detailed.
Critique	Good Strengths and weaknesses that are central to the article are addressed.	Fair Strengths and weaknesses that are peripheral to the article are addressed.	Poor Strengths and weaknesses are addressed peripherally, weakly, or not at all.
Article Choice	Good Article selected is current, thorough and discusses a current event.	Fair Article selected is current, somewhat thorough but minimally discusses a current event.	Poor Article selected is current, but is not thorough and does not address a current event.
Organization	Good Both the summary of the article and the response to it are well organized. Each has a very clear intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is clearly stated. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper is made clear early in the paper.	Fair Both the summary of the article and the response to it are somewhat organized. Each has a moderately clear intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is unclearly stated. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper is not made clear early in the paper.	Poor Neither the summary of the article, nor the response to it are organized, has an unclear or non-existent intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is not stated and the name of the newspaper and author of the article are not stated or stated late.
Mechanics Requirements	Good Requirements are met and there are no grammatical errors or incorrect word usage.	Fair Requirements are met and there are 1-4 grammatical or word usage errors.	Poor Requirements are not met. There are 5+ grammatical or word usage errors.