iRubric: Newspaper Article Assessment--Feature/Sports rubric

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.

The article does not tell who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts may be incomplete, wrong, or not properly sourced.

The article tells some but not all of the following: who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts are primarily correct; some facts may be incomplete or not properly sourced; the key information may be "buried" (i.e., not in the article's beginning).

The article's nut graph contains all 5 W's: who, what, where, when, and why/how. The facts are complete, correct, and properly sourced; the key information is properly placed at the beginning of the article.

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.

The article uses only one source, or its sources are not reliable or appropriate. The article may be highly biased.

The article uses multiple sources, but its sources may be only somewhat reliable and/or appropriate. The article may show bias to some degree.

The article uses multiple sources that are highly reliable and appropriate. The article does not show bias.

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.

The article is written in overly long paragraphs, or has no paragraphing at all.

The article uses mostly vocabulary that is inappropriate for news style.

The article has some paragraphs of appropriate length, but some paragraphs are overly long.
The article uses some vocabulary that is appropriate for news style.

Written in appropriately short paragraphs.
Uses vocabulary appropriate for news style:based on observable fact, simple,
--avoids statements of opinion