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Newspaper Article Summary Newspaper Article Summary Rubric Choose a current Science article from a newspaper or SuperScience that interest you. Write a summary of the article and a response to it. Rubric Code: H88XCB By elvirab Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Homework Grade Levels: K-5

News Article Critique
	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Article Choice	Good Article selected is current Includes the name and author of the article, name of the newspaper or magazine and the articale date.	Fair Article selected is current but not about sciece or missing 1-2: name and author of the article, name of the newspaper or magazine and the articale date.	Poor Article selected is not current and not about science or missing more than 2 name, author of the article, name of the newspaper or magazine and the articale date.
Summary	Good The article is clearly summarized - only the key points of the article are touched upon. Good conclusion about the impact of the article.	Fair The article is clearly summarized, but not all are main points. or the summary is not clear.or unclear conclusion about the impact of the article.	Poor The article summary is unclear or overly detailed or missing a conclusion.
Organization	Good The summary includes details & the response to it are well organized. Clear title intro, body and conclusion.	Fair The summary of the article and the response to it are somewhat organized. Includes most of the requirements.	Poor Neither the summary of the article, nor the response to it are organized, unclear or non-existent intro, body and conclusion. Or does not nclude requirements.
Mechanics Requirements	Good There are no grammatical errors or incorrect word usage and there is a title.	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.