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Newspaper Article Newspaper Article Rubric Code: J2C2W6 By bandman1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Newspaper Article
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
paragraphing	Poor writes 1-2 sentence paragraphs	Fair writes 3-4 sentence paragraphs	Good writes 5-6 sentence paragaphs
opening	Poor opening is not on topic	Fair opening is on topic	Good uses interesting opening on topic
ending	Poor ends abruptly	Fair ending closes article	Good ending closes article with restatement of focus
punctuation	Poor lacks adequate punctuation	Fair uses adequate punctuation	Good uses proper punctuation effectively
capitalization	Poor lacks adequate capitalization	Fair uses capital letters at beginning of sentences	Good uses capital letters effectively
language	Poor gets message across	Fair uses some interesting language	Good uses rich, interesting language
title	Poor has a title	Fair has a title related to topic	Good has an attention getting title on topic
content	Poor uses opinions	Fair uses verifiable facts	Good uses verifiable facts in an informative, interesting way