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News Story/Feature writing News Story/Feature Reporting Feature Article Rubric Code: KA3A95 By emac32 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

News Story The student will create a feature article.
	Good 6 pts	Fair 4 pts	Poor 2 pts
Engages the reader Creates reader interest by selecting an interesting topic.	Good Opens with a relevant introduction of several sentences that engages the reader with a specific situation or uses statistics to describe aspect of story and states main thesis .	Fair Opens with a short lead of only a sentence or two, which is interesting enough that the reader does not mind continuing with the article. Main thesis is apparent.	Poor Opens with a reference to the topic which may not be of particular or appropriate interest; main idea is not clear.
Builds content Develops the news story with facts and details	Good Uses significant numbers of strategy to develop content, such as, sequence and transitions; quotations; vocabulary (to enhance mental images of people and places); drama; sensory details	Fair Uses some strategies to develop content and heighten interest.	Poor Content is not developed effectively; writing does not engage the reader.
Establishes a sense of closure Wraps up story or investigation	Good Creates a satisfying ending by summarizing main points; if investigative report, ends with a global question that may suggest or encourage further exploration	Fair Uses a summarization strategy	Poor Simply ends
Conventions Revises and edits news story to eliminate sentence, usage, grammar, spelling and punctuation errors	Good The paper is virtually error free	Fair Contains a few errors in more than one of the specified conventions; some problems with coherence	Poor Contains numerous errors in several specified conventions; little if any attention given to sequence or organization