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Newspaper Article Newspaper Article Create two newspaper articles that might be found in the following sections of the newspaper; Horoscope, Medical News, Healthy Living, Business, Computing, Weather, Sports News, Television, Movies, Theater, Calendar of Events, Food, Fashion, Travel, Classifieds, Advertisements. Students will work in groups. Each student must choose 2 different topic areas. Rubric Code: N5C733 By squeaker4life Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Reading Grade Levels: 9-12

Newspaper Article
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Neatness	Poor Unable to read, very messy, and/or many misspelled words.	Fair Unable to read or messy.	Good Hard to read or somewhat messy.	Excellent Neat and legible
Completion	Poor Vague undeveloped work or assignment is incomplete.	Fair Elements lack depth or article is missing parts (Title, Author, Information)	Good Elements lack depth or article is missing one paragraph	Excellent All elements are shown and fully developed.
Accuracy	Poor Not complete. Did not fully complete either document.	Fair Completed only one out of the two required documents.	Good More than one document completed, but not two fully completed.	Excellent Completed both documents fully.
Creativity	Poor Student does not use any imagination or thought/planning when completing this task.	Fair Student presents an average amount of imagination or thought/planning.	Good Student is somewhat creative with the project and thoughts/planning are observed.	Excellent Student goes above and beyond with their articles and puts a great deal of creativity, thought, and planning into their work.
Time	Poor Two or more days late.	Fair Not done on time, turned in 1 day late.	Good Turned in on time, just so they weren't late.	Excellent Turned in on time, fully completed.