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Front Page Challenge 
Front Page News Assignment
Students are to design and produce the front page of their own newspaper. Students will incorporate the major elements of a front page and will determine the newsworthiness of 8 fake stories.
Rubric Code: NA9BW8
By JMacInnis
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Subject: Journalism  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Advanced

Wow! Looks professionally done.

5 pts

Thorough

Well done, nicely executed.

4 pts

Acceptable

I know you can do better...

3 pts

Partial

Put some more effort into it...

2 pts

Minimal

1 pts

Headlines

New headlines are written for each story on the front page
Advanced

Headlines are interesting, dynamic, creative
Thorough

Headlines are well written and include necessary information.
Acceptable

Headlines are clear, but lacking creativity.
Partial

Headlines are somewhat informative.
Minimal

Headlines are poorly written or missing.
Organization

the layout of the page matches the importance of the stories
Advanced

Newspaper is clearly and neatly prganized and visually appealing to the audience.
Thorough

Newspaper is clearly and neatly organized. It is easily understood by audience.
Acceptable

Newspaper is organized, but could be neater or more easily understood.
Partial

Newspaper is somewhat organzied, but not easily understood by the uninformed reader. Construction is not neat.
Minimal

There is no or little organization evident in the newspaper. Constuction is sloppy.
Presentation & Illustrations

The look of the front page
Advanced

Final front page of the newspaper is well designed, representing an actual paper. Students go above and beyond to make the newspaper page look as close to real as possible.
Thorough

Final front page of the newspaper is well designed, representing an actual paper.
Acceptable

Final front page of the newspaper is designed satisfactorily and closely represents an actual paper.
Partial

Final front page is poorly designed and has only a few characteristics of a real paper.
Minimal

Final front page is very poorly designed and contains no characteristics of a real paper.
Newsworthiness

The document supplementing your front page and noting your decisions.
Advanced

The newsworthy factor of each story was explored and examined. Stories not featured on the front page were also discussed.
Thorough

The explanation of newsworthiness was complete.
Acceptable

The stories were ranked based on the criteria of newsworthiness and a brief explanation was provided.
Partial

Newsworthiness of the stories was not explained. Only a list was provided.
Minimal

No explanation of newsworthiness provided.
Participation

Individual mark assigned by teacher, noted beside group mark.
Advanced

The students in the group participated fully and had a major impact on the development of the front page newspaper.
Thorough

The students in the group participated fully and had an impact on the development of the front page newspaper.
Acceptable

The students in the group had somewhat full participation, but did not fully impact on the development of the front page newspaper.
Partial

The students in the group had partial participation, but did not impact on the development of the front page newspaper.
Minimal

Students in the group did not have full participation in the group and information was not relevant to the development of the front page newspaper.



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