iRubric: Newspaper Article Summary Rubric

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Newspaper Article Summary Rubric Journal Article Summary Rubric Choose a current full-length article from a major newspaper that reports on a subject of national or global interest. Write a summary of the article and a response to it. Please see Global Week In Review Midterm Instructions for additional directions. Rubric Code: P6AXW7 By KDunne Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 9-12

Journal Article Critique
	Good 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Summary	Good The article is clearly and succinctly summarized - only the key points of the article are touched upon.	Fair The article is clearly summarized, but some sub points are addressed along with main points. The summary is not succinct.	Poor The article summary is unclear or overly detailed.
Critique	Good Strengths and weaknesses that are central to the article are addressed.	Fair Strengths and weaknesses that are peripheral to the article are addressed.	Poor Strengths and weaknesses are addressed peripherally, weakly, or not at all.
Article Choice	Good Article selected is current, thorough and of national or global importance.	Fair Article selected is current, somewhat thorough but of limited national or global importance.	Poor Article selected is current, but is not thorough and is of no national or global importance.
Organization	Good Both the summary of the article and the response to it are well organized. Each has a very clear intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is clearly stated. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper is made clear early in the paper.	Fair Both the summary of the article and the response to it are somewhat organized. Each has a moderately clear intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is unclearly stated. The name and author of the article, as well as the name of the newspaper is not made clear early in the paper.	Poor Neither the summary of the article, nor the response to it are organized, has an unclear or non-existent intro, body and conclusion. The impact of the news story is not stated and the name of the newspaper and author of the article are not stated or stated late.
Mechanics Requirements	Good Requirements are met and there are no grammatical errors or incorrect word usage.	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.