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Newspaper Newspaper Project Rubric Code: S7W8A4 By CSLINEY Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Newspaper
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Illustrations/photos	Poor No illustration/photo w as included.	Fair At least one illustration/photo related to an article was included.	Good Two illustrations/photos were included that were related to an article.	Excellent Three or more illustrations/photos were included that were related to an article.
Presentation	Poor The newspaper shows no creativity. Newspaper appears thrown together and/or not layed out logically with empty spaces that articles, etc. could fit into	Fair The newspaper shows a little creativity. Newspaper has all articles, photos, headlines and bylines, with NO white spaces, but has articles, etc. crooked and/or lots of empty spaces.	Good The newspaper shows some creativity. Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines.	Excellent The newspaper shows a lot of creativity. Newspaper is neatly laid out with articles, photos, headlines.
Article Length	Poor The articles have less than one paragraph.The article was not accurate and/or consistent with the story. It did not answer the 5W questions.	Fair The articles have one paragraph.The article contained some accurate facts and answered most of the 5W questions.	Good The articles have 2-3 paragraphs and/or have two or fewer spelling/grammar errors. The article was accurate, but did not answer most of the 5W questions.	Excellent The articles have at least 4 paragraphs and/or have two or fewer spelling/grammar errors. The article was consistent with the story, and did answer all of the 5W questions.
Headlines and Bylines	Poor No headlines and/or bylines were included	Fair Some headlines and/or bylines were included that related to the accompanying article	Good Most articles were accompanied by an headline, byline and photo credit and caption.	Excellent Each article was accompanied by an headline, byline and photo credit and caption.
Extra Additions	Poor Does not include an advice column.	Fair Includes an advice column, but the advice would not be relevant of the time period.	Good Includes an advice column that mostly reflects advice that would be given during the time period chosen, but	Excellent Includes an advice column that reflects advice that would be given during the time period chosen