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Writing: News Story Social Studies: News Stories Animal Shelter Rubric Code: V2649X By jmata2600 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

News Story
	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
LEad	Good Lead draws reader in and is on topic.	Fair Lead draws reader in, but may lack focus of topic.	Poor Lead is not interesting and topic is not included.
5 W's + H	Good News story answers who, what, when, why, where, what, and how.	Fair Most of the 5 W's are addressed in the news story.	Poor Few of the 5 W's are addressed in the news story.
Prewriting	Good Prewriting is present and complete/organized.	Fair Prewriting is present, but incomplete or disorganized.	Poor Prewriting is not present.
Revising/Eiditing	Good Proper paragraphing and sentence structure is evident. Proper conventions are used.	Fair Most of the paragraphs and sentences are correct. Most conventions are correct.	Poor Improper sentence and paragraph structure are used. Conventions are incorrect. Editing/Revising are not evident.
Focus of topic	Good News story sticks to the topic.	Fair Focus of topic strays a bit.	Poor Writing does not focus on topic.