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Newspaper Rubric News, Features, Sports 
Newspaper Article Assessment--Feature/Sports
This rubric is to be used to assess a student's final copy of a feature or sports article for the classroom newspaper.
Rubric Code: WC8XB5
By saweiss
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric News/Features/Sports
  No production / unsatisfactory

0 pts

Beginning

6 pts

Developing

8 pts

Excellent

10 pts

Lead

No production / unsatisfactory

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.
Beginning

The article's lead shows no attempt to catch the reader's attention and set an appropriate tone for the article, or it does so in a completely unsuccessful way.
Developing

The article's lead attempts to catch the reader's attention and set an appropriate tone for the article, but it may not do so successfully.
Excellent

The article's lead catches the reader's attention and sets an appropriate tone for the rest of the article.
Ws and H

No production / unsatisfactory

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.
Beginning

The article does not tell who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts may be incomplete, wrong, or not properly sourced.
Developing

The article tells some but not all of the following: who, what, when, where or why/how. The facts are primarily correct; some facts may be incomplete or not properly sourced; the key information may be "buried" (i.e., not in the article's beginning).
Excellent

The article contains all 5 W's: who, what, where, when, and why/how. The facts are complete, correct, and properly sourced; the key information is properly placed at the beginning of the article.
Angle

No production / unsatisfactory

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.
Beginning

The article is highly unfocused and fails to establish an angle.
Developing

The article attempts to establish an angle, but it is unclear what the angle is; OR the article may establish an angle that is not newsworthy or is otherwise inappropriate for the article.
Excellent

The article establishes its angle clearly, and the angle is appropriate for the article.
Sources

No production / unsatisfactory

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.
Beginning

The article uses only one source, or its sources are not reliable or appropriate. The article may be highly biased.
Developing

The article uses at least 2 sources, but its sources may be only somewhat reliable and/or appropriate. The article may show bias to some degree.
Excellent

The article uses multiple (more than 2) sources that are highly reliable and appropriate. The article does not show bias.
Body

No production / unsatisfactory

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.
Beginning

The article's body does not develop the angle established in the lead/nut graph, or develops the angle in a way that is confusing or inappropriate for a news article.
Developing

The article's body attempts to develop the angle established in the lead/nut graph, but the facts/details/quotes are inaccurate, not clearly described, or insufficient.
Excellent

The body clearly and accurately develops the angle established in the lead. Information is organized from most-important to least-important, and the body uses a variety of appropriate facts, details, and/or quotes.
Newspaper style

No production / unsatisfactory

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.
Beginning

The article is written in overly long paragraphs, or has no paragraphing at all.<BR>
<BR>
The article uses mostly vocabulary that is inappropriate for news style.
Developing

The article has some paragraphs of appropriate length, but some paragraphs are overly long.<BR>
The article uses some vocabulary that is appropriate for news style.
Excellent

Written in appropriately short paragraphs.<BR>
Uses vocabulary appropriate for news style:based on observable fact, simple,<BR>
--avoids statements of opinion
Editing

No production / unsatisfactory

The article missed its deadline and/or was not completed.
Beginning

The article has major errors in news style and mechanics; the writer has to rewrite and "fix-up" large portions of the text.
Developing

The article has enough errors in news style and mechanics that there is a significant amount of "fix-up" to do before publication.
Excellent

The article may have minor errors in mechanics or news style, but there is only has a little bit of "fix-up" to do before publication.



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  • Newspaper Article Writing, Writing Workshop - Newspapers


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