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Maycomb Weekly - To Kill a Mockingbird A Doll's House Newspaper Pretend you are a writer for the Maycomb Weekly, the newspaper for the town in which Scout and Jem live in. You have been chosen to write an article about Tom Robinson’s trail. You have been following along with the trial by sitting in during court and interviewing the people of the town. This assignment is worth 100 pts. and will be graded not only on content but creativity and neatness. Rubric Code: X9A9A2 By TheresaCox14 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 9-12

Content
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 15 pts
Trail section	Poor Article does not depict the events that occur in the trial.	Fair The Article explains events that happened during the trail, with limited details.	Good The article fully explains the events of the trial. It provides details and the event is important enough for the front page.
Interview	Poor The interview with a character does not depict developed information about the novel.	Fair The interview with a character explains limited details.	Good The interview with a character is very developed and gives important details.
#1 Culture column	Poor The column does not focus on culture.	Fair The column contains some culture but is not the main focus.	Good The column focuses on culture and properly represents it.
#2 Culture column	Poor The column does not focus on culture.	Fair The column contains some culture but is not the main focus.	Good The column focuses on culture and properly represents it.
Mechanics
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 5 pts	Good 10 pts
Layout	Poor The newspaper does not have a title or author. The articles do not meet page length/word count.	Fair The newspaper has a title and author. One or more of the articles does not meet the page length/word count.	Good The newspaper has a complete title and author. All the articles meet the page length/word count.
Creativity	Poor The newspaper lacks creativity.	Fair The newspaper contains some creativity.	Good The newspaper is filled with creativity.
Grammar	Poor The articles are filled with grammatical errors.	Fair There are few grammatical errors.	Good All articles are grammatically correct.
Quotes	Poor Missing quotes from text.	Fair Uses some quotes but incorrectly throughout the newspaper.	Good Uses quotes correctly throughout the newspaper.