This document provides a rubric for grading a newspaper article assignment. It evaluates articles based on inclusion of key elements like a headline, byline and city of origin (4 points). It also assess the accuracy of reported facts (4 points), inclusion of the 5 Ws (4 points), use of relevant graphics (4 points), and grammar and spelling (4 points). The assignment is out of 20 points total and additional feedback can be provided to students.
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Newspaper Article Grading Rubric
This document provides a rubric for grading a newspaper article assignment. It evaluates articles based on inclusion of key elements like a headline, byline and city of origin (4 points). It also assess the accuracy of reported facts (4 points), inclusion of the 5 Ws (4 points), use of relevant graphics (4 points), and grammar and spelling (4 points). The assignment is out of 20 points total and additional feedback can be provided to students.
Article has a headline, Article is missing Article is missing Article is missing byline, and lists the one of the two of the the headline, Headline, Byline, city of origin following: following: headline, byline, AND the City of Origin accurately for the headline, byline, byline, city of origin city of origin for article that draws the city of origin for for the article. the article. ___/4 reading in. the article. All supported facts All supported Most supportive NO facts are are listed accurately facts are listed facts are reported reported OR most Accuracy of Facts AND credit is given to accurately. accurately. are inaccurately the origin author or reported. ___/4 publisher. Article adequately The article is The article is The article is Who, What, When, addresses the 5 W’s missing on of the missing 2 of the 5 missing 3 or more Where, and Why (who, what, when, 5 W’s. W’s. of the 5 W’s. ___/4 where, why). Photographs were Photographs Photograph(s) No photographs added to the were added to were added to the were added to the newspaper article the newspaper newspaper but newspaper article. Graphics that were related to article that were sloppy, the topic and related to the unrelated to the enhanced the writing. topic but did not topic, and seemed enhance the out of place. ___/4 writing. Writer(s) make no Writer(s) makes Writer(s) make 3-4 Writer(s) makes errors in grammar or 1-2 errors in errors in grammar more than 4 errors Grammar and spelling that distracts grammar or or spelling that in grammar or Spelling the reader from the spelling that distract the reader spelling that content. distract the from the content. distract the reader reading from the from the content. ___/4 content.