NEWS FOLDER CHECK RUBRIC

REQUIREMENT
Overall
organization
and
specifications

Neatness and

TO ACHIEVE

POINT RANGE

Proper news folder with sufficient plastic sleeves for the term and in good

0-1,5

condition. Organized chronologically with the terms separated clearly. Title

page with News written in bold as a title followed by students name,
teachers name, school year, class group, class number located inside the
front cover at the bottom. News article selected must have clear and direct
ties to Social Studies.
Clearly written and legible. Size 12 font (font must be clear and easily read.

readability

No cursive or windings) or similar if hand-written (straight lines). Proper

Completeness

Folder includes the required number of news articles for each term and

0-1

and adequate margins

0-2

each article is complete! Each article must include the following items: date,
headline, author, source, topic, summary, personal opinion, connection,
optional illustration, name and class number. No article may be older than
Quality of Work

one week.
Source is properly cited, headline in original language.

0-1

Summary is at least 10 sentences and is clear, concise,

0-1,5

and in students own words.

Personal opinion clearly states own ideas and expands

0-1,5

upon information from the article (5-7 sentences).

Connection addresses social, political, and economic ties

0-1,5

0-5,5

between the article and social studies content (5-7

sentences)
comments

Late?

-1

FIRST TERM

SECOND TERM

THIRD TERM