NewspaperRubric

Criteria
Essential
Parts

Content

Exceptional
(4pts)
Allpatsofa
newspaperare
present.
Extraisadded
andnewspaper
exceeds
expectations.
Exceptional
information.
Providesatrue
conceptofits
purpose.

Pictures

Mechanics

Designand
Appearance

Hasan
educational
purpose.
Avarietyof
picturesand
captionsare
present.
No
grammatical,
spelling,or
punctuation
errors.
Verycreative
andattractive.
Exceeds
expectations.

Great
(3pts)
Newspaperis
complete.All
partsare
present.

Fair
(2pts)
Newspaperis
partially
complete.A
fewpartsare
missing.

Poor
(1pts)
Newspaperis
incomplete.
Manypartsare
missing.

Developed
information
providesagood
descriptionof
thetopic.

Partially
developed
information
givesafair
descriptionof
thetopic.

Verybasic
informationand
littledetail.

Allpicturesand Afewpictures
captionsare
andcaptions
clear.
arepresent.

Nopicturesor
captionsare
present.

OneorTwo
grammatical,
spelling,or
punctuation
errors.
Complete
design,shows
creativityand
organization.

MorethanFour
grammatical,
spelling,or
punctuation
errors.
Unorganized
design.

ThreeorFour
grammatical,
spelling,or
punctuation
errors.
Organized
design,simple
presentation,
andlittle
creativity.

Graphicsare
notunique.
Emptyspace.

Totals
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