Newspaper Cover Project

Students Score

Point Scale
Rubric Components
15

10

Student is working

Participation

n/a

with group well and

communicating with
everyone in group

Student is working in

Student is not working

group but not

with group or

communicating well

communicating

Student spent time

Research/ Historical Fact

Check

n/a

checking their facts

Student did some

and history to create

research and fact

news stories that

checking, but news

could be real news

stories did not reflect

stories from the time

research.

Student did not do any

research and their
news stories reflected
the lack of research.

period.
Student has

Organization

information organized

Students had their

and their work and

information organized

news stories are well

mostly and helped

thought out and

organize their cover

helped organize their

page.

Student did not

Students had their

organize their work

research or helped

and research and they

organize their cover

could not participate in

page, but not both.

putting together their

cover page.

cover page.

Presentation/Overall
Cover Page

The newspaper cover

The cover page is

The cover page is

The cover page is not

page is organized and

mostly organized and

mostly organized or

organized and very

clearly laid out. The

laid out. The

laid out well or the

poorly designed. The

information is

information is

information is mostly

information is not

accurate.

accurate.

accurate, but not both.

accurate.