Name: ____________________________

Grade: _______________

American Literature: The Great Gatsby

Pronote Mark #3: Newspaper Article

Instructions: Each student will write a newspaper article about the chapter 7. Take a point of
view on the story and write an article about the event. The article can mention all characters or
just one. The article should be no more than 1 page. Make sure to include the follow:
- Headline, a heading or title.
- Lead sentence that must convey essential information, sets the tone and entice
audience to continue reading.
- Describe who, what, when, where, and why (5Ws).
- Supporting details related to the article.
- Creativity such as outline, drawing, colors, cover page, etc.
See rubric for more details.

Final Pronote Mark #1: _____________________

 HEADLINE 1 2 3
The article is Article has a Article has a
missing a heading. headline that headline that
does not describe accurately
the content. describes the
content.
LEAD 1 2 3
SENTENCE The article has no Lead sentence is Lead sentence
clear lead not clearly tells most
sentence connected to the important
article. details.
WHO, WHAT, 1 2 3 4
WHEN, The article is The article is The article is Article
WHERE, WHY missing 4 W’s missing 2-3 W’s missing only 1W. adequately
addresses the
5W’s
SUPPORTING 1 2 3 4
DETAILS The details are Some details in Most details in The details in
neither clear nor the article are the article are the article are
supportive to the clear but they do clear but some do clear and
topic/article. not support the not support the supportive of
topic/article. topic/article.
the topic/article.
SPELLING AND 1 2 3 4
GRAMMAR Multiple spelling Multiple spelling Minor spelling No obvious
grammatical and grammatical and grammatical spelling or
errors. errors. Able to errors. Able to grammatical
Exceedingly read. read. errors.
difficult to read.
CREATIVITY 1 2
Somewhat Very creative.
creative.

TOTAL
POINTS

20