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Create a newspaper
using "who, what, when, where, why, and how" approach
to organizing the articles.
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Articles lack content
and do not cover who, what, when, where, why, and how
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Some articles have
content and some cover who, what, when, where, why,
and how
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Most articles have
content and most articles cover who, what, when, where,
why, how
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All articles provide
good content and all articles cover who, what, when,
where, why, and how
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Student creates
a relevant and coherent newspaper based on their research
on the main campaigns of World War II
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Student has done minimal
research during computer lab time. The newspaper does
not contain relevant and organized articles on the main
campaigns of World War II
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Student has done some
research during computer lab time, and some articles
are relevant and organized in reflecting the main campaigns
of World War II
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Student has done sufficient
research during computer lab time, and most articles
are relevant and organized in reflecting the main campaigns
of World War II
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Student has done an
excessive amount of research and has used the time in
the computer lab to it's fullest. The newspaper contains
most (if not all) of the main campaigns of World War
II
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Student has used
visual representations or pictures along with the articles
to enhance the main campaigns of World War II
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There are not visuals
in the newspaper, or the pictures provided are not relevant
to the main campaigns of World War II
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There are a few visuals
in the newspaper, and some of the pictures are relevant
to the topic
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There are visuals provided
in the newspaper and most are relevant to the topic
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There are several relevant
pictures related to the main campaigns of World War
II
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How well the directions
were followed
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Directions were not
followed
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Keep going you almost
had it. Some but not all directions were followed.
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Great job! You missed
1 direction.
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Awesome directions
were followed exactly
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All writing conventions
were followed.
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Sentences have poor
grammar and structure.
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There were numerous
grammar and sentence structure mistakes.
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Only of few sentences
had mistakes in them.
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No sentences were found
with mistakes in them. Great job!
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Graphics were appropriate
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Your graphics did not
fit the writing. The amount of graphics was not appropriate.
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Graphics were OK in
some cases, but many graphics did not fit the writing.
The amounts of the graphics could have been looked at
a little closer
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Almost there! Graphics
looked good for the most part.
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Great job on the graphics.
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Your writing was
easy to read and to understand.
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Writing was difficult
to understand. You need to continue to work your written
communication.
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Writing was somewhat
difficult to understand. You skipped around a little
in your thought process.
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Good job! I only saw
a few mistakes.
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This was awesome. You
had well thought out sentences and they all flowed nicely.
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Structure/Organization-
The structure is parallel to a newspaper article and
inverted pyramid.
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Information is missing
(minimum of 2 quotes, factual information)and/or order
is incorrect. (The most important information is not
listed first.)
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Inverted Pyramid structure
is attempted but not followed completely. Word choice
is not appropriate to task.
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Inverted Pyramid is
used. Most of information supports angle. Word choice
is grade appropriate, but may be slightly wordy.
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Inverted Pyramid is
used correctly. Information is relevant to angle. Information
is concise- straight to the point.
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Features- picture
and caption. Caption should support picture, which pertains
to angle.
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Picture or caption
may be missing. One could be irrelevant to the other.
Or both could be irrelevant.
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Either picture or caption
support your angle, but they may not support each other.
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Picture and caption
are relevant to the earthquake but they may not directly
support angle. Picture may not be attention grabbing.
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Picture is interesting
and supports caption, and vice versa. Angle is supported
through both.
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Headline/Byline-
Title of article and author.
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Dull, not interesting,
many errors. May have missing byline.
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Too long, too wordy,
errors in grammar/spelling. Includes both headline and
byline.
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Solid heading, but
does not have the "wow" factor. Both use grade appropriate
grammar/spelling.
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Creative, catchy, short.
Headline has "wow" factor. Skillful use of language,
and very few to no errors in grammar/spelling.
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Presentation- the
effort and layout of article, features, headline and
byline, is evident in final product.
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The font is illegible
or inappropriate to the task. The layout is not appealing.
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The presentation of
article is satisfactory but does not support the angle
of article. Font type/size may not flow with rest of
format.
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Layout is apparent
but not efficient in grabbing readers attention and/or
parts of article may not work together.
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The layout is visually
appealing. Spelling/grammar is on grade level.
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Content- angle,
factual information, eyewitness accounts, sequence (inverted
pyramid).
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There is no evidence
that task was followed. Content and angle are missing
or not used correctly; sequence is not followed.
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Content is evident
in article, but may not be accurate and/or relevant.
Inverted pyramid sequence is attempted.
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Content and angle are
evident and supported by resources used and follow the
inverted pyramid sequence.
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Angle and sequence
are evident throughout layout of article. Information
is skillfully used in a concise manner.
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COPY and STYLE
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no copy is present.
Overall styles are not correct.
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Copy is present, but
with incorrect size/style. Style is attempted, but mostly
incorrect.
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Copy has correct size/Style
most Style elements are correct.
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Copy has correct size/Style
and stories have different numbers of columns. All Style
elements are correct.
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SPACING BETWEEN
OBJECTS and USE OF WHITE SPACE
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elements on page appear
too crowded, there is not enough space between objects
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there is too much space
between page elements, the page looks disjointed.
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Space is used effectively,
but with major discrepancies.
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Use of white Space
is successfully used, with a few errors
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CREATIVITY
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very basic design;
little to no creativity. Only a few of the needed elements
are present, nontraditional element is not present.
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Design is almost successful.
Most elements are incorporated, but nontraditional element
is not present, and the Design falls short.
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Design is mostly successful.
All elements are incorporated, nontraditional element
is attempted, but not executed as well as it could be.
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Awesome Design; incorporates
All elements, has a nontraditional element, and successfully
ties All objects on the page together.
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