Online Newspaper Grading Rubric

Category	Emerging	Approaching	Meeting	Exceeding
Content	Many of the historical facts are irrelevant or inaccurate Most ideas are not supported with details Doesn’t mention Revolutions Not in your own words Doesn't use information from any unit	Most historical facts are relevant and accurate Some ideas are not sufficiently supported with details Mentions one other Revolution: American, French, Iranian, Cuban Uses 2-3 terms from units 1 & 2	All historical facts are relevant and accurate. Ideas are supported with specific, relevant and accurate details Compares Rev to one: American, French, Iranian, Cuban Uses 4 terms from units 1 & 2	Satisfies all the meeting criteria + Evidence of outside research (works cited page required) Compares Rev to 2: American, French, Iranian, Cuban Uses a lot of information from both other units
Historical Perspective	Demonstrates little awareness of contrasting view points Does not use any supporting details to explain perspective.	Demonstrates awareness of contrasting view points/perspectives Only one viewpoint has supporting details that help to explain the perspective.	Demonstrates awareness of contrasting view points/perspectives Uses details to explain the two contrasting viewpoints	Satisfies all the meeting criteria + Explains how conflicting values lead to different perspectives
Layout	Only 1 Article/ No Editorial Not all articles have headlines 1-2 Images Not all images have captions All Articles are on one page.	Only 2 Articles / Only 1 editorial All articles have headlines, but not all grab the readers’ attention. 3-4 Images Images have captions and some accurately describe the image Articles are on separate pages and don’t have links to each other.	3 Articles and 2 Editorials All articles have Headlines that grab the readers attention At least 5 images All images are relevant to article All images have concise captions that accurately describe the image Supporting articles and editorials have summary on front page and links to full articles	Satisfies all the meeting criteria More than 3 articles Image slideshow Links to resources/Websites Audio, Video or other animated links Contains fillers such as Ads, classifieds, sports, etc
Writing	Lead paragraph does not explain the purpose of the article. No clear thesis in editorial Many spelling and grammatical errors block meaning	Article establishes a clear purpose in the lead paragraph, but doesn’t support with more details. Editorial has a thesis, but is not organized to support thesis. More than a few grammatical or spelling errors that block meaning.	Article establishes a clear purpose in the lead paragraph, and gives many supporting details in the rest Editorial contains a clear thesis, and is organized to support thesis. Only a few grammatical or spelling errors that don’t block meaning.	Satisfies all the meeting criteria No grammatical or spelling errors
Group work	Consistently off task Disrespectful to other members ideas or contributions Rarely contributes or assists in the group project Does not follow through with commitments and responsibilities.	Often “off-task” or distracting Occasionally provides group with constructive comments Follows through with most commitments and responsibilities Presentation repetition or lacks transitions between members	Stays on task Makes sure every group member understands task and progress Treats members of group with respect Follows through with commitments and responsibilities Entire presentation flows well with transitions between members	Satisfies all the meeting criteria + Pulls group together when they are off task All group members can answer questions about poster Does extra work:_