NewspaperArticleRubric

EssentialQuestion:
Howdoestheknowledgewegainempowerus?

ProficientWriting AdvancedWriting

____Textfeaturesareusedtoorganizethe ____Allproficientcriteriaischecked
article(pictures,captions,&headings)
____Articleiswritteninawaytosparkextra
---Researchisincorporatedtohighlightmain research,interest,orchangeinthereader
ideaand4subtopics
____Specialattentiontowordchoiceand
---4wellorganizedandfullyexplained sentencestructureusedthroughoutthearticle.
paragraphsareincluded

____Writingisclear,coherent,andfreeof
grammaticalerrors.

IncorporatingResearch:LearningTarget2
4 3 2 1 0

Icansynthesizecontent Icananalyzeandevaluate Icanretellinformation Icanlocate/readtextand Noevidenceor

fromvariousanddiverse informationfromvarious foundinvarioustextand mediatounderstanda insufficientevidence
textandmediainorderto textandmediato mediatodemonstratemy topicorissue. ofunderstandinga
developandjustifyanew understandatopicorissue. understandingofatopic topicusingrelevant
understandingofatopic. orissue. textandmedia.

Writing/Organization:LearningTarget5

4 3 2 1 0

Icanproduceclearand Icanproduceclearand Icanproducewriting Icanproduce Noevidenceorinsufficient

coherentwritinginwhich
thedevelopment,
organization,andstyle
challengestheaudiences
thinkingand/orprovokes
aresponse.
coherentwritinginwhich thatisappropriateto writingthathas evidenceofproducingclearand
thedevelopment, task,purpose,and apurpose. coherentwritinginwhichthe
organization,andstyleare audience. development,organization,and
appropriatetotask,purpose, styleareappropriatetotask,
andaudience. purpose,andaudience.