News Story Analysis (Summative Assessment)

INSTRUCTIONS: Look at the Instructions for a Newspaper Analysis handout. See the rubric
below.

Categories Approaching Achieving the Exceeding the Significantly

the required required level required level of exceeded the
level of literacy of literacy literacy required level of
0 – 49% 50 - 64% 65 – 79% literacy
80 – 100%
KNOWLEDGE/ Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates
UNDERSTANDING limited adequate considerable thorough
Understanding of texts read knowledge of knowledge of knowledge of knowledge of
(eg., understanding of directly forms forms forms forms
stated and indirectly stated
information and ideas;
understanding of relationships
between ideas; understanding of
concepts and themes)
THINKING/INQUIRY
Critical and creative thinking skills
(eg. In reading: making inferences,
connecting ideas, integrating
personal knowledge to extend
meaning; in writing: developing
ideas; selecting, evaluating, and
organizing information; explaining;
forming conclusions)
Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates
limited moderate considerable a high degree
competence in competence in competence in of competence
using critical using critical using critical in using critical
and creative and creative and creative and creative
thinking skills thinking skills thinking skills thinking skills

COMMUNICATION Communicates Communicates Communicates Communicates

Communication of ideas ideas and ideas and ideas and ideas and
and information ​(eg, in information with information with information with information with a
reading response; in limited clarity moderate clarity considerable high degree of
writing pieces) clarity clarity