Headline Article Rubric

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r d P used his/ her own and the writer and/ or some in the final

g words to summarize clearly used word choice copy of the n W i

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p words. the writer. article. S s t n i o P

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e completed carefully meaningfully incorrectly or incorrectly or F

t and used correctly. used. is missing. are missing. x e T s t n i o P

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a Uses at least 3 Uses 2 Uses 1 Uses no

e t n r i x u g different, different additional text additional text e i t r T a

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t organizing the ideas not followed text structure used to S s

t and details. throughout the in the article. organize ideas. n i

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5 Total points earned ______Final Grade ______Notes Graded Separately for a 15 point Class work Grade/ Graded Assignment s e

t All information in Most Very little Notes are o

N the article has a information in information in missing. clearly documented the article has the article has source (as seen in a clearly a clearly the notes packet). documented documented All sources were source (as seen source (as seen tracked using the in the notes in the notes EasyBib organizer. packet). Most packet). Few Notes are neat and sources sources were organized. tracked using tracked using the EasyBib the EasyBib organizer. organizer. Notes may be Notes are slightly disorganized disorganized or or rushed. sloppy/rushed.