Rubric for news writing
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Answers who?, what?, where?, and when? in the first paragraph. (4 points possible): *
Answers why? in the first or second paragraph and includes additional interesting facts in the subsequent paragraphs. (3 points possible): *
Paragraphs are organized with clear topic sentences and supporting details. Information within paragraphs is related. (4 points possible): *
Avoided repeating information. Avoided over-using words or phrases. Varied the sentence beginnings (3 points possible): *
Did not use the words "you," or "I," or forms of the words "you," or "I," to refer to the author or the reader (3 points possible): *
The reporter does not express their own opinions  (2 points possible): *
At least one quotation is used with proper grammar.  (2 points possible): *
Quality of grammar and spelling (4 points possible): *
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