Effective lead sentence: strong lead sentence, it is evident that the student knew what type of lead to use for this story structure. |
20.0 pts
Excellent (no errors) |
14.0 pts
Good (few errors) |
8.0 pts
Fair (several errors) |
3.0 pts
Poor (significant errors) |
|
20.0 pts |
Correct use of punctuation, spelling, grammar, syntax |
20.0 pts
Excellent (no errors) |
12.0 pts
Good (few errors) |
8.0 pts
Fair (several errors) |
1.0 pts
Poor (significant errors) |
|
20.0 pts |
Correct use of AP style |
20.0 pts
Excellent (no errors) |
12.0 pts
Good (few errors) |
8.0 pts
Fair (several errors) |
1.0 pts
Poor (significant errors) |
|
20.0 pts |
Story structure: was the inverted pyramid used? |
20.0 pts
Excellent (no errors) |
15.0 pts
Good (few errors) |
8.0 pts
Fair (several errors) |
3.0 pts
Poor (significant errors) |
|
20.0 pts |
All elements of the basic news story are present including: headline, byline, dateline, lead, nutgraf, attribution, ending etc… |
20.0 pts
Full Marks |
0.0 pts
No Marks |
|
20.0 pts |
Attribution is used correctly and the student had at least 2 different sources. |
10.0 pts
Full Marks |
5.0 pts
At least 2 sources were interviewed but the attribution may not be completely correct |
0.0 pts
There was no attribution or there were not 2 sources interviewed or the attribution was completely incorrect |
|
10.0 pts |
Total Points: 110.0 |