Current Event Article Summary Grading Rubric



Current Event Article Summary Grading Rubric

|CATEGORY |4 - Above Standards |3 - Meets Standards |2 - Approaching Standards |1 - Below Standards |

|Introduction |The introduction has a |The introduction has a hook|The author has a weak introductory |The introductory paragraph |

| |strong hook or attention. |or attention grabber. |paragraph, the connection to the topic|is not interesting AND is |

| |This could be a strong |Includes a good concept |is not clear. Paragraph includes a |not relevant to the topic. |

| |concept sentence, a relevant|sentence and/or interesting|weak concept sentence or quote. |No concept sentence or |

| |quotation, statistic, or |quote. | |quote. |

| |question addressed to the | | | |

| |reader. | | | |

|Quotes and Concept |All of the examples are |Most of the evidence and |Some of the pieces of evidence and |Evidence and examples are |

|Words |specific, relevant and full |examples are specific, |examples are relevant and include an |NOT relevant AND/OR most are|

| |explanations are given. |relevant and explanations |explanation. |not explained. |

| | |are given. | | |

|5 W's |All supportive facts and |Almost all supportive facts|Some supportive facts and statistics |Most supportive facts and |

| |statistics are reported |and statistics are reported|are reported accurately. Weak |statistics were inaccurately|

| |accurately. Article is fully|accurately. Article is |explanation and summary that is |reported. Article is poorly |

| |explained and summarized in |mostly explained and |partially plagiarized. |explained and summary is |

| |own words. |summarized in own words. | |mostly plagiarized. |

|Grammar & Spelling |Author makes no errors in |Author makes 1-3 errors in |Author makes 4-6 errors in grammar, |Author makes more than 6 |

| |grammar, sentence structure,|grammar, sentence |sentence structure, or spelling that |errors in grammar, sentence |

| |or spelling that distract |structure, or spelling that|distract the reader from the content. |structure, or spelling that |

| |the reader from the content.|distract the reader from | |distract the reader from the|

| | |the content. | |content. |

|Conclusion |The conclusion is strong and|The conclusion is good. |Conclusion is weak or incomplete. |There is no conclusion - the|

| |leaves the reader solidly |Includes the author's |Limited response and personal reaction|paper just ends. |

| |understanding the writer's |response and personal |to the article. | |

| |response and personal |reaction to the article. | | |

| |reaction to the article. | | | |

|Proper Format and |Article summary is typed, |Article summary is typed, |Article summary is typed but submitted|Article summary is not |

|Organization |has a heading, title, and is|has a heading, title, and |late. Incomplete heading and title. |typed. No heading. No |

| |submitted on time. Summary |is submitted on time. |Summary has 3 or less paragraphs. |article is attached. |

| |is organized into 4 or more |Summary is organized into 4|Attached item is not a current event |No title. |

| |paragraphs. A challenging |paragraphs. Acceptable |newspaper article and/or it is not a | |

| |newspaper article of |newspaper article of |sufficient length. | |

| |sufficient length is |sufficient length is | | |

| |attached. |attached. | | |

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