Current Event Rubric
CATEGORY
4 Excellent
3 Good
2 Fair
1 Poor
Score
Information comes from a news site. link to article is not in the heading
Information comes from a site that is not a news site.
There is no link to article is in the heading
Source
Information comes from a reputable news site. link to article is in the heading Most of the summary
The summary demonstrates demonstrates understanding some understanding of the of the main idea of the main idea of the article. article and includes factual information. The summary includes minimal details and understanding of the article. Summary
(Concepts)
*The central idea from the text is clearly determined and includes accurate & important details written in the student’s own words
* Includes facts from the text and not personal opinions or judgments
* Shows understanding, interest, & reflection of the events in the article
* Student needs to elaborate on his/her thoughts using more detail
* Shows some understanding
& reflection of the events, but needs more explanation of thoughts/views/ opinions
There is minimal information that demonstrates reflection or interest in the article.
Reflection
(Concepts &
Communication)
*Demonstrates deep reflection of the events in the article *Shows advanced understanding of the events/topic by using higher level thinking skills
*Thoughts/views/opinions are elaborated on using several details and examples
No grammatical, spelling, formatting or punctuation errors.
1 4 grammatical, spelling, formatting or punctuation errors 5 7 grammatical spelling, formatting or punctuation errors. More than 7 grammatical, spelling, formatting or punctuation errors. Quote is properly introduced and quotation marks are in the right place.
Footnote is placed after the quote outside the quotation marks. Quote has a well thought out explanation.
Quote is not properly introduced but
4 Excellent
3 Good
2 Fair
1 Poor
Score
Information comes from a news site. link to article is not in the heading
Information comes from a site that is not a news site.
There is no link to article is in the heading
Source
Information comes from a reputable news site. link to article is in the heading Most of the summary
The summary demonstrates demonstrates understanding some understanding of the of the main idea of the main idea of the article. article and includes factual information. The summary includes minimal details and understanding of the article. Summary
(Concepts)
*The central idea from the text is clearly determined and includes accurate & important details written in the student’s own words
* Includes facts from the text and not personal opinions or judgments
* Shows understanding, interest, & reflection of the events in the article
* Student needs to elaborate on his/her thoughts using more detail
* Shows some understanding
& reflection of the events, but needs more explanation of thoughts/views/ opinions
There is minimal information that demonstrates reflection or interest in the article.
Reflection
(Concepts &
Communication)
*Demonstrates deep reflection of the events in the article *Shows advanced understanding of the events/topic by using higher level thinking skills
*Thoughts/views/opinions are elaborated on using several details and examples
No grammatical, spelling, formatting or punctuation errors.
1 4 grammatical, spelling, formatting or punctuation errors 5 7 grammatical spelling, formatting or punctuation errors. More than 7 grammatical, spelling, formatting or punctuation errors. Quote is properly introduced and quotation marks are in the right place.
Footnote is placed after the quote outside the quotation marks. Quote has a well thought out explanation.
Quote is not properly introduced but