Newspaper Article -Grading Rubric

Requirement Point Value
Title 5
Byline in bold
5
Alignment set to Justify 5
Who 5
What 5
Where
5
When
5
Why     10
How     5
Spell check/Grammar/Sentence structure 25
Overall Content including a minimum of 300 words 50
Sub Total - Text 125
Minimum 2 graphics cropped to an appropriate size using Photoshop at 72 dpi - saved properly on server
15
Page saved on server as follows - yearmonthstudentnumber - like this "2013sept22.html" 10
Sub Total - Graphic 25
Link to RCMS Lion Times
10
Overall appearance of page - little to no "white space" 50
Final copy completed, edited, and finished by deadline 50
Total Points Possible 250