RUBRIC

 FOR  MAGAZINE  ARTICLE:    

Use  this  rubric  to  help  you.  I  will  be  using  it  to  give  your  number  grade  for  this  piece  of  work.  

  1   2   3   4   5  
Content     Some  good   Content  is  
Clear  focus   Imaginative,   Imaginative  and  
content  but  is   enjoyable  to  read  
throughout  the  task.   engaging  and  with   original,  focused,  
mostly  copy  and   and  mostly  in  own  
All  in  own  words.   strong  vocabulary.   believable  as  
pasted  from  the   words.  Not  always  
Clearly  identifiable   Clearly  focused.  Clear   newspaper/magazine.  
internet  with  no   to  the  point.  
as  either  a   use  of  
real  originality.   newspaper  or  a   newspaper/magazine  
magazine.   features.  
Structure     Structure  unclear,   Has  a  structure,   Clear,  well-­‐planned   Effective,  draws  the   The  same  as  4  ;  
not  much  planning   some  planning,   structure  with   reader  in,  etc.,  adds   however,  very  
overly  long   but  sometimes   cohesion  and  order.   to  the  piece.   controlled.  
paragraphs,  no   loses  focus  and   Uses  topic   Carefully  planned  
linking   cohesion.     sentences.   and  cohesive.  
Grammar/Punctuation   Accurate  enough   Clear.  A  number   A  few  inaccuracies     Fluent   Complex  and  almost  
to  be  clear.  Errors   of  errors  that  stop   Variation  of   Very  few  errors   no  mistakes.  
disrupt  flow   the  effects  of  the   punctuation  /   Expression  not  
sometimes.   writing       sentence  structure.   stopped  by  any  
Frequent  errors   mistakes.  
Language/Style     Tries  to  use  some   A  little  unvaried   Varied  vocab  used   Language   Sophisticated  and  
language  devices   Vocab  for  effect   for  effect     devices/vocab  well   complex  
or  choose  vocab   used  but  don’t   chosen  for  specific   devices/vocab  well  
for  effect  but  they   always  work  well     effects     chosen  for  specific  
don’t  fit  with  the   effects    
piece.