Evaluation

Evaluation

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Historical Facts Cited	Used no historical facts; nothing is cited.	Historical facts are few and come from sources that are not credible; few citations.	Material used in article is relevant, but is missing some proper citations.	All material used in the article is relevant and cited properly. Many sources used.
Writing Style/ Journalistic Integrity	Unsupported opinions were used throughout the article; heavily biased	Little focus on the 5 W’s (who, what, where, when, and why). Somewhat biased.	Well-written article with some of the 5 W’s addressed. Almost free of opinion.	Well written, all facts are supported, all 5 W’s were addressed, and used an unbiased writing style.
Team Participation	Did not participate	Majority of work is done by one member	All three members worked together, but work load was not distributed equally	Group members worked equally and shared responsibilities

Beginning

Developing

Accomplished

Exemplary

Score

Historical Facts Cited

Used no historical facts; nothing is cited.

Historical facts are few and come from sources that are not credible; few citations.

Material used in article is relevant, but is missing some proper citations.

All material used in the article is relevant and cited properly. Many sources used.

Writing Style/ Journalistic Integrity

Unsupported opinions were used throughout the article; heavily biased

Little focus on the 5 W’s (who, what, where, when, and why). Somewhat biased.

Well-written article with some of the 5 W’s addressed. Almost free of opinion.

Well written, all facts are supported, all 5 W’s were addressed, and used an unbiased writing style.

Team Participation

Did not participate

Majority of work is done by one member

All three members worked together, but work load was not distributed equally

Group members worked equally and shared responsibilities