Standard  Criteria

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3

2

1

 

 

Roles

 

Daily work

 

 

Student completed work for all three roles well.

Student completed the work for all three roles.

 

Some of the work was substandard or incomplete.

 

 

A noticeable amount of the work was substandard or incomplete.

 

 

 

 

 

Article

 

Written article for final assignment.

 

 

Article was written according to rules of journalistic style and revealed no bias.

 

 

 

 

Article showed some flaws in journalistic style or showed some very slight bias.

Article was clearly lacking in journalistic style or demonstrated some bias.

Article was flawed in both areas.

 

 

Headline

 

Headline for article related to final assignment.

 

 

 

 

 

Headline reflected content of article and reflected no bias.

Headline was somewhat lacking in reflecting content of article; no bias indicated

Headline either did not reflect content of article or was biased.

Headline did not reflect content of article and was biased.

 

 

Photograph

 

Photograph and cutline related to final assignment

 

 

 

Photograph was appropriately chosen and did not reflect bias; cutline was well done.

Photograph was appropriate and did not reflect bias; cutline could have been better.

Photograph reflected some noticeable bias or cutline was missing.

Photograph was biased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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