Title: Newspaper Article Submission
Course: Social Studies 6 - 1.0.0.2 > Section: Unit 1: My Community

Submit your Newspaper Article Project here. May sure to read over your article to check for errors or pieces that have been missed before you hand it in. Your newspaper template should have all of the following filled in:

- News section
- Place of Publication
- Date
- Newspaper name
- Headline
- Drophead
- Photo
- Photo caption
- Lead paragraph
- Body text
- Byline

Make sure you save your newspaper template as a PDF to upload it.

Rubric

 | Insufficient Evidence | Emerging | Developing | Proficient | Extending
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Make ethical judgments about events in a local community and look at good ways to respond | There is too little content to assess my proficiency adequately. I may need to redo this assignment. | I show some initial discernment of the ethical questions about a local issue. My article presents a bare-bones response to that issue. | I show satisfactory discernment of the ethical questions about a local issue. My article presents a somewhat reasonable response to that issue. | I show strong discernment of the ethical questions about a local issue. My article presents an appropriate response to that issue. | I show mature discernment of the ethical questions about a local issue. My article presents a creative and appropriate response to that issue.
Use media technologies and coverage of current events | There is too little content to assess my proficiency adequately. I may need to redo this assignment. | I show an initial understanding of how to communicate key information about a local topic or issue in my community through a properly formatted newspaper. | I show a partial understanding of how to communicate key information about a local topic or issue in my community through a properly formatted newspaper. | I show a complete understanding of how to communicate key information about a local topic or issue in my community through a properly formatted newspaper. | I show a deep and complete understanding of how to clearly communicate key information about a local topic or issue in my community through a properly formatted newspaper.