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ENGLISH:Year Eight Semester One 2012
Name:
Teachers name:
Due Date:
Create a newspaper front page relating to the novel studied this
term.
You will create the front page of a daily newspaper based in the
same location as thesetting of the novel.
You must include one main story based on events from the novel,
additional sidestories and advertising. The title of the newspaper
should be relevant to the setting
and/or novel.
This may be presented in either A3 or A4 format and may be
produced on acomputer.
This essay will assess your Viewing and Writing skills.
To do well at this task ensure that you:
Demonstrate understanding of the layout of a newspaper front
page
Demonstrate how newspaper stories are constructed
Write a well-structured and relevant story
Select key events from the novel to support your newspaper
content
Ensure correct spelling, punctuation and grammar in your
writing
Use editing and drafting processes and strategies to improve
your writing
Teacher comment:
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Assessment Rubric - Newspaper Front Page
Very HighAchievement
HighAchievement
SatisfactoryAchievement
BelowSatisfactoryAchievement
LimitedAchievement
Newspaperlayout andconventions (V)
Highly creativeand visuallyengaging; highly
effective use ofnewspaperconventions(6)
Creative andvisuallyengaging;
effective use ofnewspaperconventions (5)
Some elementsof creativity andattempts to use
engagingnewspaperconventions (3)
Attempts toconstruct a frontpage (2)
No evidence offront pagenewspaper
conventions (1)
Format ofnewspaperarticle andrelevance tonovel (W)
Highly effectiveuse of newspaperarticleconventions andvery
strong linksto the novel. (6)
Effective use ofnewspaper articleconventions andstrong links to
thenovel (5)
Use ofnewspaper articleconventions andsome links tonovel (3)
Limited use ofnewspaper articleconventions andattempts to
makelinks to the novel(2)
No evidence ofnewspaper articleconventions andno links to
thenovel (0)
Demonstratedunderstandingof audience andpurpose (V)
Clear & correctidentification ofaudience, clear
&correctunderstanding oftext purpose (3)
Correctlyidentifiesaudience, correctunderstanding oftext purpose
(2)
Someidentification ofaudience, basicunderstanding oftext
purpose(1.5)
Littleidentification ofaudience, limitedunderstanding oftext
purpose (1)
Audience notidentified,understanding oftext purpose
notdemonstrated (0)
Spelling,punctuation &grammar (W)
Spelling,punctuation &grammar issophisticated,correct
&enhances writing(3)
Spelling,punctuation &grammar iscorrect &attempts to
addsophistication(2.5)
Spelling,grammar &punctuation ismostly correct(2)
Frequent errorsin spelling,grammar &punctuation (1.5)
Little to no use ofcorrectpunctuation,spelling &grammar
(1)
Evidence ofdrafting andediting
processes (W)
Full evidence ofdrafting andediting (2)
Some evidenceof drafting andediting (1)
No evidence ofdrafting andediting (0)
Student Reflection
What did I do well in this task? What elements of this task
could I improve?
