Week 3 journal chfd360

CHFD360 News Journal Rubric (OCT 2022) Course: CHFD360 I001 Summer 2026

Criteria Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning Did Not At- tempt

Criterion Score

Week 1

Journal

/ 25

Week 2

Journal

/ 25

25 points

Student pro-

vides a thor-

ough summary

of news article

chosen that

demonstrates

evaluation of

topics learned.

Summary in-

cludes specific

examples

(minimum of

2) of how the

news article

relates to the

material cov-

ered in the

lesson.

Examples are

supported by

facts from the

lesson.

Summary in-

cludes the title

of the article,

author, and

source.

21.25 points

Student pro-

vides a de-

scriptive sum-

mary of the

new article

chosen that

demonstrates

analysis of

topics

learned.

Summary in-

cludes at least

1 example,

supported by

facts, of how

the news arti-

cle relates to

the material

covered in the

lesson.

Summary in-

cludes the ti-

tle of the arti-

cle, author,

and source.

18.75 points

Student pro-

vides a sum-

mary of the

article chosen

that demon-

strates a basic

comprehen-

sion of topics

learned.

There are few

or no exam-

ples, with no

supporting

facts of how

the article re-

lates to the

material cov-

ered in the

lesson.

Summary may

or may not

include title of

the article, au-

thor, and

source.

16.25 points

Student pro-

vides brief

summary of

the article

chosen with

no examples

of how the

article relates

to the lesson

material.

Summary con-

tains no factu-

al support

from lesson

material.

Summary may

or may not

include title of

the article,

author, and

source.

0 points

Did not at-

tempt

25 points

Student pro-

vides a thor-

ough summary

21.25 points

Student pro-

vides a de-

scriptive sum-

18.75 points

Student pro-

vides a sum-

mary of the

16.25 points

Student pro-

vides brief

summary of

0 points

Did not at-

tempt

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Week 3

Journal

/ 25

of news article

chosen that

demonstrates

evaluation of

topics learned.

Summary in-

cludes specific

examples

(minimum of

2) of how the

news article

relates to the

material cov-

ered in the

lesson.

Examples are

supported by

facts from the

lesson.

Summary in-

cludes the title

of the article,

author, and

source.

mary of the

new article

chosen that

demonstrates

analysis of

topics

learned.

Summary in-

cludes at least

1 example,

supported by

facts, of how

the news arti-

cle relates to

the material

covered in the

lesson.

Summary in-

cludes the ti-

tle of the arti-

cle, author,

and source.

article chosen

that demon-

strates a basic

comprehen-

sion of topics

learned.

There are few

or no exam-

ples, with no

supporting

facts of how

the article re-

lates to the

material cov-

ered in the

lesson.

Summary may

or may not

include title of

the article, au-

thor, and

source.

the article

chosen with

no examples

of how the

article relates

to the lesson

material.

Summary con-

tains no factu-

al support

from lesson

material.

Summary may

or may not

include title of

the article,

author, and

source.

25 points

Student pro-

vides a thor-

ough summary

of news article

chosen that

demonstrates

evaluation of

topics learned.

Summary in-

cludes specific

examples

(minimum of

2) of how the

news article

relates to the

material cov-

ered in the

21.25 points

Student pro-

vides a de-

scriptive sum-

mary of the

new article

chosen that

demonstrates

analysis of

topics

learned.

Summary in-

cludes at least

1 example,

supported by

facts, of how

the news arti-

cle relates to

18.75 points

Student pro-

vides a sum-

mary of the

article chosen

that demon-

strates a basic

comprehen-

sion of topics

learned.

There are few

or no exam-

ples, with no

supporting

facts of how

the article re-

lates to the

material cov-

16.25 points

Student pro-

vides brief

summary of

the article

chosen with

no examples

of how the

article relates

to the lesson

material.

Summary con-

tains no factu-

al support

from lesson

material.

Summary may

or may not

0 points

Did not at-

tempt

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Meets Re-

quirements

/ 15

Writing

Mechanics

and Struc-

ture

/ 10

lesson.

Examples are

supported by

facts from the

lesson.

Summary in-

cludes the title

of the article,

author, and

source.

the material

covered in the

lesson.

Summary in-

cludes the ti-

tle of the arti-

cle, author,

and source.

ered in the

lesson.

Summary may

or may not

include title of

the article, au-

thor, and

source.

include title of

the article,

author, and

source.

15 points

Each weekly

journal is a

minimum of

300 words,

assignment is

submitted as a

single word

document

AND all

sources are

cited using

APA format in

the body of

the paper and

on the refer-

ence page.

12.75 points

Each weekly

journal is a

minimum of

275 words.

Assignment is

submitted as a

single word

document. All

sources are

cited using

APA format in

the body of

the paper and

on the refer-

ence page.

There may be

a few missing

elements, but

they do not

significantly

impact the

overall assign-

ment.

11.25 points

Each weekly

journal is a

minimum of

250 words.

Assignment

may or may

not be submit-

ted as a single

document.

There is an

attempt at us-

ing APA for-

matting both

with citations

and references

but there are

significant er-

rors noted.

9.75 points

Each weekly

journal is less

than 225

words. As-

signment may

or may not be

submitted as a

single docu-

ment. There is

no attempt at

APA format-

ting or there

are no cita-

tions or refer-

ences for this

paper.

0 points

Did not at-

tempt

10 points

Written work

is clearly pre-

sented. There

are no major

errors in word

selection or

8.5 points

Written work

is adequately

presented.

There are no

major errors in

word selection

7.5 points

Written work

meets some

but not all the

writing stan-

dards. Paper

is not well or-

6.5 points

Significant er-

rors in organi-

zational struc-

ture, writing

mechanics or

spelling, gram-

0 points

Did not at-

tempt

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Total / 100

Overall Score

use. Spelling,

grammar, and

punctuation

are appropri-

ate with few

or no errors.

or use. Spell-

ing, grammar,

punctuation

contain a few

errors, but

they do not

interfere with

clarity.

ganized. Clari-

ty is an issue

in some

places. Nu-

merous spell-

ing, grammar

and punctua-

tion errors are

evident.

mar or punc-

tuation are

noted. Writ-

ing is below

college level

expectations.

Exemplary 90 points minimum

Accomplished 80 points minimum

Developing 70 points minimum

Beginning 60 points minimum

Did Not Attempt 0 points minimum

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