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EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER

You have been hired by Excel Elementary to create a newspaper which presents ancient Egyptian history and culture in a creative format. They will be using this newspaper to teach the younger students about ancient Egypt. You will be taking on the roles of investigative reporter, editor, and publisher. The guidelines for this assignment are listed below. Your contact person for this assignment will be your teacher, our liaison for the Springfield area.

Your newspaper must include at least six different sections. The following is a list of different sections. The following is a list of different sections of a newspaper:
                international news            classified ads            national news
                real estate                          local news                 editorials
                horoscopes                          weather                     sports
                crossword puzzles              business                   comic strips
                religion                              entertainment           weather
                fashion                              advice column           announcements
                advertisements                   recipes                       obituaries

It will be important to make sure that all sections of your newspaper accurately reflect the history and culture of ancient Egypt. Excel Elementary wants this newspaper to be interesting and informative.

Egyptian Newspaper Scoring Guide
Name ____________________
* Pre-writing (12 pts)                                                              _____
* Rough Draft (12 pts)                                                            _____
    - revisions
* Newspaper (80 pts)
    - title of newspaper reflects ancient Egypt (5 pts)            _____
    - by-lines are included (5 pts)                                            _____
    - no spelling errors (5 pts)                                                   _____
    - neat in appearance (5 pts)                                                _____
    - six different sections included (12 pts)                          _____
    - knowledge scoring guide (24 pts)                                   _____
    - communication scoring guide (24 pts)                          _____
* Bibliography Source Cards (15 pts)                                   _____
    - minimum of three
TOTAL                                                                                     _____ / 119

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Demonstrates an accurate knowledge of ancient Egyptian history and culture. Demonstrates an accurate knowledge of ancient Egyptian history and culture with minor errors. Demonstrates an inaccurate or incomplete knowledge of ancient Egyptian history and culture. Demonstrates little familiarity with ancient Egyptian history and culture.

Communicates information effectively by providing a clear main idea or theme with support that contains rich, vivid, and powerful detail. Communicates information by providing a clear main idea or theme with sufficient support and detail. Communicates information, main idea may not be clear or supporting detail may be lacking. Fails to communicate information clearly.

*Taken from Willard Middle School 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Herron.

4	3	2	1
Demonstrates an accurate knowledge of ancient Egyptian history and culture.	Demonstrates an accurate knowledge of ancient Egyptian history and culture with minor errors.	Demonstrates an inaccurate or incomplete knowledge of ancient Egyptian history and culture.	Demonstrates little familiarity with ancient Egyptian history and culture.
Communicates information effectively by providing a clear main idea or theme with support that contains rich, vivid, and powerful detail.	Communicates information by providing a clear main idea or theme with sufficient support and detail.	Communicates information, main idea may not be clear or supporting detail may be lacking.	Fails to communicate information clearly.