News+Article+Writing

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REQUIREMENTS:

Missing: All Single-Celled Organisms Newspaper Article For both your science class and grammar/writing class, you will be working on writing a newspaper article that explains the impact of the destruction of all single-celled organisms. You have this assignment on your science page of wikispaces. __ Your article will be organized as follows: __  1. First paragraph – explain the impact of the destruction of all single-celled organisms on humanity and the environment. You want to get the reader’s attention.  2. Second paragraph - explain what a single-celled organism is (#1) and what are the 4 types of single-celled organisms (#2).  3. Third paragraph – describe what they look like and what their major components are (#3)  4. Fourth paragraph – explain their role in nature, ecosystems, and food chains (#4)  5. Remaining paragraphs– describe their interactions with humanity (#5)

RUBRIC:


 *      ||  **  Novice  **  ||  **  Apprentice  **  ||  **  Practitioner  **  ||  **  Expert  **  ||
 *  ** Parts of a news article **    || *  Catchy headline
 *  An attention-grabbing lead
 *  Min. 3 paragraphs || *  Catchy headline
 *  An attention-grabbing lead
 * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Min. 4 paragraphs || * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Catchy headline
 * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"> An attention-grabbing lead
 * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Min. 5 paragraphs || * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Catchy headline
 * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"> An attention-grabbing lead
 * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Min. 6 paragraphs ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ** Grammar **    || * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"> 6+ errors in mechanics and spelling  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · 3-5 errors in mechanics and spelling  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · 1 or 2 errors in mechanics and spelling  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · 0 errors in mechanics and spelling  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ** Organization **    || * <span style="line-height: normal; 0in margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Follows format of project questions, with 2 or more exceptions  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Follows format of project questions, with only 1 exception  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Follows format of project questions  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Follows format of project questions  ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;">     || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">  ||