Year 6: Newspaper Article Indigenous Australia: Culture & Land Rights

Formative Assessment
Emily Brouard S00129511
Above Satisfactory Satisfactory Below Satisfactory
Headline
Headline captures audiences attention
and correctly describes and links to
content.
Headline correctly describes and links to
content.
Does not have a headline/headline
doesnt correctly describe and link to
content.
5 Ws and 1 H
The newspaper article answers all of the
5 Ws and 1 H. Article relates to topic
well. Perspective is unique and
stimulating.
The newspaper article answers most of
the 5 Ws and 1 H. Article is mostly
related to topic. Perspective is
appealing.
Less that 3 Ws and 1 H are answered.
Article does not relate to topic.
Perspectives vague or non-existent.
Organisation/Structure
Article is excellently structured: title,
headline, body and conclusion. Opening
paragraph depicts who and gives main
idea of rest of article.
Article is correctly structured. Opening
paragraph depicts who. More ideas
needed to provide main idea of the rest
of the article.
Article is hard to follow, general
structure is not used correctly. Opening
paragraph provides very little detail of
the rest of the article.
Language Choice and
Sentence Structure
Article contains detailed factual
information and word choice makes
article exceptionally appealing and
engaging to audience.
Article contains information and word
choices makes article interesting to
audience.
Article doesnt contain appropriate
factual information and word choice is
not at a Year 6 level.
Photograph
Photograph is clearly linked to article
and writer describes connection
between image and text clearly.
Photograph is related to article. Writer
makes connection between text and
image.
Photograph is not directly related to
article. Writer does not make
appropriate connection between text
and image.
Spelling, Punctuation and
Proofreading
Few or no spelling errors.
Punctuation is above satisfactory.
Article has clearly been proofread.
Several spelling errors.
Punctuation is satisfactory.
Article requires more proofreading.
Many spelling errors.
Punctuation is below satisfactory.
Proofreading does not seem evident.

Year 6: Newspaper Article Indigenous Australia: Culture & Land Rights
Formative Assessment
Emily Brouard S00129511