Newsela Writing Rubrics
What types of rubrics do you offer for Newsela Writing?
Newsela offers rubrics for all 50 states, as well as common consortia for a range of writing genres. Teachers can select a rubric for Elementary, Middle, or High School students. If a state has published a rubric, Newsela offers that rubric. If there is no published rubric for a state at a particular grade level, a teacher can use Newsela-authored rubrics.
Teachers can click on the “View all available rubrics” to download a PDF of all of the rubrics supported by Newsela Writing. This list is kept up to date.
What writing genres are available?
Newsela Writing supports assignments for these types of writing: Expository, Opinion, Narrative, Argumentative, Informational, Main/Central Idea, Inference/Conclusion, and Literary Analysis.
My school uses its own rubric. Can I use that?
At this time, Newsela Writing doesn’t support the ability to upload your own rubric. If you have a rubric that you think Newsela Writing should support, please send it via our Support Contact form at: https://support.newsela.com/contact/ and include:
The name of the rubric
Link or attachment of the rubric
Author's name (institution or individual)
Can I modify the rubric to include specifics I want?
Rubrics are not modifiable. If there is a specific rubric that speaks to the use of academic language in academic writing we would be happy to include this in the list of available rubrics. Please send it via our Support Contact form at: https://support.newsela.com/contact/ and include:
The name of the rubric
Link or attachment of the rubric
Author's name (institution or individual)