Full coverage of a topic. Copy is publishable with minor editing and revisions. Good use of sources. Portions of copy probably need to be rewritten and closely edited before story can be published. Sources used but not sufficiently or effectively.
Copy contains major factual, structural, writing and usage flaws.
It is doubtful whether it could be published. Copy fails to meet even minimum standards for the assignment. Four of the stories written and contributed to The Spectrum newspaper will be presented to the instructor in a writing portfolio at the end of the semester. These stories should reflect the best work done by any given student over the course of the semester and will comprise the majority of the final grade. Because this is a writing-based course, no final exam is given.