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. 

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 as an attachment or a link via our Support Contact form at: https://support.newsela.com/contact/