State of New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey GEPA Language Arts Literacy Assessment Tutorial

Cluster 1:  Writing to Speculate - Prompt "A"

Writing Sample #4 - Scoring "3"

The following writing sample for the Writing To Speculate Prompt "A" scored a "3" based on the New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric.

Scorers made the following comments about the sample below:

The response has a single focus and sequence of events. The use of dialogue is effective; however, more details and elaboration of the story is needed to move this paper beyond a partial command of language.