New Jersey GEPA Language Arts Literacy Assessment Tutorial
Cluster 1: Writing to Speculate - Prompt "A"
Writing Sample #1 - Scoring "4"
The following writing sample for the Writing To Speculate Prompt "A" scored a "4" based on the New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric.
Scorers made the following comments about the sample below:
This response has a single focus and progresses from beginning to end. The writer successfully takes a compositional risk by telling the story from the point of view of Flower, the chamelion. The details and variety in syntax have sufficient development to demonstrate adequate command of the language.
