State of New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey GEPA Language Arts Literacy Assessment Tutorial

Cluster 1:  Writing to Speculate - Prompt "B"

Writing Sample #5 - Scoring "3"

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

Scorers made the following comments about the sample below:

This response has a focus and progresses from beginning to end (And she said you never heard of Monkey see Monkey do.). More development of the story with elaborated details would move this paper to the next level.