State of New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey GEPA Language Arts Literacy Assessment Tutorial

Cluster 1:  Writing to Speculate - Prompt "C"

Writing Sample #1 - Scoring "1"

The following writing sample for the Writing To Speculate Prompt "C" scored a "1" based on the New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric.

Scorers made the following comments about the sample below:

This response makes an attempt to connect to the picture prompt ("Oh child we were just looking at the Diabets booklet.). However, the flaws in organization, and the sentence construction and mechanics errors indicate an inadequate command of the language.