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 "4"

The following writing sample for the Writing To Speculate Prompt "C" scored a "4" based on the New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric.

Scorers made the following comments about the sample below:

This response has an opening and sequence of events that are connected.  The writer takes compositional risk with the use of dialogue. There are consistent errors in mechanics; the lack of story development and elaboration of details keep this paper at the adequate level.