New Jersey GEPA Language Arts Literacy Assessment Tutorial

Cluster 2:  Writing to Persuade

• Summary of Content Tested (Including Key Concepts & Skills)
• Scoring Rubric
• Sample Prompts
• Persuasive Prompt “A”
• Persuasive Prompt “B”
• Persuasive Prompt “C”
• Persuasive Prompt “D”
• Persuasive Prompt “E”
• Persuasive Prompt “F”
• Persuasive Prompt “G”
• Persuasive Prompt “H

• Student Samples

Prompt “A”- Low Scores 1-3

• Sample 1 [score 1]
• Sample 2 [score 2]
• Sample 3 [score 2]
• Sample 4 [score 2]
• Sample 5 [score 3]

Prompt “A”- High Scores 4-5

• Sample 1 [score 4]
• Sample 2 [score 4]
• Sample 3 [score 5]
• Sample 4 [score 5]
• Sample 5 [score 5]

Prompt “B”- Low Scores 1-3

• Sample 1 [score 1]
• Sample 2 [score 2]
• Sample 3 [score 2]
• Sample 4 [score 3]
• Sample 5 [score 3]

Prompt “B”- High Scores 4-5

• Sample 1 [score 4]
• Sample 2 [score 4]
• Sample 3 [score 5]
• Sample 4 [score 5]
• Sample 5 [score 5]

Prompt “C”- Low Scores 1-3

• Sample 1 [score 1]
• Sample 2 [score 2]
• Sample 3 [score 2]
• Sample 4 [score 2]
• Sample 5 [score 3]

Prompt “C”- High Scores 4-5

• Sample 1 [score 4]
• Sample 2 [score 4]
• Sample 3 [score 5]
• Sample 5 [score OT]

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