New Jersey GEPA Language Arts Literacy Assessment Tutorial
Cluster 2: Writing to Persuade - Prompt "B"
Writing Sample #3 - Scoring "2"
The following writing sample for the Sample Persuasive Writing Prompt B scored a "2" based on the New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric.
Scorers made the following comments about the sample below:
This response supports the idea of having junk food in school cafeterias. There is an attempt at organization, however, the response loses focus (so if that's what you want to do the take away trick or treating too). This lack of focus, organization, simple sentence construction and errors in mechanics demonstrate a limited command of language.
