State of New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey GEPA Language Arts Literacy Assessment Tutorial

Cluster 2:  Writing to Persuade - Prompt "C"

Writing Sample #3 - Scoring "2"

The following writing sample for the Sample Persuasive Writing Prompt C scored a "2" based on the New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric.

Scorers made the following comments about the sample below:

Although the writer organizes ideas into paragraphs, the supporting details are loosely connected. The errors in sentence construction (You and your magizines tell us this and that why should we believe it.) and mechanics keep this paper at the limited level.