State of New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey GEPA Language Arts Literacy Assessment Tutorial

Cluster 2:  Writing to Persuade - Prompt "C"

Writing Sample #5 - Scoring "3"

The following writing sample for the Sample Persuasive Writing Prompt C scored a "3" based on the New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric.

Scorers made the following comments about the sample below:

This response focuses on the topic, and ideas are presented with sufficient development. However, the flaws in organziation keep this paper at the partial command of language.