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1 Read the following excerpt from a poem by Walt Whitman. Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life. Scoring Guide Score & Description Excellent Tells a clear story that is consistently well developed and detailed; details enhance story being told. Is well organized; integrates narrative events into a smooth telling; effective transitions move the story forward. Consistently exhibits variety in sentence structure and precision in word choice. Errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation are few and do not interfere with understanding. Skillful Tells a clear story that is well developed and elaborated with details in much of the response. Is well organized with story elements that are connected across most of the response; may have occasional lapses in transitions. Exhibits some variety in sentence structure and uses good word choice; occasionally, words may be used inaccurately. Errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation do not interfere with understanding Sufficient Tells a clear story that is developed with some pertinent details. Is generally organized, but transitions among parts of the story may be lacking. Sentence structure may be simple and unvaried; word choice is mostly accurate.

2 Errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation do not interfere with understanding. Uneven (may be characterized by one or more of the following:) Tells a story that may be clear and developed in parts; other parts are unfocused, repetitive, or minimally developed OR response is no more than a well-written beginning. Is organized in parts of the response; other parts are disjointed and/or lack transitions. Exhibits uneven control over sentence boundaries and sentence structure; may exhibit some inaccurate word choices. Errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation sometimes interfere with understanding. Insufficient (may be characterized by one or more of the following:) Attempts to tell a story, but is very undeveloped, list-like, or fragmentary. Is disorganized or unfocused in much of the response OR the response is too brief to detect organization. Minimal control over sentence boundaries and sentence structure; word choice may often be inaccurate. Errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation interfere with understanding in much of the response. Unsatisfactory (may be characterized by one or more of the following:) Responds to prompt but provides little or no coherent content OR merely paraphrases the prompt. Has little or no apparent organization. Minimal or no control over sentence boundaries and sentence structure; word choice may be inaccurate in much or all of the response. Errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation severely impede understanding across the response. Excellent - Student Response

3 Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

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5 Scorer Comments: This response, rated "Excellent," is one where the elements of good writing come together. It is both clear and consistently developed with descriptive details, as in the opening description of how the student caught the ball. It is well organized; the student moves easily from past to present to describe how the baseball has affected his or her life and aspirations. The story is so vivid that it seems autobiographical; it is surprising to realize at the end that the student has in fact created an older character. Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

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7 Scorer Comments: This "Excellent" response draws upon an accumulation of details to show the writer's reaction to "the most spectacular grand piano." Though the development of the story is rather linear, the writer has a clear sense of the progression that he or she wants to convey. The writer concludes that "After all the years of deserting my one time friend, I made a vow that somehow I would go in that room and fill the air with beautiful music again." As that sentence shows, the writer has a clear grasp of grammar and diction as well as a sense of drama; overall, this is an "Excellent" response. Skillful - Student Response Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

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9 Scorer Comments: This response was rated "Skillful." The response describes a person as a special object, an approach to the prompt that many writers chose to use. It is written clearly and often uses pertinent details: "She held onto the seat of Carrie's bike during her first attempt without training wheels." It also displays sentence variety with a good balance between simple and complex sentences. Although this response contains a few grammatical errors and awkward constructions and even a sentence fragment, its strengths far outweigh its weaknesses. Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

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11 Scorer Comments: This "Skillful" response demonstrates impressive organization and development. The specific details ("I used all sorts of colors-from ruby red to violet.") help the reader to visualize the scenes presented. The writer moves from the specific to the general with ease; as he or she comments, "Whenever I start to paint, I feel like a different person--...". Though not quite as developed as most "Excellent" papers, this essay represents the high end of the spectrum of "Skillful" papers. Sufficient - Student Response Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

12 Scorer Comments: The response shown was rated "Sufficient." The student clearly identifies the special object- -Janeese's locket--and offers a few pertinent details about it ("Inside of the lock is a picture of her and her grandmother." "She keeps it locked up at night."). However, in much of the response the student deals with the subject in a general way ("That chain was something that meant the world to her"). The sentence structure is mostly simple and unvaried.

13 Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

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15 Scorer Comments: This "Sufficient" response demonstrates the lack of syntactical variety common to essays in this category. The writer clearly identifies an object ("the stump") and explains its importance in his or her life, but does so with simple and unvaried sentences. While the development of the story is adequate (the narrative progresses from the distant past to the present in a convincing fashion), the writer's last paragraph seems tacked on, and veers from the focus of the preceding discussion. Uneven - Student Response Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

16 Scorer Comments: This response, rated "Uneven," shows some of the weaknesses characteristic of papers receiving scores in the lower half of the range. The choice of a special object -- a football -- is clear, but the student's comments about it are repetitive ("The object that became important to me...was a football...." ; "... a football is the object that has been apart of me for the last few years."). The response is not well organized, jumping from one unconnected point to the next.

17 Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life. Scorer Comments: This essay-like "Uneven" response provides some focus around a man's devotion to his car. However, the last half of the essay is repetitive and undeveloped, and the response lacks sentence variety. Insufficient - Student Response

18 Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life. Scorer Comments: This response was rated "Insufficient." The student sets up a situation, about the relation between a girl and her parents, but provides not much more than the beginning of a story. Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

19 Scorer Comments: This response, though well-written as far as it goes, does not develop beyond an initial consideration of how objects or memories remain important to people across a lifetime. It does not mention a specific object or develop an essay or story around it. This response was rated "Insufficient." Unsatisfactory - Student Response Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

20 Scorer Comments: Though this writer attempts to respond to the prompt, he or she provides only the beginning of an interpretation of the poem given in the prompt, but does not progress beyond that. The response was rated "Unsatisfactory." Write a story in which you tell about an object that remains important to the main character over a period The main character could be you or someone you know. In your story, describe the main character's first encounter with the object, why the object is so important to the character, and how, over the years, it remains a part of the character's life.

21 Scorer Comments: This response was rated "Unsatisfactory." While it is clear that the writer of this response has read the prompt and is trying to engage with it, the response is somewhat incoherent and consists of an interpretation of the poem rather than an essay or story about a special object National Performance Results Score Unsatisfactory 2% Percentage of Students Insufficient 6% Uneven 17% Sufficient 36% Skillful 39% Excellent 2% Note: These results are for public and nonpublic school students. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

22 Purpose for Writing Narrative Writing Narrative writing involves the production of stories or personal essays. Practice with these forms helps writers to develop an ear for language. Also, informative and persuasive writing can benefit from many of the strategies used in narrative writing. For example, there must be an effective ordering of events when relating an incident as part of a report. Sometimes narrative writing contributes to an awareness of the world as the writer creates, manipulates, and interprets reality. Such writing whether fact or fiction, personal essay, or creative narrative requires close observation of people, objects, and places. Further, this type of writing fosters creativity, imagination, and speculation by allowing the writer to express thoughts and then stand back, as a more detached observer might, and grasp more fully what is being felt and why. Thus, narrative writing offers a special opportunity to analyze and understand emotions and actions.

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