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Sample Student Essays Following are two actual student essays followed by a rubric and comments on each. Read both of the samples in sequence to clarify the differences between “high” and “mid-range” essays. Student Essay A
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SampleStudentEssaysFollowingaretwoactualstudentessaysfollowedbyarubricandcommentsoneach.Readbothofthesamplesinsequencetoclarifythedifferencesbetween“high”and“mid-range”essays.
StudentEssayA
StudentEssayB
Let’stakealookatasetofrubricsforthisprosepassageessay.(IfyouwanttoseeactualAPrubricsasusedinarecentAPLitexam,logontotheCollegeBoardwebsite:<www.collegeboard.org/ap>.)Asyouprobablyknow,essaysareratedona9–1scale,with9thehighestand1thelowest.Sincewearenotwithyoutopersonallyrateyouressayandtorespondtoyourstyleandapproach,wewill,instead,listthecriteriaforhigh-,middle-,andlow-rangepapers.ThesecriteriaarebasedonourexperiencewithrubricsandreadingAPLiteratureexamessays.
Ahigh-rangeessaycanbea9oran8.Middlereferstoessaysinthe7,6,5range.Andthelow-scoringessaysarerated4,3,2,1.
Afterreadingthefollowingrubrics,evaluatethetwoessaysthatyouhavejustread.
Note:Let’sbehonestwitheachother.Weallcanrecognizea9essay.Itsings,andwewishwehadwrittenit.It’swonderfulthattheessaysdon’tallhavetosingthesamesongwiththesamewordsandrhythm.Conversely,wecan,unfortunately,recognizethe1or2paper,whichisoffkey,andwearerelievednottohavewrittenonelikeit.
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