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\nIntroduction to WritePlacer ESL  \nWritePlacer® ESL provides a direct measure of the writing skills of students who identify as English language learners.  \nStudents taking WritePlacer ESL are presented with a prompt and asked to write an essay of approximately 300 to 600 words. This suggested word range helps ensure the essay submitted will be long enough for evaluating the elements of good writing described in the WritePlacer ESL Scoring Rubric.  \nWritePlacer ESL prompts are carefully designed to be culturally accessible to English language learners. They are short, free of technical or specific literary references, and don’t require specialized knowledge. Students are asked to respond to the prompt by drawing on a broad range of experiences, learning, and ideas.  \nEssays are electronically scored, and scores range from 1 to 6. An essay that is too short to be evaluated, written on a topic other than the one presented, or written in a language other than English will be given a zero.  \nInformation for Students  \nWritePlacer ESL gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express your ideas in writing. You will read a brief statement and an assignment that relates to the statement. You should respond to the assignment by writing an essay in which you develop your point of view. You should support your position with appropriate reasoning and examples. The position you take won’t influence your score.  \nYour essay will be given a holistic score that represents how clearly and effectively you expressed your position. The following four dimensions of writing will be considered.  \n􀂃 Word Use—The extent to which you are able to accurately use a wide range of words and phrases.  \n􀂃 Sentence Use—The extent to which you are able to use a variety of sentence patterns with both independent and dependent clauses.  \n􀂃 Grammar—The extent to which you are able to express ideas using grammatically correct English.  \n􀂃 Organization and Development—The extent to which you are able to focus on the assigned topic and to develop ideas clearly.  \nCollege Board, ACCUPLACER, WritePlacer, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.  \nVisit College Board on the web: [collegeboard.org](collegeboard.org).  \nACCUPLACER WritePlacer ESL Guide with Sample Essays MAR-3159 © 2025 College Board. 1  \nSample Prompt  \nPassage  \nA woman recently received an inheritance of $25 million from an unknown, distant relative. She cannot decide what to do: spend it, save it, or give most of it away.  \nAssignment  \nIf you suddenly received a large sum of money, what would you do with it?  \nSample Essays  \nThere are descriptions on the following pages of each of the six WritePlacer ESL score points followed by two sample essays that were assigned the indicated score.  \nAnnotations are provided for each essay explaining why the essay was given the score it received. 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