This is a sample of Chases writing sample after a no discussion format. The prompt was to tell how Amber Brown felt about her friend's family's plan to move away, and provide evidence from the story to support the response. She answers the question but does not provide any explicit or implicit evidence from the text to support the answer and attained a score of 1.

Below is Chase's written response after a teacher facilitated discussion session to the Gus and Buster story called 'Table Manners'. The student's were asked to tell why they think Buster began to cry in the story. She answered the question and provided evidence from the story. She attained a score of 3.

The last sample is a written response after a student-led discussion session. The selection was called Proud Fox and the prompt was to write whether you think the fox's pride got him into trouble with the dogs who chased him. She provided evidence from the text to support her answers and scored a 4.