The purpose of this booklet is to illustrate and compare three important levels of expectation, or standards, that have been set for diploma examination writing in English 33 in Alberta, Canada: "3 Satisfactory,""4 Proficient," and "5 Excellent." The booklet presents exemplar papers that were used to illustrate the scoring criteria for group leaders and markers as part of the marker training procedures used in January and July 1994, along with accompanying commentaries, or rationales, that tie the papers to the scoring criteria. Samples of students' writing in the booklet are divided into three sections: Personal Response to Literature; Functional Writing; and Response to Visual Communication. Appendixes present writing assignments for January 1994 and June 1994, as well as the English 33 scoring criteria for 1994. (RS)