List of Criteria to Evaluate Writing

1. Is the writing on topic?
2. Does the writing have correct grammar?
1. Are there any run-ons or fragments?
2. Are the sentences passive or active?
3. Are there any problems with punctuation or capitalization? 
3. Does the writing have correct spelling?
4. Is the writing in paragraphs?
5. Does the writing have a thesis? 
6. Is the thesis clear? 
7. Are the ideas of the writing in order?
8. Is the word choice right?
9. Are the sentences in logical sequence?
10. Does the writing have an ending/conclusion?
11. Are there any facts/details needed to back up their claims/story?
12. Does the writing have a hook?
13. Does the writing captivate you? 
14. Are there any sentences that could be rephrased? 
15. Are their any parallelism errors? 
16. Is the audience clearly stated? 

King Arthur and the Sword in Stone Quickwrite p.792

There are many different ways on how people can become legends in today’s world. In our modern era, we are faced with many problems: world famine, global warming, bad economy, bad relations between countries, limitation of oil, and terrorism, just to name a few. If someone were to, for instance, create a device that would make food easy and quick and healthy, his/her name would live on in whatever form people would communicate or hold information in. That person would be doing the world a huge favor and helping a countless number of people and prevent violence from spreading between the resources. Also, if someone found a way to “make” oil at an extremely cheap price, that person would not only make millions but everyone in the world and most likely as long as humanity would live, his/her name would live. Finally, if someone were to strengthen ties between countries and go as far as to create a unified Earth, not only would they get a huge clap of hands and bravado but create a safe place for all humans and people to come in the future and to live with unity and peace. 

Creation Myth

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/japanese-creation-myth.html

List of Aspects in Nature Quickwrite p.589

• sky
• dirt
• grass
• clouds
• plants
• sunrise
• sunset
• moon
• sunlight
• water
• trees
• stars
• birds
• dog
• vines
• paper (trees)
• vegetables
• mountain

Oni and the Great Bird Quickwrite p. 698

Superheroes in comic books are different from real-life heroes in many ways. Many superheroes are very famous and have many people stare at their powers, speed, strength, and courage and are dressed in fancy costumes and seem to be showing off in some ways. However, many real-life heroes do not seek adulation after they accomplish something big such as taking down a robbery of a drugstore. Those people, unlike fictional heroes, have to face true death and make a choice whether to risk their life or allow someone else’s life to be taken by the hand of Death. A true hero is one that has a normal life and when he/she sees a crime, will find a way to comfort them and bring out true courage to actually confront the criminals. Also, fictional superheroes seem to have super human qualities already and whereas normal people simply use what they have to adapt to their situation. Super heroes, in my opinion, are just fake cowards with undeserved super human qualities but true real life heroes are people that are faced with a moral choice of their own happy life with the chance of a family and happiness against risking all that happiness and life to try and safe another one’s. The true courage is the courage of standing up in the face of death when it is drawn out from your heart instead of having super powers which allow you to be invincible or invisible. 

The Flight of Icarus Quickwrite p. 675

I long to fly like a seagull because I get to feel the air blowing against me and  I get to look at things from a different perspective. I could see things that I probably never noticed but only from the air. Near the ocean, I could easily feel the cold air and wind cooling me. We could find a way to feel and see the world from a different view. I would want to fly because it conveys feeling of freedom and from that different view up there, it deludes and gives me a feeling as if I am the king and the people below are ants.  People would be like THAT GUY IS SO COOL! Mostly, we want to fly because we can’t. 

Quickwrite p.664-Orpheus, the Great Musician

I believe that music can touch your heart and also make you feel happy and sad and give you a variety of feelings. It can drag your whole mind into sadness and fear and pessimism and negativeness or it can cheer you up and make you feel glad. I had a very heavy experience with music before but it didn’t really touch my heart. Instead, it made me feel depressed. The songs were from Halo and the songs made me feel so sad and depressed that I didn’t know why, but made me feel like there was no more hope for me and the world and that I wanted to die. I felt that everyday was another day of hell and I was about to crash into hell. However, I listened to some Classic Rock and Pop and it profoundly increased my spirits and brought me hope and inspiration into my mind. I also had other experiences with music. For instance, many times after I get scolded by my mom and can’t think properly, I reach for my violin and soon after 3 or 4 times of playing my mind begins to calm down and I begin to understand what I did wrong and accept my failure and change. And to this day on, I do not underestimate the powers of music.