Sample Teacher's Comments in Creative Writing

Has a good understanding of developing a paragraph and interesting storyline, needs more time in developing interesting stories using detailed and descriptive words.  Good imagination.

Has a good understanding of details, how to write a paragraph using words to paint a picture for the reader and can write a lengthy short story. Good imagination.

Shows a good understanding of paragraph structure and can tell a story with great length and storyline. Needs more time to develop writing with more detailed and descriptive words. Good story ideas.

He understands the paragraph structure, has good ideas for his stories, but needs more time to develop writing with more detailed and descriptive words.  Good ideas for writing.

He has good sentence structure and story line, can write story that is lengthy, needs to use more descriptive words to make story interesting for the reader.  Good imagination.

She has good understanding of paragraph structure and how to tell a story, sentence structure will improve as her writing assignments continue.  She has a good imagination and ideas for stories.  She can write a longer story that what is asked for. 

He has a good understanding of the topic sentence and the main ideas for a story.  He writes well but needs to be able to expand story into a something longer.

He understands the topic sentence and relating the main ideas into the story.  He could build a longer story from his information.

She is good with sequence and conclusion of the story needs to use more descriptive words in building an interesting story. 

He is capable of writing longer stories and interesting stories, He has a good imagination just needs to put it into words.

She listens well to instructions and puts to use what has been discussed within her writing.  Writes good stories and can write lengthy stories also. 

He needs more practice in writing his thoughts down into story form.  If he takes more time to think about what he wants to write, he could and would be good at writing short stories.

He needs to add more descriptive words to make his story more interesting to the readers, which will also add length to his stories.

She needs more practice in order to make her topic sentences more interesting, she has good understanding of the conclusion of her stories.  She can be a better writer just by taking more time and not trying to rush through it to get it done.  She has a good imagination she just needs to be able to put it into words.

He is a very prolific writer and has a good imagination but he likes to rush and do the work at the last minute. If he would put a little more time and effort into his work he could really do well.

He understands the material being discussed, stories are a length and he has a good imagination.  He needs to use a little more time on thinking of good subjects and plot situations.

She needs to be more committed to her work. She hasn’t been consistent in handing her work in on time and when she does it is either a rush job or only half done.  I know she can do a better job if she would commit to doing it.  She has a good imagination; I’m just waiting to see it written down in story form.

He has a good understanding of writing short stories, topic sentences, conclusions and use of the main ideas.  He has a good imagination and can make his writing interesting.

He understands what is being discussed in class and puts into use the material being discussed into his writing.  When building subjects and plot situations he needs to think of broader subjects to write about.

She has a good understanding of what is being discussed in class, has good ideas for her stories with good imagination.  Needs more explanation of plot situations.

She has a very good understanding of writing skills; I believe she really enjoys writing.  Her length of stories is applicable to the subject matter; she has good ideas of subjects and plot situations.

She puts forth the least amount of effort to get the work done.  The work is complete but too short.  Her subject and plot situations for the stories are too narrow.  I believe with more commitment to this area she could be a good writer, she seems to have a good imagination it’s just taking the time to write it all down into story form.

He has a good understanding of direction, and writes good stories for a last minute effort.  Looking forward to reading what he can produce when he takes his time to do the work required.  The stories need to have more descriptive words and length.

Good understanding of material, writes well for last minute efforts, really looking forward to reading something that he really puts forth effort to write.  Needs a wider range of subjects and plot situations to write about.

He has a good understanding of the material being discussed in class.  He has a good imagination and can write his thoughts into descriptive sentence for an interesting story.

She is very good at writing her thoughts and imagination down into stories.  She has good ideas for subject matter and also for the plot situations in her stories.  She really seems to enjoy writing and it’s a pleasure to read her stories.

He has a good understanding of writing a short story.  He desires to excel and always looking for ways to improve his writing.  He uses helpful writing techniques that he has learned in the past to help in his stories. He chooses interesting subject matter and plot situation.

He does a good job with his writing when a high expectation is put upon him.  He has a good imagination and is a good writer using detailed description.

She is a very good writer.  She uses her skills that she’s learned from past lessons to help her write good stories.  She has a good sense of imagination and could put her thoughts of a story into descriptive pictures for her reader.   She has been handing her work in late on several occasions.

He has a very good understanding of writing interesting short stories, essays and other required writing assignments.  His subject ideas and plot situations are very well prepared.  When he knows what is expected from him, he’s committed to doing his best.  He strives for excellence and I believe he enjoys a challenge.