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Journal #1
What is love? What is hate?
What is love? What is hate?
Journal #2
What is good? What is evil?
What is good? What is evil?
Journal #3
What do you anticipate will be your biggest source of stress this year? Why?
What do you anticipate will be your biggest source of stress this year? Why?
Journal #4
What inspires you to write? OR What are the big ideals that come through when you write? Describe your 'voice' as an author. OR FREE WRITE
What inspires you to write? OR What are the big ideals that come through when you write? Describe your 'voice' as an author. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #5
It was the spirit of it that really bothered her. She didn't mind not making the team. What ticked her off was the...
OR You hide, but nobody seeks. Instead, they leave you alone in the woods.
OR Free Write
It was the spirit of it that really bothered her. She didn't mind not making the team. What ticked her off was the...
OR You hide, but nobody seeks. Instead, they leave you alone in the woods.
OR Free Write
Journal #6
Look at vocabulary set 1 on the vocabulary tab. Write ten words that use the prefix, and find a synonym and antonym for the two vocabulary words.
Look at vocabulary set 1 on the vocabulary tab. Write ten words that use the prefix, and find a synonym and antonym for the two vocabulary words.
Journal #7
Which of the essential questions resonates most with you? Why?
Which of the essential questions resonates most with you? Why?
Journal #8
Describe your overall impressions of the 2 short stories that we have read. Do you think annotating text will be helpful to you? Why?
Describe your overall impressions of the 2 short stories that we have read. Do you think annotating text will be helpful to you? Why?
Journal #9
What is the best piece of writing that you've ever read? Why? OR FREE WRITE
What is the best piece of writing that you've ever read? Why? OR FREE WRITE
Journal #10
Journal #5 A rich poker player wants to build a casino in a town full of church-goers who abhor gambling. OR The diner's specialty was greasy food and that's exactly what he was going to order OR FREE WRITE.
Journal #5 A rich poker player wants to build a casino in a town full of church-goers who abhor gambling. OR The diner's specialty was greasy food and that's exactly what he was going to order OR FREE WRITE.
Journal #11
Journal #6 You adopt a child but the parents want him back. OR The smell of roasting meat wafted out of the restaurant as he dug through the dumpster in the back. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #6 You adopt a child but the parents want him back. OR The smell of roasting meat wafted out of the restaurant as he dug through the dumpster in the back. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #12
Red roses awaited her return. Would they be enough? OR A new employee in a toy store finds an old supernatural Barbie doll. OR FREE WRITE
Red roses awaited her return. Would they be enough? OR A new employee in a toy store finds an old supernatural Barbie doll. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #13
"Such a shame. that boy had such promise." shaking her head, she remembered some of the times she'd seen him... ORDeep in the lake, there lived a monster the locals called... ORFREE WRITE
"Such a shame. that boy had such promise." shaking her head, she remembered some of the times she'd seen him... ORDeep in the lake, there lived a monster the locals called... ORFREE WRITE
Journal #14
Write your impressions of the effects of the Nazi cleansing of the Jews. OR Write about the worst evil in the world. OR FREE WRITE
Write your impressions of the effects of the Nazi cleansing of the Jews. OR Write about the worst evil in the world. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #1
If you were shipped to one of the ghettos like so many Jews were before they were sent to concentration camps, what would you be sure to pack if you had one little suitcase and one hour to pack what you could carry? Explain your choices. OR Free write.
If you were shipped to one of the ghettos like so many Jews were before they were sent to concentration camps, what would you be sure to pack if you had one little suitcase and one hour to pack what you could carry? Explain your choices. OR Free write.
Journal #2
Journal #2 What would you have done if you were a non-jew in an anti-semitic state?OR What are your beliefs that help you during hard times? OR FREE WRITE
Journal #2 What would you have done if you were a non-jew in an anti-semitic state?OR What are your beliefs that help you during hard times? OR FREE WRITE
Journal #3
She goes for a swim and turns into a mermaid. OR Do you think that popular video games and movies desensitize youth to the atrocities of war? Explain. OR FREE WRITE
She goes for a swim and turns into a mermaid. OR Do you think that popular video games and movies desensitize youth to the atrocities of war? Explain. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #4
Look at the bottom of your shoe. Write a story about where it's been. OR Write a short piece about your most vivid childhood memory. OR FREE WRITE
Look at the bottom of your shoe. Write a story about where it's been. OR Write a short piece about your most vivid childhood memory. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #5
Close your eyes. Turn your head to the side. Count to 5. Open your eyes. Write about the first thing that comes into focus. OR An unstable scientist keeps cloning cats and eventually changes their DNA. OR FREE WRITE.
Close your eyes. Turn your head to the side. Count to 5. Open your eyes. Write about the first thing that comes into focus. OR An unstable scientist keeps cloning cats and eventually changes their DNA. OR FREE WRITE.
Journal #6
What does life look like when it's fair? ORWrite about discrimination.OR FREE WRITE
What does life look like when it's fair? ORWrite about discrimination.OR FREE WRITE
Journal #7
What is worse? Ignorance or violence? OR What is better? Happiness or Freedom? ORFREE WRITE
What is worse? Ignorance or violence? OR What is better? Happiness or Freedom? ORFREE WRITE
Journal #8
How do you go about trying to change a person's mind about an issue? Do you ever have success? OR Why do you think there is so much hatred in the world? OR FREE WRITE
How do you go about trying to change a person's mind about an issue? Do you ever have success? OR Why do you think there is so much hatred in the world? OR FREE WRITE
Journal #9
Write about a Halloween you will never forget. OR Write about what it means to be part of a family. OR FREE WRITE
Write about a Halloween you will never forget. OR Write about what it means to be part of a family. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #10
Journal #10 If you could be any color, what color would you be? OR What are your feelings about storms? OR Free Write
Journal #10 If you could be any color, what color would you be? OR What are your feelings about storms? OR Free Write
Journal #1
Do you believe that all people are naturally good or bad? Explain. OR What do people misunderstand about you? OR FREE WRITE
Do you believe that all people are naturally good or bad? Explain. OR What do people misunderstand about you? OR FREE WRITE
Journal #2
A diver jumps from a high dive into a deep pool to disappear for good.OR While ice-fishing on the lake in Michigan, a man catches something other than a fish. OR FREE WRITE
A diver jumps from a high dive into a deep pool to disappear for good.OR While ice-fishing on the lake in Michigan, a man catches something other than a fish. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #3
Make a list of all the controversial topics you can think of and write your stance on each one. OR I feel like no matter how many times I say it, I can never get it through... OR FREE WRITE
Make a list of all the controversial topics you can think of and write your stance on each one. OR I feel like no matter how many times I say it, I can never get it through... OR FREE WRITE
Journal #4
Make a Christmas list. OR Write a marriage proposal from a sea animal to a land animal. OR FREE WRITE
Make a Christmas list. OR Write a marriage proposal from a sea animal to a land animal. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #5
Compare factions from DIVERGENT to social classes in our culture.OR Write about your senior year being half over. ORFREE WRITE.
Compare factions from DIVERGENT to social classes in our culture.OR Write about your senior year being half over. ORFREE WRITE.
Journal #6
Describe a world where there is no music. OR Write about a word in our English language you think we could remove and still communicate effectively. OR FREE WRITE
Describe a world where there is no music. OR Write about a word in our English language you think we could remove and still communicate effectively. OR FREE WRITE
Journal #7
What is harder: being honest with yourself or being honest with others? OR What jobs get way to much money for what they do? OR FREE WRITE
What is harder: being honest with yourself or being honest with others? OR What jobs get way to much money for what they do? OR FREE WRITE
Journal #1
What is your breaking point? OR Can people change? OR Free Write.
What is your breaking point? OR Can people change? OR Free Write.
Journal #2
Do you live mostly in the light or mostly in the dark? Use light and dark as metaphors. OR When you think about great people, what do they have in common? OR FREE WRITE
Do you live mostly in the light or mostly in the dark? Use light and dark as metaphors. OR When you think about great people, what do they have in common? OR FREE WRITE
Journal #3
Write a journal entry from the perspective of Hamlet. OR Use one the following lines from Act I of Hamlet to write a poem (see below). OR Free write.
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"
"Frailty, thy name is woman!"
"The time is out of joint."
"To thine own self be true."
Write a journal entry from the perspective of Hamlet. OR Use one the following lines from Act I of Hamlet to write a poem (see below). OR Free write.
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"
"Frailty, thy name is woman!"
"The time is out of joint."
"To thine own self be true."
Journal #4
Describe an event that changed your life forever, or make up and describe an event that would change your life forever. OR What would you do if you could travel into the future? OR Free write.
Describe an event that changed your life forever, or make up and describe an event that would change your life forever. OR What would you do if you could travel into the future? OR Free write.
Journal #5
Describe your life in 7 years. Where do you see yourself? OR Free write.
Describe your life in 7 years. Where do you see yourself? OR Free write.
Journal #6
Write about the number 7. OR You're thrown back in a time, to an important historical moment. OR FREE WRITE.
Write about the number 7. OR You're thrown back in a time, to an important historical moment. OR FREE WRITE.
Journal #7
How's life going? OR If you had to write your life story in three paragraphs or less, what would you say? OR FREE WRITE.
How's life going? OR If you had to write your life story in three paragraphs or less, what would you say? OR FREE WRITE.
Journal #8
Right after I hit send, the power went out. OR Describe the oddest thing you have ever seen. OR FREE WRITE
Right after I hit send, the power went out. OR Describe the oddest thing you have ever seen. OR FREE WRITE