Journal 1

Write about your first week of school.

Journal 2Define:

1.Alliteration

2.Enjambment

3.Personification

4.Imagery

5. Metaphor6. Symbol7. Theme8. Tone

Journal 3

Write (AT LEAST ONE PAGE) about a fond childhood memory

(You have 20 minutes to do so)

Journal 4 (Finish the sentence)

I feel…

I wish…

I think…

I need…

I hope…

I want...

Journal 5

Write about your plans/goals after high school and how you plan on reaching your goals.

Journal 6

My craziest experience in a restaurant (or other public place)...

Journal 7

Write about a “visit” to a hospital, doctor’s / dentist’s office.

Journal 8

Something our school needs/could use

is…

because…

and...

Journal 9

How do you feel about the “Ahmed and his clock” situation?

Did the school under/overreact? Did America under/overreact? Why so much spotlight?

http://nypost.com/2015/09/19/how-ahmeds-clock-became-a-false-convenient-tale-of-racism/

Journal 10

Write about a typical day in the school cafeteria/at mega lunch.

Journal 11

If I were president of the United States...

Journal 12

What does the world need? Why? How could we work towards the need(s)?

Journal 13

If I won the $50 million lottery...

Journal 14

My favorite Disney character/movie (or other cartoon character) is…because...

Journal 15

Describe a typical Sunday (or a specific one, i.e. yesterday)

Journal 16

Define:

lurid

fatuity

convolution

undulating

hysteria

Journal 17

Write about everything you remember from the time you woke up until now

Journal 18

What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself invisible?

Journal 19

What would you do if all of the electricity in the world ceased?

Journal 20

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. How will YOU survive(...or will you)?

Journal 21

October 29/30, 2015

Do you believe in ghosts? Why/ why not?

Journal 22

November 3/4, 2015

Real v. hidden power

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1A6uB4qUbuT1Hqu87eIHMdZabSPM0xUIhdmx7qm36HNw/edit#slide=id.p3

Journal 23

November 5/6

Is America great?

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VGyDcDqWsEtJrNMcVgSWCTDub6WZxz-8IVeoeJrNWNc/edit#slide=id.p3

Journal 24

November 12/13Write about a time where you were an outcast, a minority, or a stranger. What did/do you feel? How did/do you cope?

Journal 25

November 17/18You have been chosen to compete in the Hunger Games.May the odds be ever in your favor...

Journal 26

November 19/20With your first impulses, complete the “Anticipation Guide” on page 113 in your SpringBoard. Then, answer the question (at the bottom) in your journal.

Happy almost Thanksgiving!

Journal 27November 23, 2015

I’m thankful for...

Journal 28

November 30Imagine yourself in a different century and describe an average day in your life.

Journal 29

If you had one month to live, what all would you do?

Journal 30

Describe the most difficult thing about being your age.