Journal Writing
-Spend about 45 minutes per entry and complete 1 a wk.
-Some students should write multiple pages, but everyone should write at least 1 page.
-See the rubric below for expectations
-Choose to do these in your journal or type it on your computer to be submitted electronically.
-Choose just ONE main topic for each entry
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Ideas:
-How life has changed since COVID?
(school, friends, what you miss, enjoy, what have you learned in the news about it, how do you feel, thoughts on how people are reacting to it)
-What have you been up to this week and how are you feeling?
(your daily routine? Are you doing any sports? Baking? Anything cultural? Something funny or interesting that happened to you this week?)
-Something that's been on your mind
(a memory of an event, an invention idea, thoughts on world events or politics, etc.)
-Your own idea
Other Ideas:
- If you were principal of your school, name and discuss one change you would make.
-What do you like the most about yourself?
-What can be done to stop pollution?
-If you were lost in the woods, what would you do?
-If you could declare a new holiday, what would it be?
-Would you rather wear shoes or go barefoot?
-Describe a favorite toy you had when you were younger.
-If you were ten feet tall, how would your life be different?
-Should kids be given allowance money from their parents?
-What’s your favourite family tradition?
-Are older people, wiser than young people?
-Describe a perfect day.
-Should people live on other planets?
-Should wild animals be kept in zoos?
-What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done?
-Who’s your favourite author?
-How would you make a new student feel comfortable?
-What does the expression “the grass is always greener on the other side” mean?
-If you won an elephant as the prize of a contest you entered, how would your family react?
-Should students be allowed to use cell phones in class?
-Should a sports player make more money than the Prime Minister?
-If you could invite a guest speaker to visit your class, who would it be?
-If you were an inventor, what would you invent?
-What would you do if you woke up in another country and no one understood the language you spoke?
-If animals could talk, what animal would you talk with? What would you talk about?
-If there were no laws, what do you think would happen?
-How life has changed since COVID?
(school, friends, what you miss, enjoy, what have you learned in the news about it, how do you feel, thoughts on how people are reacting to it)
-What have you been up to this week and how are you feeling?
(your daily routine? Are you doing any sports? Baking? Anything cultural? Something funny or interesting that happened to you this week?)
-Something that's been on your mind
(a memory of an event, an invention idea, thoughts on world events or politics, etc.)
-Your own idea
Other Ideas:
- If you were principal of your school, name and discuss one change you would make.
-What do you like the most about yourself?
-What can be done to stop pollution?
-If you were lost in the woods, what would you do?
-If you could declare a new holiday, what would it be?
-Would you rather wear shoes or go barefoot?
-Describe a favorite toy you had when you were younger.
-If you were ten feet tall, how would your life be different?
-Should kids be given allowance money from their parents?
-What’s your favourite family tradition?
-Are older people, wiser than young people?
-Describe a perfect day.
-Should people live on other planets?
-Should wild animals be kept in zoos?
-What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done?
-Who’s your favourite author?
-How would you make a new student feel comfortable?
-What does the expression “the grass is always greener on the other side” mean?
-If you won an elephant as the prize of a contest you entered, how would your family react?
-Should students be allowed to use cell phones in class?
-Should a sports player make more money than the Prime Minister?
-If you could invite a guest speaker to visit your class, who would it be?
-If you were an inventor, what would you invent?
-What would you do if you woke up in another country and no one understood the language you spoke?
-If animals could talk, what animal would you talk with? What would you talk about?
-If there were no laws, what do you think would happen?