Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Journal Writes - Term 1 - Fill 50 pages

By the end of the term, you should have 50 pages of  your journal filled.  Each page should be at least 3/4 filled.  Here are some of the journal entries we have had so far.

This is not a comprehensive list of journal entry assignments - but it's a start.  :)

1. What's in your backpack?
2. Write as many blue words as you can think of.
3. Write as many 2-word complete sentences as you can. (Birds jump. Fences fall. Girl stops.)
4. Ask as many "Why?" questions as you can.
5. Write as many ideas/windows as you can think of for the word "happiness".
6. Write the best and worst breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
7. Complete this sentence: Life is like____________.
8. Make a list of jokes.
9. Write about the sunrise.
10. Make a list of super powers.
11. The man walked into the store - rewrite this sentence as many ways as you can - move up to the top of the Pyramid of Abstraction.
12. Write your morning routine.
13. Write all the words about Autumn that you can think of.
14. Think of a food and write all of the experiences you associate with that food.
15. Choose one of these: cheerios, dishwashing liquid, a computer mouse, a clothes dryer, a bicycle tire.  Write everything you can think of about that subject.
16. Waiting for Fall Break is like____________________.  Fill in the blank as many ways as you can.




Email me at shannon.cannon@maeserprep.org with more journal entry assignments we have had and I will add them.  Thanks gobs!

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