Journal Entry #1
1) If I were the teacher, I would . . .
2) What is your favorite room in your home and why?
3)Free Write
Journal Entry #2
1) What would you do if you and your best friend had a free limo ride for twenty-four hours?
2) In twenty years I see myself . . .
3) Free Write
Journal Entry #3
1) What would you do if you were in the middle of a lake and your boat began to leak?
2) What would happen if you found gold in your backyard?
3) Free Write
Journal Entry #4 hours 1, 4, 5, 7, 9
Practice writing couplets. Couplets have two lines that rhyme. The last words in both lines rhyme.
Example: Cookies, candies, and treats galore.
I eat them all and still want more.
Your entry should have eight lines or four couplets about one subject.
Journal Entry #4 8th hour
Practice writing triplets. Triplets have three lines that rhyme. The last word in each line rhymes.
Example: Three times now this road I have crossed,
for my compass is broken; my old maps I have tossed.
I'd give up and go home, but I am hopelessly lost!
Your entry should have nine lines or three triplets about one subject.
Journal Entry #5
1) Tell how you think your first day of school would go if the new teacher is your mother.
2) Besides your furniture, you are allowed to keep anything else in your room. Explain what you would keep and why.
3) Free write
Journal Entry #6
1) You have just won the state lottery--five million dollars! what will you do with your wealth? Write about three ideas. Be sure to write a good beginning, middle, and end to your story. Don't forget that you have to pay taxes on your winnings.
2) If you could magically turn your teacher (or parent) into a superstar, who would he/she be? Why would having a superstar-teacher (-or parent) be exciting?
3) Free write
1) If I were the teacher, I would . . .
2) What is your favorite room in your home and why?
3)Free Write
Journal Entry #2
1) What would you do if you and your best friend had a free limo ride for twenty-four hours?
2) In twenty years I see myself . . .
3) Free Write
Journal Entry #3
1) What would you do if you were in the middle of a lake and your boat began to leak?
2) What would happen if you found gold in your backyard?
3) Free Write
Journal Entry #4 hours 1, 4, 5, 7, 9
Practice writing couplets. Couplets have two lines that rhyme. The last words in both lines rhyme.
Example: Cookies, candies, and treats galore.
I eat them all and still want more.
Your entry should have eight lines or four couplets about one subject.
Journal Entry #4 8th hour
Practice writing triplets. Triplets have three lines that rhyme. The last word in each line rhymes.
Example: Three times now this road I have crossed,
for my compass is broken; my old maps I have tossed.
I'd give up and go home, but I am hopelessly lost!
Your entry should have nine lines or three triplets about one subject.
Journal Entry #5
1) Tell how you think your first day of school would go if the new teacher is your mother.
2) Besides your furniture, you are allowed to keep anything else in your room. Explain what you would keep and why.
3) Free write
Journal Entry #6
1) You have just won the state lottery--five million dollars! what will you do with your wealth? Write about three ideas. Be sure to write a good beginning, middle, and end to your story. Don't forget that you have to pay taxes on your winnings.
2) If you could magically turn your teacher (or parent) into a superstar, who would he/she be? Why would having a superstar-teacher (-or parent) be exciting?
3) Free write