1. THE MOST AMAZING THING I'VE EVER SEEN IS... Wed. Sept. 9

2. Did you know that punctuation doesn’t just include commas, apostrophes, and periods, but it also covers the spaces between words and lowercase letters? Before punctuation was invented, texts were written in all caps without any spaces between words, making them hard to read. Rewrite the following paragraph using punctuation. ITSVERYDIFFICULTTOREADSENTENCESWHENTHERESABSOLUTELYNOPUNCTUAT IONITMUSTHAVEBEENVERYDIFFICULTFORPEOPLETRYINGTOREADBEFORETHEI NVENTIONOFPUNCUTATIONDONTYOUTHINKBYINSERTINGSPACESPUNCTUTATI ONMARKSANDLOWERCASELETTERSTHISPARAGRAPHWILLBECOMEMUCHEASIE RTOREADWHATARELIEFTHATWILLBE THUR. Sept. 10

3. FRI. Sept. 11 FREE WRITE http://video.foxnews.com/v/1151859712001/flashback-911-as-it-happened/?#sp=show-clips

4. The consonants T and B can be turned into a variety of different words by inserting different vowels in different places. For instance, you could come up with TUB, TUBE, TUBA, OR TAB. Come up with THREE words each by inserting vowels into each of the following strings of consonants: GR, STR, LT, SW, CD. Mon. Sept. 14

5. List one of your pet peeves and write about why it annoys you. Tues. Sept. 15

6. Write about an incident that illustrates kindness. Wed. Sept. 16

7. Describe Sundays at your house. Thur. Sept. 17

8. If and when I raise children, I'll never... Fri. Sept. 18

9. Finish this thought: if I could change one thing about myself (if you can't think of anything, you might want to consider telling how you got to be perfect!) Mon. Sept. 21

10. Invent and describe a new food. Tue. Sept. 22

11. What part does music play in the life of young people? Write a journal entry describing you and your peers’ tastes in music and why music is meaningful to you as a generation. Wed. Sept. 23

12. Friendships are important to middle school and high school students. Write a definition of what your friends mean to you. Thur. Sept. 24

13. Fri. Sept. 25 What is the definition of beauty? Write a definition for “beauty,” and provide examples to illustrate your meaning.

14. Mon. Sept. 28 FREE WRITE

15. Many people believe that honesty is the best policy. In your opinion, is it ever okay to lie? Explain your answer using specific reasons and examples. Tues. Sept. 29

16. What techniques do you know for helping other resolve conflicts peacefully? Wed. Sept. 30

17. Write down an important goal you would like to achieve over the next ten years. Brainstorm a list of actions you need to take to make you goal. Decide when you should take each action and place it on a time line. Thur. Oct. 1

18. Fri. Oct. 2 FREE WRITE

19. Write a journal entry describing your typical school lunch. Mon. Oct. 5

20. Most states allow people to get a driver’s license at the age of 16. Some people feel that 16 is much too young for the responsibility that comes with driving a car and that teenagers should not be allowed to drive until the age of 18. In your opinion, at what age should people be allowed to drive, and why? Tues. Oct. 6

21. The average American watches as much as six hours of television each day. Do you think this is too much? Why or why not ? Wed. Oct. 7

22. We all have favorite activities that we enjoy. Write a journal convincing readers to try the activity that you enjoy most. Thur. Oct. 8

23. Since the cloning of the sheep Dolly, there has been much debate over whether or not human beings should be cloned. How do you feel about this issue? Fri. Oct. 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tELZEPcgKkE

24. Write out the best or the worst day of your life. Tues. Oct. 13

25. Who is the person from history that you would most like to meet and talk to? Why? What would you like to ask? Wed. Oct. 14

26. What would you do if all the electricity in the world just stopped? Thur. Oct. 15

27. What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself invisible? Fri. Oct. 16

28. You are to tell a person from a distant planet or from another era what pollution is. Make that person understand what causes it and why it is bad. Mon. Oct. 19

29. If you could do something that you never have done before, what would it be? Why would you want to do it? Tues. Oct. 20.

30. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be? Why would you make this change? Wed. Oct. 21

31. Write about a time in your life when you struggled with a choice and made the right one. Thur. Oct. 22

32. Invent a monster and describe it. Tell where it lives, what it eats, and what it does. Fri. Oct. 23

33. What commercial on TV do you dislike beyond all others? What about it is particularly annoying to you? Mon. Oct. 26

34. Be a building you know well. Talk about your life and memories. Tues. Oct. 27

35. Write about what you think you will be like and what you will be doing 10 years or 20 years from now. Wed. Oct. 28

36. Were you ever accused of something that you didn't do or have you ever blamed someone else for something that you did? What happened Thur. Oct. 29

37. Write about the funniest thing that ever happened to you or one of your friends. Fri. Oct. 30

38. MON. NOV. 2 Persuade a friend to give up drugs.

39. IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? WHY WOULD YOU MAKE THIS CHANGE? Tues. Nov. 3

40. AS A CHILD, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? Wed. Nov. 4

41. THUR. NOV. 5 FREE WRITE

42. FRI. NOV. 6 List one major world problem and how you think we should solve it.

43. MON. NOV. 9 What is the most important issue facing teens your age today? How should they deal with it?

44. TUES. NOV. 10 What would happen if animals could talk? What are some of the questions you would like to ask animals?

45. WED. NOV. 11 What would happen if there were no cars, buses, trains, boats, or planes? How would this change your life?

46. THUR. NOV. 12 What if everyone lived under water? Where would people live? What games would children play? What would school be like?

47. FRI. NOV. 13 What would you do if you woke up in another country and no one could understand you?

48. MON. NOV. 16 If you could only take 3 people with you on a trip around the world, who would you take and why?

49. TUE. NOV. 17 If you could give any gift in the world, what would you give and to whom?

50. TUES. NOV. 18 FREE WRITE

51. THUR. NOV. 19 Imagine that you are an animal in the zoo. What type of animal are you? How do you feel about being caged? How do you feel about people that visit and watch you?

52. FRI. NOV. 20 Write about a time your parents embarrassed you.

53. MON. NOV. 23 You go to the store with your parents and baby brother. Your parents go into a store and tell you to watch your brother. You take your eyes off your brother for just a minute and you can't find him. You...