1. FAMILY AND BIRTH ORDER: DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILY. IF YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS, WHERE DO YOU FALL IN THE ORDER? PROVIDE CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUR SIBLINGS AND YOURSELF. Journal Entry #2

2. Journal Entry #3 Reflect on your first week of high school.

3. Journal Entry #4 Choose one from the following topics and write an anecdote: Anecdote=mini-story 1. Have you ever made an initial bad impression on someone? What did you do to change that person’s impression of you? 2. Have you ever made a prejudgment about someone and then once you got to know the person realized you were completely wrong? Explain. 3. Have you ever tried something that was out of your “comfort zone”? Was it to impress someone? What was it and was the person impressed?

4. Journal Entry #5 Reflect on this quote: “What if this is as good as it gets?”

5. Journal Entry #6 Reflect on this quote: “I hope I don’t just drift away after high school.”

6. Journal Entry #1 “We plunged toward the future without a clue.” What does this quote mean to you?