1. Journal 1 Write about your first week of school.

2. Journal 2 Define: 1. Alliteration 2. Enjambment 3. Personification 4. Imagery 5. Metaphor 6. Symbol 7. Theme 8. Tone

3. Journal 3 Write (AT LEAST ONE PAGE) about a fond childhood memory (You have 20 minutes to do so)

4. Journal 4 (Finish the sentence) I feel… I wish… I think… I need… I hope… I want...

5. Journal 5 Write about your plans/goals after high school and how you plan on reaching your goals.

6. Journal 6 My craziest experience in a restaurant (or other public place)...

7. Journal 7 Write about a “visit” to a hospital, doctor’s / dentist’s office.

8. Journal 8 Something our school needs/could use is… because… and...

9. Journal 9 How do you feel about the “Ahmed and his clock” situation? Did the school under/overreact? Did America under/overreact? Why so much spotlight? http://nypost.com/2015/09/19/how- ahmeds-clock-became-a-false- convenient-tale-of-racism/

10. Journal 10 Write about a typical day in the school cafeteria/at mega lunch.

11. Journal 11 If I were president of the United States...

12. Journal 12 What does the world need? Why? How could we work towards the need(s)?

13. Journal 13 If I won the $50 million lottery...

14. Journal 14 My favorite Disney character/movie (or other cartoon character) is… because...

15. Journal 15 Describe a typical Sunday (or a specific one, i.e. yesterday)

16. Journal 16 Define: lurid fatuity convolution undulating hysteria

17. Journal 17 Write about everything you remember from the time you woke up until now

18. Journal 18 What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself invisible?

19. Journal 19 What would you do if all of the electricity in the world ceased?

20. Journal 20 ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. How will YOU survive(...or will you)?

21. Journal 21 October 29/30, 2015 Do you believe in ghosts? Why/ why not?

22. Journal 22 November 3/4, 2015 Real v. hidden power https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1A6uB4qUbuT1Hqu87eIHMdZabSPM 0xUIhdmx7qm36HNw/edit#slide=id.p3

23. Journal 23 November 5/6 Is America great? https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VGyDcDqWsEtJrNMcVgSWCTDub6 WZxz-8IVeoeJrNWNc/edit#slide=id.p3

24. Journal 24 November 12/13 Write about a time where you were an outcast, a minority, or a stranger. What did/do you feel? How did/do you cope?

25. Journal 25 November 17/18 You have been chosen to compete in the Hunger Games. May the odds be ever in your favor...

26. Journal 26 November 19/20 With your first impulses, complete the “Anticipation Guide” on page 113 in your SpringBoard. Then, answer the question (at the bottom) in your journal.

27. Happy almost Thanksgiving! Journal 27 November 23, 2015 I’m thankful for...

28. Journal 28 November 30 Imagine yourself in a different century and describe an average day in your life.

29. Journal 29 If you had one month to live, what all would you do?

30. Journal 30 Describe the most difficult thing about being your age.