Journal prompts
Week 1
1. Pick a person from this picture of Manchester, England and create a realistic, but creative back story. Give this person a name, family, job, home life, and tell us how their night went. Be as detailed, but subtle as possible.
1. Pick a person from this picture of Manchester, England and create a realistic, but creative back story. Give this person a name, family, job, home life, and tell us how their night went. Be as detailed, but subtle as possible.
2. Two men are sitting at a table in the mall. One has a clipboard, the other has a wrinkled shirt. The interview has just finished. The man with the clipboard says to the other man, "Do you have any questions for me?"
What follows was quite amazing.
3. What is this for?
What follows was quite amazing.
3. What is this for?
4. Make a list a things that are important to you.
Write three metaphors, like Charlotte did in "The Metaphor"
Write three metaphors, like Charlotte did in "The Metaphor"
5. In regards to Ms. Hancock's death, do you feel it was an accident or suicide? Make a case.
2.1 - 7 words you must use in a piece - Jonas, Valley, Mexico, Tennis, Roof, Fox, Staple
2.2 - Write a letter to yourself as you are about to start Kindergarten. What advice do you have?
2.3 - Character - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2.4 - Caption competition - Examples of captions - The Day Winners - Caption Me Winners
2.2 - Write a letter to yourself as you are about to start Kindergarten. What advice do you have?
2.3 - Character - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2.4 - Caption competition - Examples of captions - The Day Winners - Caption Me Winners
3 - Questions week
3.1 - What would you ask [Insert Famous Person] if you could meet them? Provide a rationale.
3.2 - Interview yourself for a job, what would you ask yourself, to get the best out of yourself? Provide answers and a rationale.
3.3 - If you could ask a coach/teacher/boss/police officer a series of questions, and they had to tell you the truth in an answer, what would you ask?
3.4 - What would you ask God/Mother Nature/The Creator or any higher power? Provide a rationale.
3.1 - What would you ask [Insert Famous Person] if you could meet them? Provide a rationale.
3.2 - Interview yourself for a job, what would you ask yourself, to get the best out of yourself? Provide answers and a rationale.
3.3 - If you could ask a coach/teacher/boss/police officer a series of questions, and they had to tell you the truth in an answer, what would you ask?
3.4 - What would you ask God/Mother Nature/The Creator or any higher power? Provide a rationale.
4.1 - What would your stuffy say about you?
4.2 - What a tree did see? Tell a story of what a tree would see during its life. Make it rhyme.
4.3 - If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
4.4 - If these walls could talk. Pick an interesting room in the world,
4.5 - Who are these people are what are they saying to each other?
4.2 - What a tree did see? Tell a story of what a tree would see during its life. Make it rhyme.
4.3 - If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
4.4 - If these walls could talk. Pick an interesting room in the world,
4.5 - Who are these people are what are they saying to each other?
Emotions Week
5.1 - Tell a story where the reader would feel _______ - Inside Out
5.2 - Think of a song or movie scene in a TV show that makes you feel ________ explain how and why it makes you feel that way.
5.3 - Describe a situation where someone leaves ______ and another leaves _______
5.4 - A freak accident had a medication that makes the population all feel more _________ go into the water supply, how does this change society?
5.5 - Write a caption for the picture below.
5.1 - Tell a story where the reader would feel _______ - Inside Out
5.2 - Think of a song or movie scene in a TV show that makes you feel ________ explain how and why it makes you feel that way.
5.3 - Describe a situation where someone leaves ______ and another leaves _______
5.4 - A freak accident had a medication that makes the population all feel more _________ go into the water supply, how does this change society?
5.5 - Write a caption for the picture below.