9-6-22 Use one prompt each time you do a journal writing (Please keep track of where you left off)
Week of 08-15-22 1.)What is your favorite thing or things about summer? Why are these your favorite? What do you like about them?
August 16th 2.) Describe 3 interesting, exciting, or weird things about yourself.
August 17th 3.)(As a follow up to #2) Choose one of the things you listed yesterday and describe why it is interesting or weird.
August 18th 4.)Imagine your school is thinking about making everyone wear a uniform to school. Do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea? Explain. August 19th If you could do summer over again what would you have done differently?
August 19th 5.)Write about 3 things that worry you. Explain why each of these things worries you.
Week of 8-22-22 6.)What is your favorite book? What makes it your favorite?
August 23 7.)What is kindness? Define what you think kindness is and give examples.
August 24 8.) You are locked in a room with your greatest fear. Describe what is in the room.
August 25 9.) If you were president, what one thing would you change about this country? Why?
August 26 10.)Do you think someone needs to have a college education to be successful? Why or why not?
Week of 8-29-22
11.)In what ways have you changed since you started elementary/middle school?
August 30th 12.)If you could only eat one thing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for an entire week, what would you eat? Why?
August 31st 13.)Write about someone you care about and why they are important to you.
September 1st 14.)Think about something you own that is one of your favorite things. Describe this item using words that explain how it looks, smells, sounds, and feels. Describe it so someone who has never seen it could picture it in their mind. 15.)What character from a book would you like to meet? Why?
9-5-22 16.)Write about something that you thought you couldn’t do, but did anyway. What happened when you tried it? How did it turn out?
9-6-22 17.)What is your favorite hobby? Why is it your favorite? What do you like about it?
9-7-22 18.) If you got to be principal for one week, what would you do?
9-8-22 19.) Should schools give homework? Why or why not?
September 9th 20.) What is your favorite thing about yourself? Why is that your favorite thing?
Week of 9-12-22
21.)What makes you feel happy? Why?
22.)What makes you feel sad? Why?
23.)What makes you angry? Why?
24.)What is your favorite thing about your family? Why is that your favorite?
25.)If you could design an amusement park, what would you put in it? (You could follow up this writing prompt for kids with an art project where they draw their amusement park!)
Week of 9-19-22
26.) If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would it be? Why? What would you do?
27.)Describe your perfect day.
28.)Where is your favorite place to go on vacation? What do you like to do there?
29.)What would happen if dinosaurs still existed?
30.) If you could be a superhero, which one would you be?
week of 09-26-22
31.)Describe one thing you are good at doing.
32.)When you are sad, how do you cheer yourself up?
33.)What is your favorite subject in school? Why is that your favorite?
34.)What is your favorite season of the year – winter, spring, summer, or fall? What do you like about that season?
35.) If you could have any animal for a pet, what animal would you choose?
week of 10-03-22
36.)Pick a book from your bookshelf. Open it up to any page. Copy down the first full sentence on the page. Now write your own short story with that as your first sentence.
37.) Imagine that you meet a dragon while walking in the forest. Describe what happens next.
38.)If you could be famous, would you be a famous singer, actor, chef, writer, or something else? Why?
39.)Imagine your school was going to get rid of art and music classes to save money. Do you think this is a good idea or not? Explain.
40.)What is your favorite game to play that is not a video game? What do you like about it?
week of 10-10-22
41.)Do you like cats or dogs more? Why did you choose the one that you did?
42.)A lot of people around the world eat bugs as part of their diet. Would you ever try eating a bug? Why or why not? If you have already tried eating bugs, what was it like? Did you like it or not?
43.)What is your favorite movie? In that movie, who is your favorite character and why?
44.)Write a short story that starts with this sentence: “One morning I woke up and everything was upside down.”
45.)Do you like to be around a lot of people or would you rather be alone or with just one or two other people? Why? What do you like about the one you chose? What do you not like about the other choice?
week of 10-17-22
46.)If you could go into the future, what would you like to do or find out?
47.)If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go and what would you want to do there?
48.) If you could do something that you have never done before, what would it be? Why would you want to do that particular thing?
49.) Describe a happy memory.
50.)What is the hardest thing about being your age?
week of 10-24-22
51. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
52. Write about a person whom you’d like to be like someday. What is special about this person?
53. Who is someone whom you can always count on? How do you know you can trust this person?
54. If you were in the circus, what role would you have?
55. How would your teachers describe you?
week of 10-31-22
56. Would you rather have a star or an island named after you? Why?
57. What is your favorite commercial? What do you like about it?
58. Write about a time when you helped a friend with something important.
59. What is the best kind of M&M’s? Peanut? Plain? Pretzel? Dark Chocolate? Why?
60. Do you consider yourself to be patient or excitable? Why?
week of 11-07-22
61. Write about something that you believe.
62. Do you have any morning or evening routines? What do you do?
63. What are you most looking forward to about getting older? Why?
64. Do you want to go to college some day? Where do you think you’d like to go?
65. Do you think women today have equal rights to men? Why or why not?
week of 11-14-22 66. Write about the best smell you have ever experienced. What memories does it remind you of?
67. Do you enjoy journaling? Why or why not?
68. Which character from your favorite TV show are you the most like?
69. Why do think your friends like you?
70. Would you rather have lifetime happiness or meet the love of your life?
November 28th 71. If you could have an unlimited supply of anything, what would it be?
November 29 72. Is it hard to keep old friends and new friends at the same time?
November 30 73. If you could give one piece of advice to your best friend, what would you tell him or her?
December 1 74. If you were the eighth dwarf in Snow White, who would you be? Why?
December 2 75. Would you rather get a pet dog or a new horse? Why?
December 5th 76. Write a poem about our city.
December 6 77. What is your earliest memory?
December 7 78. What do you do when you’re frustrated with someone?
December 8 79. If you wrote a book, what would it be about?
December 9 80. What is your favorite thing about the summer?
December 12 81. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be?
December 13 82. Write about a person whom you don't like.
December 14 83. Who is someone you can never count on? How do you know you can't trust this person?
December 15 84. If you were in a band, what instrument would you have?
December 16 85. How would you describe your best friend to someone?
Week of January 9 86. Would you rather have a planet or an spaceship named after you?
87. What is your favorite drink? What do you like about it?
88. Write about a time when you helped a friend learn?
89. What is the best kind of fruit? Why?
90. Do you consider yourself to be angry or happy? Why?
DON'T FORGET TO TURN IN BOOK REPORT AND FAMOUS PERSON PROJECT:) which is due January 26, 2023
Week of January 16th 91. Write about something you dislike.
92. Do you have routines after school? What do you do exactly? example: brush your teeth, get clothes ready for the next day.
93. What are you most looking forward to about middle school? why?
94. Do you want to go to the moon? Why or why not?
95. If I had a super power it would be...
Week of January 23 96.My favorite time of the year is...
97.If I had a pet dinosaur I would teach it..
98.If I could make a pizza I would put ____________ on it. I would name it...
99. When I go to the beach my favorite thing to do is...
100. If I were President of the United States, I would...
Week of January 30 101. The best thing about my family is...
102. I am proud of myself when.....
103. If I was an inventor I would create...
104. This year I would like to learn how to...
105. If I could be any animal of a day I would be...