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Date
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Quote of the Day
Daily Journal Prompt
If you don’t stand for something, then you stand
for nothing.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Carlos is a poet. Write a message for his answering
machine (voice mail) that reflects his personality.
If you could be a mythical creature, what would
you be and why? (1-2 paragraphs)
Mythical Creatures: Unicorn, Griffin, Centaur,Furies)
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How did you prepare for the test today?
 If you could be a famous celebrity (like Tom Cruise,
You can get all “A’s” and still flunk life.
– Walker Percy Brittany Spears, or Zac Ephron famous), would
you? Why or Why not? (1-2 paragraphs)
**Keep
in mind that you would be you but with money and
fame and all that goes with it.
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Too often we give children answers to remember
rather than problems to solve.
-- Roger Lewin
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Education is the key to unlock the golden door of
freedom.
-- George Washington Carver
Write an “un-ad”about a real product. An “un-ad”
is when you tell the absolute truth about the
product. (At least 5 sentences long.)
You are a writer who has a secret arrangement with the
automobile industry. You will be paid $10.00 for every
word you publish that includes the word car.
(Examples: Scar, Cart, Carp, Cartoon,)
The hope is that repitition of the letter c-a-r will
encourage people, subliminally, to want to buy cars.
You are starting a short story for a magazine. Write your
first paragraph (3-5 sentences max). How much money
can you make using c-a-r in just that one paragraph?
Write your paragraph and total it's worth....
You may use a word more than once but can only be paid
for the word once. Cart and carts are only worth one
$10.00 amount. The letters c-a-r must appear in order in
the word to get paid. Good Luck!!
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world; indeed
it is the only thing that ever has.
-- Margaret Mead
All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring
mind.
-- Martin H. Fischer
Write 3 sentences about a dog, but you are NOT
allowed to us any letters prior to “m” in the
alphabet. You can use contractions.
Silly Sally sold seashells by the seashore. How
many shells did silly Sally sell? She sold several sea
shells by the sea shore.
 Write your own tongue twister. It must be
at least 3 sentences long.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to
If you were an exotic animal (no dogs, cats,
be, and you help them become what they are
hamsters, etc.), what would you be and why? (1-2
capable of becoming.
paragraphs)
--Johann vonGoethe Think about what qualities the animal has that
would be similar to you. Remember this is asking
what animal you would be, not what animal you
would like to own.
Whoso neglects in his youth, loses the past and
If you were to be stranded on an island for the
is dead for the future.
rest of your live and you were allowed to bring 20
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-- Epicureans things to help you live, what would you bring and
why?
Student idea
If you think education is expensive, try
Here’s what the artist called her painting:
ignorance.
Polar Bear Eating Vanilla
-- Andy McIntyre & Derek Bok
Ice Cream in a Blizzard
To viewers, it looked like a plain white canvas. How
might the artist describe what looks like a plain black
canvas? What might she title a plain Blue Canvas?
Yellow? Green? Red? Or Pink? Write a title from the
perspective of this artist for each of the above colors.
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The whole purpose of education is to turn
Write a news story that is two or three paragraphs
mirrors into windows.
long. The story must include the following words
-- Sydney J. Harris somewhere in it:
Cantaloupe, tooth-paste, guitar
Flashlight,
flip-flops,
rain
Competition stinky-cheese
What lies behind us and what lies before us are
Copy the quote of the day into your journal. Then
but tiny matters when compared to what lies
explain what you think this quote means.
within us.”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is People often say, “ If we can send a man to the
the child of action.
moon, surely we can figure out how to …”
-- Benjamin Disraeli
Complete the sentence five different ways.
Then tell how this relates to our quote of the day.
I hears and I forget, I see and I remember, I do
“What if our school classes only went until noon
and I understand.
each day, but you had to go to school 6 days a
-- Confucius week and through the summer minus a one week
vacation?”
Write a paragraph or two on this question. You
may take a stand on the new schedule verses your
current schedule or you may compare and contrast
the two ideas.
To be without some of the things you want is an Complete the following prompt in a paragraph or
important part of happiness.
so… (must be a real occurrence.)
-- Bertrand Russell “The most amazing thing I’ve ever seen is….”
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser
You have just met an alien from another planet.
today than he was yesterday.
However, he does NOT understand English. Write
--Abraham Lincoln a paragraph or so explaining what you would do
and how you would communicate with your visitor
from another planet.
He who asks a question, may be a fool for five  Write a paragraph or so that includes twenty (20)
minutes. However, he who Never asks a
unique words that contain double vowels. (the
question, remains a fool FOREVER…
vowels must be same letter repeated side by side)
--Tom Connelly
Example: Poodle, Peep, Needle, Snood, Skiing
Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you’ll still If you want the lottery for $45, 000, 000, what
land among the stars.
would you do with the money? Keep in mind that
–Les Brown 1/3 to 1/2 of the money will be taken in taxes....
(Again, keep it school appropriate)
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but
Explain what you think the Quote of the Day means
their echoes are truly endless.
today. Be sure to be thoughtful in your response.
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Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by
Choice Journal – (Choose 1 of 3)
its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole live
1. Write a poem with at least 8 sentences
believing it’s stupid.
2. Write 3 paragraphs (5 sentences each) on
– Albert Einstein
the topic of your choice.
3. Make a list of topics that you would be
interested in writing on.
Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit,
Without a dictionary, make a list of as many words
wisdom is knowing NOT to put it in a typical fruit as you can think of that contains a “Ph”(the f
salad.
sound). Using Scrabble letter values, evaluate the
value of each of your words. Try to find the word
with the greatest point value. You can use only
words you would in a Webster’s Standard English
Dictionary.
Scrabble Point Values
A E I O L N R S T = 1 pt
D G U
= 2pts
B C M P
= 3 pts
F H V W Y
= 4 pts
K
= 5 pts
J X
= 8 pts
Q Z
= 10 pts
The years teach what the days will never know.
“It was so funny when….”
Write 1-2 paragraphs. Each must have at least 5
sentences)
Every artist was first an amateur.
“If I could have one superpower, I would want to
–Ralph Waldo Emerson be able to … because…..”
Write 1-2 paragraphs explaining what you would
want to be able to do and what you would do with
your powers. Paragraphs must be at least 5
sentences each.
Our greatest glory is NOT in never falling, but in
Write a paragraph about a girl named Dot, but use
rising every time we fall.
not letters with dots ( i, j) including their capital
forms.
You can never cross the ocean unless you have
“I found the strangest thing in my pocket.” Tell me
the courage to lose sight of the shore.
about the “thing” in your pocket without using its
–Christopher Columbus name or slang term. It can be imaginative, like a
unicorn, but must be an object the general public
would recognize from your description. Keep it
school appropriate. Others will try to guess the
name of your object based on your descriptions.
We are all faced with a series of Great
Without a dictionary, make a list of as many words
Opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvable
as you can think of that contains a “Z”. Using
problems.
Scrabble letter values, evaluate the value of each of
your words. Try to find the word with the greatest
point value. You can use only words you would in a
Webster’s Standard English Dictionary.
Scrabble Point Values
A E I O L N R S T = 1 pt
D G U
= 2pts
B C M P
= 3 pts
F H V W Y
= 4 pts
Example:
ZEBRA = 16 pts
10+1+3+1+1
K
J X
Q Z
THE END
= 5 pts
= 8 pts
= 10 pts