January 09, 2006
Daily Writing Topic: This Class
This Class.
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January 06, 2006
Daily Writing Topic: Personal Recap of 2005
Personal Recap of 2005. 2005 is come and gone. Reflect and write about the high and low points of last year -- a recap (summary or concise review) from a personal perspective. You could focus on personal experiences, music, sports, movies, books, news, etc., or a combination of different things that had some effect on you.
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January 05, 2006
Daily Writing Topic: Creativity
Creativity. Suggested approaches: January is International Creativity Week (linked page includes some suggestions and quotations about creativity). What does "being creative" mean to you? Are you creative? What makes you think you are or aren't? Are there things you are more creative about than others? What is the most creative thing you have ever done or thought of doing? What things destroy your creativity? Describe someone who's creativity you admire and give examples of their creativity; describe someone utterly lacking in creativity and give examples. Is creativity learned or inborn? Or, just write something very creative.
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January 04, 2006
Daily Writing Topic: Break's Over
Break's Over. Highlights, disappointments, and thoughts of your freshly concluded vacation, or excitements and apprehensions about being back in school.
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December 23, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Winter Break Plans, Expectations
Winter Break Plans, Expectations. What are you most or least looking forward to during winter break? Big plans or little pleasures? Big headaches or little annoyances?
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December 22, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: An All-New Santa
An All-New Santa. All descriptions, memories and traditions about Santa are erased from existence. Describe a totally new and different Santa. He no longer dresses in red or has a white beard. He no longer lives at the North Pole. He no longer travels in a sled pulled by reindeer. He no longer goes "ho, ho, ho." He no longer has elves. He no longer delivers presents to children around the world in a single night. He no longer visits department stores so children can sit on his lap. He no longer slides down chimneys or eats cookies and milk in people's homes. What does your all new Santa do instead, and what does he look and act like?
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December 21, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: New Year's Resolutions
New Year's Resolutions. Do you make them? Why or why not? Are New Year's Resolutions a good idea or a bad one? What were yours last year, and what happened with them? Have you ever kept one? What might they be for 2006? There's still 8 days left in 2005, and Christmas isn't even here yet, but we won't be in school when the new year kicks in, and by January 4 most people who bother to think about or make New Year's Resolutions will already have broken them. For fun, you could make up stupid New Year's Resolutions, different than the Top 10.
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December 20, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Xmas music, literature, or art
Xmas music, literature, or art. Use as your starting point a favorite piece of Christmas traditional or pop-rock music, literature including movies, or work of art.
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December 19, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Select One of the 203 at creativewritingprompts.com (below)
Select One of the 203 at creativewritingprompts.com (below). Go to CreativeWritingPrompts.com and select one of the 203 topics that you have things to write about. Be sure to put the text of the topic you use in the topic box provided on the page where you submit your writing.
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December 16, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Xmas trees, lights, or Santa
Xmas trees, lights, or Santa. A Christmas related memory of, experience with, or opinion about one of these three Christmas items. Describe experiences like shopping for or cutting down or decorating your family tree or visiting Santa, memories like the best light display you ever saw or when you first learned the truth about Santa, or opinions like are Xmas lights a waste of money or when and how should you tell kids the truth about Santta or what's better, artificial trees or real ones?. There are many other possibilities.
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December 15, 2005
English 10 Topic: Nominate Movies
Names. Pick a movie related to Crime/Punisment and explain why it would be a good one to watch as a class. It must be rated PG-13 or lower or be mild 'R', and it must be available on DVD. If we watch your movie selection, there will be a writing assignment for the whole class to go with it, after watching it. A good source for ideas about movies is IMDB.com. An IMDB search also yields a page of links to crime related movies. You should also spend some time familiarizing yourself with the other nominations from your class Period 3 or Period 8, as we will nominate and vote from these.
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Senior Seminar Topic: Nominate Movies
Nominate Movies. Pick a movie related to Literary movements and explain why it would be a good one to watch as a class. It may either be about a literary movement or representative artist (like Pollock), or an example of the movement style (Nightmare Before Christmas -- surrealism). It must also be rated PG-13 or lower or be a mild 'R' and be available on DVD. A good source for ideas about movies is IMDB.com. An IMDB keyword search also yields a page of links to related movies, as for surrealism. Any 20th century literary movement is OK, but surrealism (focusing on creativity and the unconscious mind) is probably a good focus on since there are a lot of good related movies, like Vanilla Sky or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. We will probably watch two movies before semester end, one next week before break (has to be non-'R') and one as part of the finals activity.
You should also spend some time familiarizing yourself with the other nominations from Period 4 and Period 5, as we will nominate and vote from these.
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Comp. Writing Topic: War of the Worlds, your reaction
War of the Worlds, your reaction. Possible writing directions: React to War of the Worlds in a general way. Do you think it is a good movie? Why or why not? Tell why you like or dislike certain scenes. Describe a scene. Tell why you like or dislike a character or the way they were acted. Describe a character. Compare to another movie (Bond?). It might be helpful to read what others have written about the movie, which you can do in the IMDB.com user responses to War of the Worlds; IMDB also has links to a 285 published reviews of the movie, starting with Roger Ebert's.
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December 14, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Nothing can be worse than . . .
Nothing can be worse than. Start out with something like Nothing can be worse than . . .
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December 13, 2005
Eng. 10 and Comp. Topic: Talked into something you regretted.
Talked into something you regretted.. Write about a time you were talked into something and regretted it.
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Senior Seminar Topic: Selected Beat Poems, your reaction
Selected Beat Poems, your reaction. After they are read aloud in class, react in writing to the poems by Alan Ginsburg, Gary Snyder and Lawrence Ferlenghetti.
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December 12, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: What makes you special?
What makes you special?. What makes you special (write something nice about yourself)? The Pretenders had a song titled I'm Special that inclues the lyrics
'Cause I gonna make you see
there's nobody else here, no one like me,
I'm special, so special.
Why is this true for you? Can you give exampes? Not feeling special (or just too modest)? Poor baby, tell us about it.
Still not thinking of anything? Try telling why something or someone is special to you.
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December 09, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Another Student's Daily Topic Writing
Another Student's Daily Topic Writing. On this page, find another student's daily topic writing to write about. In the first seven spaces of your entry put the two digit topic number, a space, and then the four digit unique id# that follows. Then write about the writing you have selected. Either respond to it as a teacher might respond to a persons writing, give your own opinion on their topic or share a related personal experience, or use something in their writing as a starting point for your own freewriting. The writing you select to write about does not need to be on today?s topic.
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December 08, 2005
Eng. 10 Topic: React To Chekov's The Bet
React To Chekov's The Bet. Possible directions: your view on the death penalty vs. life imprisonment; what you liked or didn't like about the story; what you would do in solitary confinement for 15 years given a similar situation to the prisoner in the story; would you have taken the bet, giving up a long term of freedom but being rich when you got out -- why or why not?
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Comp. & Senior Seminar Topic: John Lennon lyrics, your reaction
John Lennon lyrics, your reaction. Former Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed 25 years ago today. Find lyrics to one of his songs (preferably from after his Beatles period) and react to them or use them as a starting point for your freewriting. One interesting and popular example with thought provoking ideas is his song, Imagine, but there are links to many others at the second link above.
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December 07, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Tolerance
Tolerance. National Tolerance Week (Dec. 1 - 7) ends today. The preceding link is an editorial that talks about why tolerance is important and why this "holiday" should be more widely observed. Some possibilities for writing about tolerance: Describe an incident that illustrates the significance of tolerance. What things do you have no tolerance for? An experience where your tolerance was tested? Which things can you tolerate, but only with effort? Have you ever suffered from someone else's intolerance? To what extent should teachers tolerate "unacceaptable" behavior? Parents? How do you feel about zero tolerance policies, like some schools have adopted towards weapons, guns, etc. Do you know of any examples of good or bad effects from “zero tolerance.” What could be done to promote tolerance, to make people more tolerant? In democratic society, how important is tolerance?
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December 06, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: LSE Sex In The Hall Incident
LSE Sex In The Hall Incident. Thoughts, opinions, additional information, or other incidents related to this? Some information links:
Police cite two students for having sex in school
Principal disputes police version of school sex incident
Here is the email note Dr. Hunter-Pirtle asked teachers to share with their 5th period students:
We handled an incident earlier in the week where two students were in the lower Prasch hallway during lunch, and they were having sex. It was down in the hallway near where card tables and folding chairs are stored, and the lights are turned off. An administrator walked into this and almost tripped over them because it is so dark. About twelve students were behind the gate that is locked near the swimming pool, and they were trying to see what was going on once the administrator started talked to the students. The students were disciplined and ticketed by the police. Media has a copy of the police report, and they are reporting students having sex with others standing around watching. That is incorrect. A reporter from Channel 7 drove around at lunch yesterday and stopped two students who were walking. He asked them about the incident; the students didn't know about it, so the reporter told them about it and then filled them in on his version of what happened and then filmed a reaction from the students to show on the 5:00 p.m. news. I had heated words with the reporter yesterday afternoon about reporting accurate information, filming under-age students, who don't know anything about the incident, and not getting parental consent to film students. This will be reported by media today.
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December 05, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Lincoln/Omaha stories/opinions
Lincoln/Omaha stories/opinions. Topic taken from front page of today's Lincoln JournalStar. They invite readers to email responses, some of which they will publish in late December. You don't have to send them yours, but if you want to there is more information in the article. Basically, they are looking for two types of answers: 1) stories about unusual places/things in Omaha/Lincoln that you think other people should definitely go out of their way to see or avoid, and 2) why you hate or love Lincoln or Omaha.
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December 02, 2005
Senior Seminar Topic: The Metamorphosis, your reaction
The Metamorphosis. What is your initial reaction to Kafka's story? Do you think it's a good story? What do you like or not like about the story? Does the story mean anything, or is it just a crazy story? What characters do you like or not like, or find entertaining or not? Can you relate the story to anything in your own experience?
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Eng. 10 & Comp. Topic
Gifts. Gifts, getting and giving. Now that we are into seasonal shopping, I hear repeated talk about this. What is the most important gift you hope to receive? What gift(s) do you hope not to receive? What is the most important gift you hope to give? Who is the hardest person to shop for? What are your family or cultural practices related to gift exchange? What do you feel about cash or gift certificates as gifts? Is capitalism the most important aspect of the Christmas holiday. On any of the preceding, if Christmas is not important in your culture, use some other occassion of gift giving.
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December 01, 2005
Eng. 10 & Comp. Writing Topic: Victimless Crime
Victimless Crime is between consenting adults that are illegal even though they don't hurt anyone else. Examples: Smoking Pot, Prostitution, Gambling, the LSE hat rule, etc.
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Sen. Seminar Optional Topic: React To The Scream
React To The Scream. The Scream, by German artist Edvard Munch around 1893, is a good example of early, pre-abstract Expressionism. React in writing to this work of art. Here are some possible approaches:
1) Use the picture as a starting point, write what ever comes first to mind and let your thoughts flow freely from there. 2) Describe the picture; try to capture it in words. 3) Write about what you like or don't like about the picture. 4) Explain what you think the picture is about, or what you think might have inspired the artisit to create it. 5) Write a story or poem, etc., inspired by the picture. 6) compare it to other expressionist works of art (helpful to give the links to view those, also). This could include comparison to the more recent development of Abstract-Expressionism, started by Jackson Pollock as seen in the film we watched.
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November 30, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Hidden Feelings
Hidden Feelings. Did you ever hide a real feeling or emotion? When? Why?
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November 29, 2005
Senior Seminar Topic: Continue the bug story (below)
Continue the bug story. When _____________ ____________ awoke from troubled dreams one morning, he found that he had been transformed in his bed into an enormous bug. With a first and last name of your choosing, try to continue the story for a ways and see where it goes. It is the beginning of an expressionist (though not abstract) story. Go with this for about 15 minutes, then we'll read the first part of the actual story.
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Eng. 10 and Comp. Topic: School Subjects -- Math, History, Science, etc.
School Subjects. Math, History, Science, Foreign Language, Drafting, Computer Apps, Art, Music, PE, Economics, English, etc. Which do you like the most and the least? At which are you best or worst? Which do you think is most important? Any siginificant experiences related to one of them?
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November 28, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: What you didn't do last (4 day) weekend
What you didn't do last (4 day) weekend.. Something you intended to do but didn't (homework?); something you wanted to do but didn't get to (day-after-Thanksgiving shopping?); something you had planned on avoiding and were successful (overeating, day-after-Thanksgiving shopping?); something didn't do that you might have been a problem if you had done it; something you usually do (for Thanksgiving) that you didn't do this year; something you would really like to have done, but "no way;" something you thought you would have to do but got out of it; etc. No one is going to complain if you get off the subject and start in on what you did do; in fact, it may be hard to say what you didn't do without mentioning what you did.
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November 23, 2005
English 10 Topic: The Transporter, question 2
The Transporter, question 2. React to The Transporter in a general way. Do you think it is a good movie? Why or why not? Tell why you like or dislike certain scenes. Describe a scene. Tell why you like or dislike a character or the way they were acted. Describe a character. Compare to another movie (Bond?). Make up a situation for a new Transporter sequel (different than Transporter 2). It might be helpful to read what others have written about the movie, which you can do in the IMDB.com user responses to The Transporter; IMDB also has links to a 124 published reviews of the movie, starting with Roger Ebert's.
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Senior Seminar Topic: Pollock, question 2
Pollock, question 2. React to Pollick in a general way. Do you think it is a good movie? Why or why not? Tell why you like or dislike certain scenes. Describe a scene. Tell why you like or dislike a character or the way they were acted. Describe a character. Compare to another movie (A Beautiful Mind? Sid and Nancy?).Relate it to your personal experience with artistic creation. It might be helpful to read what others have written about the movie, which you can do in the IMDB.com user responses to The Transporter; IMDB also has links to a 92 published reviews of the movie, starting with Roger Ebert's.
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Composition Topic: Nominate Movie For Class
Nominate Movie For Class. Pick a movie and explain why it would be a good one for Composition to watch as a class. It must be rated PG-13 or lower and must be available on DVD. If we watch your movie selection, there will be a writing assignment for the whole class to go with it, after watching it. Here is a list of non-R movies(not very updated) to get you started thinking. A good source for ideas about movies is IMDB.com.
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November 22, 2005
English 10 Topic: The Transporter, question 1
The Transporter, question 1. In his review of The Transporter, Roger Ebert writes that Martin (the main character) is amoral, meaning that he doesn't have good morals or bad morals, but he just doesn't care about whether what he does is right or wrong. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
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Senior Seminar Topic: Pollock, question 1
Pollock, question 1. How has watching Pollock contributed to or changed your understanding of or opinion about Abstract Expressionism, or about artistic movements in general?
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Comp. Writing Topic: Your Short Story
Your Short Story. How is it going? Tell about your experience so far with writing a Short Story. In brief, what is it about, or going to be about? How much progress have you made on it? What are you finding most difficult about writing it? What would be helpful in finishing it? How do you feel about yourself as a writer of fiction, particulary the Short Story?
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November 21, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Speaking Out
Speaking Out. Do you always say what's on your mind? When do you do this, or what makes you keep a thought to yourself? Have you ever gotten in trouble for speaking out? Have you ever wanted say something but thought better of it? Have you ever been worried about speaking out, but done it anyway, and been surprised by the result? Other experiences related to speaking out, whether they're your own or others'?
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November 18, 2005
Eng. 10/Comp Writing Topic: Privacy
Privacy. Possible directions: What intrusions on your privacy bother you the most? Do your parents respect your privacy? To what extent should parents respect their kids privacy? Does school respect your privacy? Does the government (local or national)? Are there serious privacy issues at LSE? Work? What could be done about these? What strategies do you use to protect your privacy or to deal with not having much in some situations? Where and under what conditions do you enjoy the most privacy? Is there a place where you associate with friends at least partly because of the privacy it affords? Etc.
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Senior Seminar Writing Topic: Expressionistic Art
Expressionistic Art. Find an expressionistic work of art and write about it, starting with the link to the internet page where the work you pick can be viewed. A starting place for finding a picture would be a Google search like this. Not all the images that come up on this kind of search will be examples of expressionism, so think about whether the picture has anything to do with the definition of the movement.
Once you find a picture, here are some possible approaches:
1) Use the picture as a starting point, write what ever comes first to mind and let your thoughts flow freely from there. 2) Describe the picture; try to capture it in words. 3) Write about what you like or don't like about the picture. 4) Explain what you think the picture is about, or what you think might have inspired the artisit to create it. 5) Write a story or poem, etc., inspired by the picture. 6) compare it to other expressionist works of art (helpful to give the links to view those, also).
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November 17, 2005
Composition Writing Topic: Cell Phones
Cell Phones. Describe an opinion about or experience involving cell phones.
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Senior Seminar Writing Topic: Define Literary Movements
Define Literary Movements (class discussion). What is literary? What are movements? Examples and explanations of both. What other areas have movements? In what ways are they important? Who starts them? Why do they occur? Why are they important, or not? Etc.
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Eng. 10 Writing Topic: React To 3 Poems
React To 3 Poems. Write a reaction to one or more of these three poems. Possible directions. Which one(s) do you like more? Why? Compare the poems for style or topic, etc. Or pick one of the poems and write about what it means, relate it to a personal opinion or experience, explain why you do or don't like it. Give your opinion on poetry in general, using these poems to illustrate your points. Write your own poem inspired by these poems.
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November 16, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Courtship, Dating, Finding The Perfect Mate
Courtship, Dating, Finding The Perfect Mate. Many possibilities on this subject may be found at the free-encyclopedia entry for courtship, including arranged marriages, personal ads, internet and telecommunications based dating activity, matchmakers, and links to things like Dating Dos and Don'ts (an old 40's government procuded film), seduction, long-distance relationships, nice guy syndrome, and Sadie Hawins Day (which happens to be today). You may focus on personal experience or preference related to aspects of this topic, or write a more generic opinion or reflection.
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November 15, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Snow
Snow. Possible writing directions: feelings about or experiences with the snow this morning; some other memory related to a snow experience; your first memory of snow; snow driving; snow shoveling; sledding, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, etc; making snowmen; blizzards; school closing snow days (you could even do an opinion on this, instead of an experience); a snow poem (you could even read and write about one of the famous Robert Frost poems dealing with snow, like Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening or Desert Places).
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November 14, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Your Greatest Accomplishment
Your Greatest Accomplishment. What do you consider your greatest accomplishment to date and why? An accomplishment is defined as something completed successfully; an achievement (a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=accomplishment" target=_blank>dictionary.com).
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November 10, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Handwriting and Penmanship
Handwriting and Penmanship. What do your remember about learning it? Can you describe your handwriting? Do you script (cursive), print, or some combination? Have you had penmanship/handwriting incidents or issues (positive or negative) since the learning stage? When learning to write, was more emphasis given to handwriting or word processing? Which should be given more emphasis? Taking to account all that you write now, is more of it handwritten or word processed? Which do you prefer? What advantages or disadvantages do you see to handwritten versus word processed work?
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November 09, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Fictional Character Meeting
Fictional Character Meeting. Who is the fictional person from literature (including movies) that you would most like to meet and talk to? Why? (in a movie, the character acted, not the actor) What would you like to ask of or talk about with them?
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November 08, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: In The Halls
In The Halls. At LSE, what do you observe in the halls on a regular basis? What are the best or most interesting things that go on there? The worst or least interesting? What do you do in the halls? Any interesting hall experiences, either participated in or observed? Hall pet peeves? Is passing time a problem for you, or is it just an unnoticeable and manageable part of your day? Do you have any hall strategies? Feelings about planners as hall passes? Could anything be done by the administration to improve hall use? Since your lockers are in the halls, things related to lockers would fit.
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November 07, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Me and My Money
Me and My Money. Where does your money come from (jobs, allowance, bogus fund raisers, sales of illegal goods, theft, etc.)? How do you manage it (bill paying, checks, banks, ATMs, cash, piggy banks, savings, etc.)? What do you spend it on (cagetories of things, trends, big items like cars, etc.)? What needs changing in your financial situation? Something related to these kinds of things. Or (since we've never been too picky about how close you stay to the topic) just write about (the song or the stuff).
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November 04, 2005
Daily Wriitng Topic: Unsent Letter
Unsent Letter. Write a letter saying the things that you would like to say to someone but you probably never will. Could be to a parent, administrator, teacher, counselor, co-worker, boss, club or group associate or leader, friend, official, etc.
This topic was taken from the following, containing links to read other people's Unsent Letters:
"You have the chance to say anything and everything, without worrying how your words would be received. In some ways, it can allow you to free yourself from the grief and regret of loss, and help you find peace with your past." Today's pick provides its visitors with a way to deal with that unfinished business on their mind by writing an anonymous unsent letter. Though the someone it is written to will never read it, the expression of "thoughts that were anchored so deeply within" can be most therapeutic. The small collection of letters submitted so far each offer a glimpse into someone's life... and pain... and emotional release. [Pajatti.net]
posted from Coolstop Daily Pick
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November 03, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: This is so stupid
This is so stupid. Or "That is so dumb," or something along those lines overheard in p. 4 Senior Seminar. Tell about something that could get that kind of reaction from you. In what way was it "stupid," "dumb," etc. Of course, you could say it about this topic, but that wouldn't be very original, would it?
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November 02, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Halloween, Or Something Scary
Halloween, Or Something Scary. What you did (not necessarily the most recent Halloween) or would like to have done, or some other Halloween story. Could include things about costumes, pranks, pumpkins, trick-or-treating, theme parties, etc. Or, write about something scary (movie, book, place, experience, phobia, monsters, ghosts, weirdos, etc.).
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October 28, 2005
Daily Wriitng Topic: Grade Final Test
Grade Final Test. For 10 - 15 minutes, use a combination of browsing and closer readings to get a good sampling of the responses from this class on yesterday's Final Topic. Then, tell how you would be willing to contribute to grading all those papers by the end of next Thursday. The goal is for all the papers to be graded in a fair manner, possibly with feed back, and for everyone in the class, including the teacher, to make an equivalent contribution in accomplishing this. This does not necessarily mean that everyone in the class has to be involved with closely reading or grading all the papers, or that everyone has to complete the same tasks with regard to them. Divisions of labor are possible, like dividing the class in two groups that would each grade half the papers (but this might not be fair), or having one group give letter grades to each paper and the other group making comments. Beyond this, there is the question of what kind of grade to give. You could give everyone full credit who has something displayed on shared answer page, or to everyone who has 30 or more words in their answer, or everyone could grade all the papers as an 8, 9 or 10 (out of 10), and then take the average of these (or have everyone do this). Basically, how would you involve everyone in class equally in getting these papers graded. In your answer, refer by title or content to at least one of the Topic #40 answers from the class. This could be your own. These answers will be automatically posted for others to read on the page below the Topic #40 answers. You also should read a reasonable sampling of these as people begin to submit them.
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Topic #40-41 for
Period 3, Period 4, Period 5, Period 7, Period 8
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October 27, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Your Time Use In This Class
Final Test: Explain, Tell About, and Defend Your Use Of Time In This Class This Semester. How is this a final test? For one thing, it is a competition. You are trying to write the best answer for this question for the students in this period. Sharing of these papers online is not optional, but they will be displayed without any author identification except the period and whatever the author may give away in the title and body texts submitted. Additionally, all students are required, as part of the final, to read and grade all of the responses to this topic for this period. More about that later. Besides, Mr. Williams will be completing this assignment along with the students, and displaying his work at intervals as it progresses. Students will have the option of doing this also, and it is advised. This will be your opportunity to see if you can write a better answer than Mr. Williams and other members of the class, given the same topic and same amount of time.
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October 26, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Cousins
Cousins. Possible writing approaches: How do you get along with them? Describe a favorite or least favorite one. Describe a past experience with one or more of them. What kinds of things do you do when you're together? Kissing cousins? Are any of your cousins just like friends, or is it different because they are family? Tell about how many you have, the age differences, and where they live.
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October 25, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Your Dream Room
Describe your Dream Room. You don't get unlimited space -- let's say no bigger than this classroom. It doesn't have to be the same shape, but it has to be one level -- I suppose a loft might be allowed. What would be in it? How would it be decorated? Where would it be? What part of a house or apartment would it be in (basement, 30th floor apartment, etc.) Windows (and their placement)? What technical aspects would you want to specify (heating, power, lighting, doors or other access, closets, fixtures, etc.)? You also can specify floor, wall, and ceiling material. Furniture and appliances and electronics? Fireplace? Pet accomocations? Make sure to leave room for yourself and anyone you would want to spend time there.
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October 24, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Recent LSE Policy Changes--LSSU
Recent LSE Policy Changes--LSSU
Lincoln Southeast Student Union
We the Students of the Lincoln Southeast Student Union (LSSU)
find these changes unfair and counterproductive.
- Shortened passing periods
- Changes in club day
- Shortened lunches
- Too many juniors in A-Lot
- Censorship of out of school clubs
- Threatening to take away open campus lunch
- Useless planners being required
- Student ID's being checked
- Censorship of Pep Rally's
- Lack of renovations
- Fall break shortened
Note: the topic results from some students in my LSE Senior Seminar Class, including James Fouche, Chapman Scarborough, and Andrea Beyersdorf, who have also spearheaded the LSSU idea, running it by Mr. Czapla, ets. Mr. Tidball has graciously consented to sponser LSSU. Remember, if you are responding in a persuasive vein (as opposed to merely venting, etc.) it is always a good idea to anticipate and pre-empt the opposing arguments.
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October 21, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Textual Tatoo -- Pick Yours
Textual Tatoo -- Pick Yours. If you would have to choose a quote, verse, lyric, poem or other textual message to have tattooed on your body, what would it be? In what way is that text significant to you? Which body part would you put it on? Which representation system would you use (which language, lettering style, color etc.)? If you want to talk about graphics to go with it, that's fine, but focus on the textual message. You might be one of those few youth that would never have a tattoo, or maybe you wouldn't want any text, but just pretend for the sake of the topic.
See what other people (outside LSE) had to say about this topic, and where it came from, at Ask MetaFilter
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October 20, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Recent School Safety/Security Incidents
Recent School Safety/Security Incidents. On Tuesday (10/18/05) there was the bomb threat. Last week a student was reported as having a gun in the parking lot, and some questioned whether the school patrols it well enough. What are your thoughts and feelings about either of these or similar incidents? How did students and teachers react in these situations? How should they react? How should the Administration respond?
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October 18, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: The Most Most Important Thing
What is the most important thing you will ever do?. Why is it so important? What other answer(s) did you think of and what makes your final answer more important than the other possibilities. What feelings do you have towards eventually doing this important thing?
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October 17, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Tests and Testing
Tests and Testing. Possible subtopics: An experience with or opinion about taking tests. Thoughts about LPS's GDEs (including but not limited to the testing schedule this week) -- are they a good idea, etc. Are there some kinds of tests you do better at than others? Are there too many tests? Do tests accurately reflect ability or learning? Thoughts about or experiences with the SAT or ACT. How do you preparre for tests; what works and what doesn't? Tests outside of school, like the Driver's examination, civil service exam, and I suppose even drug/alcohol or medical kinds of test could fit here.
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October 14, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Overreactions
Overreactions, or "It's not like I killed someone or anything lke that." Describe a time when a person or people overreacted to something you did, or when you overreacted to something, or when someone else overreacted to something or someone not directly related to anything you did (example: was the Patriot Act an overreaction to 911?). You could also express opinions about how to avoid overreacting, how to handle it when you or some one else does, or what causes overreactions to happen.
Here's one person's story on this subject, The American Dream: Free Enterprise (warning: contains profane language and drug related content -- I wonder who will overreact to the fact that I linked to this).
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October 13, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Chores
Chores. Examples: mowing the lawn, doing dishes, raking leaves, cleaning your room, washing the car, laundry, cleaning the bathroom, pulling weeds, cleaning windows, etc.
Possible writing directions: Which ones do you do? Do you have to do them? Do you get anything for doing them? What happens if you don't do them? If you had kids, would you make them do chores? How would you handle this? Which chores do you like or dislike the most? Any unusual experiences related to doing chores?
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October 12, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Home Photos and Videos
Home Photos and Videos. Possible approaches: Do you like getting photographed or videoed? Why? Do you like getting into the picture, or do you try to avoid it? -- Family event pictures. --Describe a photograph or video, along with the memories it goes with or the events surrounding its making. -- Scrapbooking, photo albums, and other ways of displaying pictures. -- Wedding pictures. Graduation pictures. Prom pictures. -- Is there a picture taking routine or heirarchy in your family or group of friends? -- Most embarrasing or funniest personal picture. -- Vacation or travel picture taking. -- Has your picture ever been in the paper or on TV? -- Cell phone cameras. -- A personal photograph you never want to lose? -- Do you take photos or make videos as a hobby? If so talk about your equipment, skills, favorite subject matter, etc.
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October 11, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: An Ex-Hero
An Ex-Hero. ______________________ used to be my Hero..Think of someone who used to be a hero for you but whom you no longer think of as one. What qualities did they have that made them heroic to you? What qualities did you have that made this an appealing hero for you? What has changed to make this person seem like less of a hero now?
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October 10, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Winning or Losing; Winners or Losers; Competition
Winning or Losing; Winners or Losers; Competition. Describe an experience or opinion reated to winning or losing, or winners or losers, or the idea of competition in general. In a pinch, you could always talk about a recent sporting event (it doesn't have to be about sports, though), like Big Red's last loss, or you might get some ideas from quotations on these topics:
Quotations on Winning
Quotations on Losing
Quotations on Competition
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October 07, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Some Song Lyrics
Some Song Lyrics. Write something related to (links open in new window) Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day), Beverly Hills (Weezer),
Photograph (Nickelback),
Scars (Papa Roach),
How Could This Happen To Me (Simple Plan), or Listen To Your Heart by Roxette
You could write about what one of the lyrics means, or the situation that it fits, or compare different lyrics to each other, or give your opinion about whether they are good lyrics, or explain how something in one of the songs relates to a personal experience, opinion or feeling. You could even rewrite one of the lyrics in a creative way, like "LSE, that's where I want to be, etc."
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October 06, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Reincarnation Preference
Reincarnation Preference: What Would You Come Back As? After you die, if you could come back in another life (reincarnation) as anything other than a human, what would it be and why? How do you feel about the idea of reincarnation? Other thoughts about life after death or in other dimensions?
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October 05, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Laziness and Other Deadly Sins
Laziness was suggested as a topic by A in Per. 5. Do lazy people make you mad? What things are you lazy about? What things make you lazy? How does being lazy make you feel? What are the consequences/benefits of being lazy? Is being lazy ever evil?
I have broadened the topic to include all of the The Seven Deadly Sins, of which laziness -- also known as sloth, idleness, wastefulness of time, or acedia -- is fourth on the list (starting with the worst sin): Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Avarice, Gluttony and Lust.
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October 04, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Lying, Cheating, Backstabbing
Lying, Cheating, Backstabbing. On any of these, describe a personal opinion or experience or example. Backstabbing means using another person in a way that is damaging to them but beneficial to yourself.
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October 03, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Homecoming
Homecoming. If you attended, you could write about that. If not, you could write about why you didn't attend, or what you did instead and how it compared. Or, either way, you could write about the idea of homecoming. Does it mean anything? Should we even have it? Enforcement of drinking rules at homecoming? How could it be improved? Another way of picking King and Queen? There are always Homecomings past, or even UNL's homecoming (this week). Read more about Homecoming (tradition).
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September 30, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: In This Room
Describe something in this room.Something in the room can include people. It also doesn't have to be visible (could be sounds, the air quality, etc.) or even phsical (could be like feelings of good will, laziness, etc.).
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September 29, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Names
Names. Michelle O. (per. 8) suggested What would you name your kids? Why? I have broadened this to include other things related to Names. like Do you like your name? If you could change your name, or adopt an alias, who would you be?A story about the choice or use of your name.Nicknames.Calling people names.Do you agree with the statememnt (from Romeo and Juliet), "That which we call a rose would smell as sweet by any other name?"Name tags.People with unusual names.
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September 28, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Babies, Birth, Pregnancy
Babies, Birth, Pregnancy Personal experience is the obvious writing direction on this topic. You probably at least have a friend or relative who has, recently had, or will soon have a baby. Write your perspective on this. Opinions are also possible, like should you baby your baby? or should husbands get maternity leave during his sife's prenancy? You could also describe your general related feelings, like why I hate babies! You could even write a birth announcement (real or imaginary) or a letter to a baby to be opened when they are 20.
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September 27, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: In my neighborhood . . .
In my neighborhood . . . Something along these lines:
1. Describe your neighboorhood.
2. Describe something or someone in your neighboorhood.
3. Tell about something interesting that has happened in your neighborhood.
4. Compare your neighborhood to another one.
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September 26, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Very Fast or Very Slow
Very Fast or Very Slow -- Writing Possibilities
1) Think of something that is very fast or very slow and describe it.
2) Describe an experience with or opinion about something that is very fast or very slow.
3) Put yourself in motion. Imagine that you are something very fast or very slow and describe what it's like, assuming that it can see, hear, smell, taste and feel as you can.
4) Make up a fictional story, poem, etc. that has something very fast or very slow in it.
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September 23, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Silver Linings.
Silver Linings. A traditional saying is that "Every cloud has a silver lining." Write about something that seemed bad when it happened, but turned out to have an unexpected positive side.
The traditional saying is further explained here. There is also a Thomas the Tank Engine song with the saying as its title.
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September 22, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Rate Your Last Summer
Rate Your Last Summer (ended yesterday) on a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being the best summer ever) and explain the reasons for your rating.
Yesterday was the last day (more or less) of summer (and a hot one it was). If you think back, you'll be lucky if you can even remember 10 summers, so rate the one just ending on a scae of 1 - 10. A "1" would mean it was the best summer you can remember, a "10" would make it the worst. Explain why you gave it that rating. You may also enjoy reading the lyrics to The Last Day Of Summer. Or you can also read why you should Savor the last day of summer before taking a season fall.
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September 21, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: The meanest thing . . .
The meanest thing . . . (add one of the phrases suggested below and go from there)
. . . that was ever done to me was . . .
. . . that I ever did to someone was . . .
. . . that I ever thought of doing to someone was . . .
. . . that I can think of doing to someone is . . .
. . . that I ever heard of someone doing was . . .
. . . that I ever heard of someone having done to them was . . .
. . . that I ever saw done to someone was . . .
(or something similar to the above)
Try to approach this on the level of your personal experience; we'll save things like The Holocaust and Native American Genocide for a later topic.
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September 20, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: The Sunshine Of Your Life
The Sunshine Of Your Life -- Who or what brightens up your life or day?This topic was suggested to me by the songs You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (Stevie Wonder) and You Are my Sunshine, My Only Sunshine) (traditional). You don't necessarily need to talk about a person, or just one person or thing.
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September 19, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Board, Card, or Word Games
Board, Card, or Word Games: Game Examples: Board -- Monopoly, Chess; Card -- Poker, Pitch; Word -- Scrabble, Hangman. Possible Writing Approaces -- Opinion (example: Does poker require skill or is it all luck?); Personal Experience (example: I could tell about those week long marathon Monopoly sessions we used to have in the neighbor's backyard when I was a kid.); Hints (example: How to win at backgammon.); Description (example: tell the rules and how to play a less well known game like Boccaccio.)
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September 16, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: What do you want to be . . .
What do you want to be when you get older? Why? What do you definitely not want to be? Why?
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September 15, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Circles
Circles: start with or include some physical object that suggests the shape of a circle (clock, moon, manhole cover, eyeball, etc. -- I don't want to suggest too many because half the fun is thinking of things). One possibility would be to see how many circle things you can get in one piece of writing.
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"THE EYE is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary picture is repeated without end. It is the highest emblem in the cipher of the world. St. Augustine described the nature of God as a circle whose centre was everywhere and its circumference nowhere. We are all our lifetime reading the copious sense of this first of forms." From Circles, 1941, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
How about a small Word Scramble to get you thinking?
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September 14, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Lost
Lost: write about a time when you or someone you know got lost, or lost something.
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Get ideas from more quotations with the word lost.
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September 13, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Bullying and Bullies
Bullying and Bullies -- Have you ever bullied someone or been bullied, or know of someone else who has? Tell about it. Or, do you have an opinion about how bullies should be dealt with? If you were a parent and knew your child was being bullied, how would you deal with it -- intervene on your child's behalf or tell them to deal with it? Why? Or, make up a story, poem, etc., dealing with bullies or bullying.
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Bullying: Facts for Schools and Parents, by By Andrea Cohn & Andrea Canter, Ph.D., NCSP
National Association of School Psychologists. (NASP Center)
The GLBTSA club requests your help:
Starting September 11, there will be an Anti Bullying Awareness Week.
We would like to encourage all teachers to assign, encourage, and suggest that students write stories about their experience of being bullied, bullying, or being a bystander in this situation.
We will collect the writings in the library the week of September 11 and hopefully publish a book on Bullying Experiences.
I was bullied as a child due to my weight. When we played leapfrog, the goal was to leap on Donna and make her cry -- never happened -- I laughed when I hit the ground and cried inside my heart. Therre isn't a fat-joke name that I have not been called, even to this day. Recently a child made fun of me at the Open Harvest Store. Guess what I did?
Bullying Hurts at an any age. Donna
Anti-Bullying Awareness Week Writing Submission Format:
Student, please tell us your experience.
1. Give your writing a title.
2. Submit your work in the box in the library the week of September 12-17.
3. Sign the work; we will remove the signature if you so desire.
4. indicate the removal request after your signature.
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September 12, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: 9/11 (4 years ago yesterday)
9/11 terrorst attacks -- possible directions: what are your salient memories; how has your life been different because of it; are we safer from similar things now; should it be a national holicay; or, recreate how that day unolded for you.
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September 09, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Driving
Driving: an experience (a road trip, a ticket, a wreck, etc.), an opinion (penalties for drunk driving, youth restricted licences, gas prices, etc.), a pet peeve (older drivers, tailgaters, etc.,), creative writing (driving related poem or story, etc.), or something else related to driving.
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September 08, 2005
Daily Topic: Something In The News
Find something that you can write about on this page (MSN.com) and write about it, without clicking on any of the links to read more and using only the scrollbar to view the full page.
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September 07, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Special Dinner Guests
If you could invite any 3 people to dinner, who would they be and why? These people may be from anytime in history and any place in the world. You can assume that you would be able to understand them even if they are from somewhere non-English speaking. (topic suggested by Jordan M. in p. 8 Eng. 10)
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September 06, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: State Fairs, Circuses, and Amusement Parks
Write something related to State Fairs, Circuses, and Amusement Parks. If you attended the recent State Fair you could write about that. You could go back to an experience in the most distant past, like your first circus. You could go with an opinion, like what's the best ride at an amusement park. There are many possibilities.
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September 02, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Birds, Bugs, and Beasts of the Field
Write about something relating to Birds, Bugs, and Beasts of the Field. This does not have to be a personal experience, but could also be factual, a story, a poem, an opinion, a description, etc.
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September 01, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Education
Write some of your thoughts relating to education, learning, or school. If possible, deal with larger issues like what's best or worst about our system of education, how it could be improved, the relationship between learning and school, what is good teaching, what qualities does an ideal student have, etc., but it is also OK to focus in on smaller related issues, like dress code, AP credits, testing, homework expectations, etc.
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August 31, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Something Memorable
Write about something memorable in the last year
, something that you did, that happened to you, or that you were personally involved with. Take a few minutes to review your year, and from the things that come foremost to mind, pick one and use it as a starting point.Posted to Daily Writing Topic at 07:38 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
May 23, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Injury/Illness or 60 Second Story
Two topic choices today (or you could combine them. 1) an experience with or reflection about Illness or Injury, or 2) a 60 Second Story. Click on the immediately previous link to view examples of the second choice. It's part of a contest announced on May 18 (explained here), and they are only posting one a day so there are only four so far. The idea is for people to make a 60 second video accompanied by a fitting story which is read aloud in the time it s playing. I viewed the four videos; it worked best to download them to my computer (click on the link while holding the Control key and then select the download destination), because them when you click on the .mov file it will play with (probably) QuickTime, and you can use the view menu to double the size of the display window -- otherwise they are really small. The sound on some of them was kind of hard to hear. Of course, you won't be able to make a video to go with your story, but you can think of what you might use (60 seconds doesn't take much) and possibly even describe what it would be along with the text that you write to be read with it. I was only going to use this topic today, but decided to add an optional choice in case it was too confusing. I don't know why Illness or Injury came to mind; maybe the topics have been too upbeat lately.
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May 20, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Brains or Brawn?
Brains or Brawn?: What's more important, physical or mental strength, ability, finesse, etc?
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May 19, 2005
Daily Writing Topic
71. If I could do it over again. . . .
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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May 18, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Swimming Pools or Beaches
Swimming Pools or Beaches: Which one(s) do you like? What do you like to do there? What don't you like about them? A story or experience that happened at one. Something along those lines.
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May 17, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Competition
16. How do you feel about competition? (sports, school, friends, etc.)
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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May 16, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: A Perfect Vacation
What's your idea of a perfect vacation?: That time of year is coming fast. This could be as in summer vacation, or family vacation, or a vacation trip, etc.
This topic was #38 at creativewritingprompts.com
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May 13, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Bad Luck
Bad Luck Since it's Friday the 13th, write about a bad luck experience you've had, or that someone else has had, or the whole idea of something like "bad luck," or about your worst imagined bad luck, or a Friday 13th experience.
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May 12, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Loud
Loud. Focusing on the loudness, describe any of the following or things like them, including experiences with them: Thunder, Wind, Waves, Guns, Firecrackers, Alex, Molly, Sawmills, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, Jet Skis, Parties, Teachers, Sirens, Cars, Soundsystems, Concerts, Birds, Planes, Trains, Gumchewers,etc.
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May 11, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: About a Picture
Find a picture and use it as a starting point. You'll need to spend a little time, but not too much, finding a picture. Here are some links that might be helpful. (They will open in a new window.)
google.com
art-connection.com
dart.fine-art.com
www.pixiport.com
These last two links connect to a web page that is served from my laptop, so they will only work when my laptop is running.
Many more art links
Many more photography links
Copy the picture and paste it into the top of the document where you are going to write about it, so that the reader can see the picture you worked from. You can either just do a freewrite using the picture as a starting point (look at the picture, write the first thing that comes to mind and keep going -- maybe looking back at the picutre when you run out of things to write), or you can write about what you see in the picture (just describe it), or you can try to write a more planned story, poem, etc. to fit the picture.
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May 10, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: This Time Next Year
This time next year. Possibilities: What will you be doing? How will things have changed? In what ways will you be different? What are your worries in that timeframe? Would you rather be now, or then.
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May 09, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Prom
Prom: Write something about a prom related experience or about the idea of schools having a prom. If that doesn't work, write about morp (that's prom backwards).
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May 06, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Senior Skip Day
Senior (Unofficial) Skip Day If you are a senior and writing on this topic after today, just write about what you did (even if you came to school). Non-seniors will still be affected by and have thoughts about this "event" How does it affect you? What do you think about the basic idea of there being such a day?
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May 05, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Falling Water
Falling Water: could have used rain, but wanted to keep it open to related ideas, thoughts, or experiences like lawn sprinklers, bathroom showers, center pivot irrigation, waterfalls, hose sprays, etc.
tomorrow's topic (in case you aren't here): Senior Skip Day
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May 04, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Limits
Limits: Seem too limiting? Some things come readily to mind: speed limits and blood/alcohol limits (almost any legality, rule, controversy, etc. has much to do with limits); outer limits (tv show); "Push it to the limit one more time" (Eagles' song); limits on your patience; limits on your tolerance; limits to what you can do; setting personal limits; time limits (testing); limits to endurance; limits to the imagination; the serenity prayer; the difference between limits and limitation;etc. (It's a funny sounding word. Makes me think of an animal. There were a lot of littlie limits running around in the grass.)
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May 03, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Picking Fruit
143. Write about picking apples, berries, or other fruit or vegetables. (get in the mood for spring)
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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May 02, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Ideal Person to Meet?
84. Who is the person alive today that you would most like to meet and talk to? Why? What would you like to ask?
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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April 29, 2005
Daily Writing Topic
Keys: literally (keys to your car) or figuratively (keys to successful driving); possibilities -- lost keys, found keys, locked keys in or out, stole keys, had keys stolen, borrowed or lended keys, played with keys, had keys made, made keys, keyholes, hiding places for keys --or, keys to making the most of your LSE experience, keys to a successful prom date, keys to becoming a better writer, the key to someone's heart, a key play in a game, etc.
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April 28, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Basement or Attic
121. Write about the best attic or basement you've ever been in.
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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April 27, 2005
Daily Writing Topics: Places Lived At
35. Places where I have lived
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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April 26, 2005
Daily Writing Topic
Song association. Tell the story of how a song came to be associated with a personal experience, friend, place, or time period, etc.
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April 25, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: TV
TV: (a one word topic again, suggested by the fact that TV-Turnoff Week starts today). Writing may be about, but is not limited to, any of the following: your favorite show(s) or kind(s) of shows; your least favorite show(s) or kind(s) of shows; your tv habits; how your life would be different without tv; what would you do with the extra time if you didn't watch TV; memories about childhood shows; your attitude/policy towards tv and your kids if you were a parent; how TV has changed your life; can watching TV lead to imitative behavior (for better or worse); an idea for a show that doesn't currently exist; etc.
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April 21, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Astray of the Law
Describe an experience with getting a ticket or other scrapes with the Law. If this hasn't happened to you, write about how lucky are (considering the things for which you could have gotten tickets or had trouble with the law). This topic wasn't taken from another source, but was suggested by this post -- dwillia
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April 20, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Nothing's Worse . . .
8. Nothing can be worse than. . . .
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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April 19, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Compare 2 Friends
12. Compare the personalities of two of your friends.
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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April 18, 2005
Daily Writing Topic
You have to leave right now. Besides family and pets, you may only take
one item, nothing more. What will you take? Why is this the most
important?
posted from blogliners
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April 17, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Dreams
Write about an actual dream, make up a dream, or explain your thoughts about dreams.
This topic didn't come from any other source, but the idea was suggested by the quotation posted for today.
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April 16, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): 3 Favorite Words
What are your top three favourite words? And why are they favorites; what makes you like them?
posted from blogliners
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April 15, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Worst Place To Be Stranded
Which would be worse for you - to be stranded on a desert island or in the frozen wastelands of Antartica?
posted from blogliners
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April 14, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: First LIne Story Starter (3)
Same as Yesterday: Pick a third First Line Story Starter and write a story for it. If you didn't finish the one from yesterday, that's OK; you can always go back to it later. Go ahead and start a new one today. It would make sense to go ahead and get a start on three different ones and then going back to polish off the one that worked the best for you.
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April 13, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: First LIne Story Starter (2)
Same as Yesterday: Pick a second First Line Story Starter and write a story for it. If you didn't finish the one from yesterday, that's OK; you can always go back to it later. Go ahead and start a new one today. It would make sense to go ahead and get a start on three different ones (we're doing this one more time, tomorrow) and then going back to polish off the one that worked the best for you.
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April 12, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: First LIne Story Starter (1)
Pick one of the 17 Story Starters First Lines, and write a short story, or at least a substantial beginning to a story, using the Story Starters first line that you picked. This will be the topic for the rest of this week, including today (Wednesday 4/13). Each day, write a story starting with a different first line from the previous link. The first lines are from published story anthologies and are from a variety of authors. Before the first line, the title of the original story is given (you can use the same title), as well as the information about where the story was published and how many words were in the original story. Your story may be longer or shorter than the original; I included the word count so you would see that sometimes pieces of writing that are quite short are still considered to be full short stories. Usually, a published short story is in the range of 6 - 12 thousand words, but all the ones from which these first lines were taken are much shorter. These are sometimes referred to as short-short stories, flash fiction, or sudden fiction; it is currently a very fashionable form of writing. It is OK to make small changes to the first lines (like a different name) to make it work better with your idea. I have the books that these first lines were taken from and will make them available to you next week. It is harder to come up with your own approach if you first read what the original author wrote.
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April 11, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Hobbies
103. What is your hobby? Why do you enjoy it?
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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April 10, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Celebration Days
April 11 is apparently Eight-Track Tape Day. If you could designate a themed celebration day, what would it be and when?
posted from blogliners
Also, why would you pick that theme, and why would your date for it be most appropriate? (If it helps, here are Some Other Celebration Days That Already Exist) -- dwillia
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April 09, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Happiness Overflow
Once speaking of a cat, Monica Edwards said, "Purring would seem to be,in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow."
How do you release your own happiness overflow?
posted from blogliners
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April 08, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Reincarnation
Do you believe in reincarnation?
posted from blogliners
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April 07, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Unexpected Kindness
The kindness of strangers:
could you restore a little of our faith in humanity and describe an unexpected kindness you've experienced?
posted from blogliners
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April 06, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Preferred Living Place
posted from blogliners
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April 05, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Time
What are your thoughts on time? If you need something to get you started, read what some writers have to say at Literature: Classic
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April 04, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: First Kiss
How about telling us about your first kiss?
posted from Blogliners
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April 03, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: After 8 Days Off
You've just had 8 straight days with no school. What was the best thing about them? Or worst?
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April 02, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): A New Life
New beginnings
If you could start a new life, the life of your choice, what would it be? What would you take with you? And what would you leave behind?
posted from blogliners
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April 01, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Phobias
For some it's spiders, for others it's mice. Do you have any phobias?
posted from blogliners
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March 31, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Source of Great Ideas?
Where do your great ideas come from? People obviously vary in how they encounter great ideas, but a few on this list are worth considering: collaborating with others, when people are happy, walking, reading a book, and analyzing a problem. I find my best ideas "come" when I'm driving and when I'm talking to people outside of my field.
posted from elearnspace blog
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March 30, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Happiness Is?
Fill in the blank:
Happiness is ............................
posted from blogliners
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March 29, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Undiscovered Lies
Have you ever told a really, really big lie that's gone undiscovered?
posted from blogliners
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March 26, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Practical Jokes
Have you ever played a practical joke on anyone? Been the victim of one? Do tell.
posted from blogliners
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March 24, 2005
Daily Writing Topic (alternate): Diamonds -- A Girls' Best Friend?
"Diamonds are a girl's best friend"
True or False?
posted from blogliners
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March 23, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Punishment
Punishment. A one worder, again, from the 102 Ideas list. You might think of a local current event (hint: honors), but there is a huge range of directions you could go, from the death penalty to should you spank your kids.
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March 22, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Learn Less With Computers?
Would you learn more without computers? A new study shows that students with less access to computers do better at learning. What do you think? Some of the arguments are outlined at the previous link, if you need something to get you started thinking. You might also think about how it relates to this class.
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March 21, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Ever Feared For Your Life?
Have you ever been in a situation where you feared for your life?
posted from blogliners
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March 20, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Ghosts?
Do you believe in ghosts?
posted from blogliners
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March 16, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Never Done Before
100. If you could do something that you've never done before, what would it be? Why would you want to do it?
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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March 15, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: The Animal In You
88. Describe an animal that you identify with strongly. Why do you have a special feeling about this animal?
taken from Journal Topics, linked under Writing Topics under Writing Help from the main links on this site
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March 14, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Your Website Recommendations
Someone has asked you to send them a list of five websites that will enjoyably pass time on a rainy afternoon. What list do you send them?
posted from blogliners
Additionally: Less or more than five would be OK, too. And yes, I know you could simply paste a few links down for this one and be done with it. You won't get many words that way, though. If that's not an issue with you, so be it. For those who want to get a little writing in, a brief description of each link would be helpful. While it's true that people could just go to the link and check it out themselves, they might be more likely to do so if it sounds interesting. Sometimes a site doesn't look interesting at first sight, but if you click around a little bit good stuff turns up; you could give the reader some hints to help them not miss the best stuff that might be a little hidden on the sites you list. Also, a little information about how you discovered the sites might be interesting. This might be a good one to post (use comments link below) where others in the class can see it, so you can check out your classmates' favorite sites. Don't post links that are extremely school inappropriate, however (these are OK in your daily topics folder), or at least accompany them with the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) label. --dwillia
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March 13, 2005
Daily Writing Topic: Your Dream Transportation
A classic Ford Mustang? A sporty little number? A vintage model? Or maybe a mountain bike?
Throw the budget out of the window and describe your perfect mode of transport.
posted from blogliners
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