Journal+Prompts

Journal Prompts

Below are the prompts to be completed in the journal section of your binder/notebook.  Journals not completed in class MUST be completed for homework that day. I will collect entire journal to grade once or twice a term.

= = = = =Journal Entry April 24, 2012= =Using complete sentences, do ALL of the following. Number each section.= 1. Describe two things you learned about **current** conditions in the Dust Bowl states

2. Describe two things you learned about life in the **past** for her relatives and friends who recalled living through the Dust Bowl years in the 1930’s.

3. Write a sentence or two about **what surprised you the most** in what she had to tell you.

4. Write a sentence or two about **any connection** you have to the topics she discussed ( a family story about the Depression; a challenge brought on by extended drought; worries about the environment,,,,)

List a few of **Life’s Essential Questions** *
 * Journal April 23, 2012 **

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* 2 Things learned from the "Allegory of the Cave"

List 5 things that made you happy over vacation. 1. 2.  3.  4.  5.  List 5 things that make you unhappy about this week. 1. 2.  3.  4. 5.

**Jan 5, 2012 prompt:**
"What would you "shred" from 2011? Explain why you would want to shred it?" Complete your response using an ORQ format. (T+KEY+3D+3E+Key=3/4 page handwritten final--page or 2 draft)

**Text of Empathy prompt to be completed for homework Nov 14.**


**Veteran's Day prompt: click on file below for prompt. ** 

Click on this Link and scroll to bottom of page for video with background on Veteran's Day