FOR THOSE WITH WRITER’S BLOCK!! HOW 17. I feel sad when someone tells me... 3.

someone tells me... 3. Pretend you met an alien and explain school to him/her/it.
ABOUT TRYING SOME OF THESE TOPICS? 18. I resent __________ for __________ 4. Set your clocks ahead twenty years. Where are you and
 What do you like to do at recess? 19. I love it when.. what are you be doing?
 Do you think boys or girls have it easier? 20. I expect... 5. What would you do with a million dollars? List five things
 Do you think you have too many chores? If you could 21. I'd like to spend the day with you would buy.
choose whichever chores you want, which ones would 22. Lying to parents 6. You’ve landed on another planet. Tell the inhabitants all
you prefer to do? 23. my parents... about earth.
 What would you do if everyone in your family forgot 24. My brother(s)/sister(s)... 7. You’ve gone back in time and met a tribe of Indians.
your birthday? 25. When I become a parent I won't... Explain plumbing, electricity, cars, windows, air
 If you could travel in a time machine and go any 26. Something I do for my mother is... conditioning and other conveniences to them.
distance into the past or future, where would you 27. Something I do for my father is... 8. What animal would you be? Why?
decide to go? Why? 28. I like people who... 9. If you were your teacher, how would you treat you?
 What makes our class special? 29. I don't like people who... 10. Describe a day in the life of ___________(choose an
 If you could be invisible for a day, what would you 30. I wish people would... animal).
do? 31. I wish my teacher would... 11. Describe how you feel at the dentist's office.
32. The other people in this class are…. 12. The way I am like _______________ is ________________
 If you could choose any bedtime you wanted, what
13. A perfect place for me is...
time would you pick?
Journal Topics for Self Understanding 14. What if your teacher fell asleep in class?
 Pretend that you were already grown up with children.
1. When I need time for myself… 15. I am my locker.
How would you treat them differently from the way
2. If I could live anywhere 16. I am my shoe.
your parents treat you?
3. I really miss... 17. If I could live anywhere...
 Would you like to have an identical twin? What would 18. If I were invisible I would...
be the best thing about it? What would be the worst 4. I never expected...
5. An unusual day in my life 19. Describe your life fifteen years from now.
thing about it? 20. How would do you think your parents views would change
6. For my birthday I'd like...
 Are you excited to grow up? What does it mean to be if they walked in your shoes for a week?
7. The worst gift I ever got...
"grown-up" and what do you think will be the best 21. Describe your desk in complete detail. Focus on all sides
8. I daydream most about...
thing about it? What about the worst thing? and angles.
9. I really wish....
10. Something few people realize about me 22. List twenty-five uses for a toothbrush
Journal Topics About Relationships 11. I wish I weren't so... 23. Describe a toaster from the inside
12. One of my best points is... 24. Assume you are the last person on earth and have been
1. Best friends... 13. One of my most important goals is... granted one wish. What would it be?
2. Teenagers... 14. I dream that one day... 25. Imagine a world that contained no written language. What
3. The things I look for in a friend are... 15. My hardest class is would be different?
4. Friends are... 16. What makes me feel proud is 26. If you could step back in time to re-live one day, what
5. The thing that mes me a good friend is... 17. I'm glad I'm alive when would you do differently?
6. I make friends by... 18. Some little things I often forget to enjoy 27. You discover you have only six weeks to live. What would
7. If my best friend were on drugs... 19. Associative Writing you do and why?
8. My best friend... 28. Imagine you are 25 years old. How will you describe
9. How gangs affect my life Journal Topics Involving Speculation and Different yourself as you are today?
10. I wish my friends would... Perspectives 29. Describe how you would feel if you were YOUR parent.
11. People like me because... What would you do differently?
12. When someone tells me they like me, I... 30. Describe how you would feel if you were YOUR teacher.
1. What one non-living item would you take What would you do differently?
13. Someone I'd like to know better is
from your house if it caught on fire?
14. I like it when somebody says to me
2. Which five of these things (make a list) would
15. I wish I had told...
you take from your house if it caught fire?
16. People make me mad when...