Journal Prompts:
Journal Prompt #2: Anticipation Guide
Agree, Disagree, Maybe
1. I am a "Good" person.
2. I have positive role models in my life.
3. I am not influenced by what I watch on TV or the Internet.
4. People can learn from their mistakes.
5. Bullying is just a part of life.
6. Everyone experiments with drugs.
7. Sex should be saved till marriage.
8. Someday I will get married and have a family.
9. Social Media has brought people closer together.
10. Technology has made the world a better place.
Agree, Disagree, Maybe
1. I am a "Good" person.
2. I have positive role models in my life.
3. I am not influenced by what I watch on TV or the Internet.
4. People can learn from their mistakes.
5. Bullying is just a part of life.
6. Everyone experiments with drugs.
7. Sex should be saved till marriage.
8. Someday I will get married and have a family.
9. Social Media has brought people closer together.
10. Technology has made the world a better place.
Journal Prompt #3:
Choose from the two images, a poem from Shel Silverstein and a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Explain in your own words what the author is saying. Are their words still relevant today? Why?
Choose from the two images, a poem from Shel Silverstein and a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Explain in your own words what the author is saying. Are their words still relevant today? Why?
Journal Prompt #4: What will you do with your "Dash"?
Writing Your Mission Statement
1. What kind of person do I want to be? (with regard to character, not career)
2. What do I want to do (with regard to contributions and achievements, not career)
3. What unchanging values or principles will be the basis for my being and doing?
4. Imagine you are at your own funeral. What would you want people to be saying about you?
5. Make a list of 3 "commandments" you believe in and will follow in your life.
Journal Prompt #5: Novel Connection
What type of conflict is the main character is your novel? (Man vs. _____) Explain the problem. Is this an issue teens face today? Can you relate to this problem or know someone who has faced this issue?
Writing Your Mission Statement
1. What kind of person do I want to be? (with regard to character, not career)
2. What do I want to do (with regard to contributions and achievements, not career)
3. What unchanging values or principles will be the basis for my being and doing?
4. Imagine you are at your own funeral. What would you want people to be saying about you?
5. Make a list of 3 "commandments" you believe in and will follow in your life.
Journal Prompt #5: Novel Connection
What type of conflict is the main character is your novel? (Man vs. _____) Explain the problem. Is this an issue teens face today? Can you relate to this problem or know someone who has faced this issue?