We now have our first two journal entries for this quarter. Here are the prompts.
#1 Describe the benefits and drawbacks of having your best friend live with you. #2 Choose an event in your life that would make a good basis for a book. Explain why other people would be interested in reading about your experience.
Remember that one of our goals in journal writing has been to develop at least one paragraph that allows the reader to identify what you are writing about without having to actually read the prompt. On way acheive this is to begin your writing by restating the main idea of the prompt.
Examples of restating/rewording the prompt in the beginning of your paragraph:
a) There could be both benefits and drawbacks of living with your best friend. For example, . . .
b) Living with your best friend could turn out to be a blessing and/or a curse. On the one hand, the two of you would always be able to . . .
Also introduced today:
Discussion Topics
- Coming of age issues/concerns
- Sexuality
- Virginity
- Teen Pregnancy
- Family issues/concerns
- Single Parent Family issues
- $$
- Academic Success
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