DAY 1—TESTING DAY
• Monday, August 5, 2013
DAY 2—TESTING DAY
• Tuesday, August 6, 2013
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 3
• Wednesday, August 7, 2013
• Think of something that makes you special
or unique. What does this ability, talent, or
attribute help you to do? How will you utilize
it in this class?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 4
• Thursday, August 8, 2013
• Think of someone you admire. What is it
about this person you admire? How do you
think you could become more like this
person?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 5
• Friday, August 9, 2013
• What is one important and helpful thing that
you have learned this week? How will you
make sure that this piece of knowledge
stays with you? Is it something that you think
you should teach others?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 6
• Monday, August 12
• How much do you think we communicate
through body language, tone of voice, and
our words? Why do you think this?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 7
• Tuesday, August 13, 2013
• Refer to (look at) the list of writing ideas you
created yesterday. Choose one item from
the list, or maybe an item that is not on the
list, and write about it.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 8
• Wednesday, August 14
• In three, four, or five complete sentences,
write down as many reasons as you can
think of explaining why people write.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 9
• Thursday, August 15
• Explain what this quote means and give
your thoughts on it.
• “Reading is to the mind what exercise
is to the body.”
-Sir Richard Steele
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 10
• Friday, August 16, 2013
• What would you like to write about today?
You can choose something from your list of
writing ideas in your Writing Notebook or you
can think of something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 11
• Monday, August 19, 2013
• What is something that you have learned in
the past seven days? You could have
learned it in this class, another class, or even
outside of school. How will/has this thing you
have learned change/changed you?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 12
• Tuesday, August 20, 2013
• How would you like to be treated by me,
your teacher? What are some adjectives
that you can think of to express how you
would like to be treated?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 13
• Wednesday, August 21, 2013
• What would you like to write about today?
You can choose something from your list of
writing ideas in your Writing Notebook or you
can think of something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 14
• Thursday, August 22, 2013
• Think of someone—a teacher or a student—
who has helped you, who has done
something nice for you, or with whom you
have enjoyed some time. Write a quick
note affirming this person using the cards
provided on the table by my desk.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 15
• Friday, August 23, 2013
• You have taken some standardized tests this
week in Reading and in Writing. Do you like
standardized test? Or, do you dislike
standardized tests? Why do you think
standardized tests are a part of your
education?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 16
• Monday, August 26, 2013
• What is one important and helpful thing that
you learned last week? How will you make
sure that this piece of knowledge stays with
you? Is it something that you think you
should teach others?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 17
• Tuesday, August 27, 2013
• How do you think I, your teacher,
would like to be treated by you?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 18
• Wednesday, August 28, 2013
• What would you like to write about
today? You can choose something
from your list of writing ideas in your
Writing Notebook or you can think of
something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 19
• Thursday, August 29, 2013
• Think of a celebrity who needs your
advice. Who is it and what advice
would you give him/her?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 20
• Friday, August 30, 2013
• Write two put-ups for yourself. If you
have time, you can get an index card
and give another person two put-ups.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 21
• Tuesday, September 3, 2013
• What is one important and helpful
thing that you learned last week? How
will you make sure that this piece of
knowledge stays with you? Is it
something that you think you should
teach others?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 22
• Wednesday, September 4, 2013
• What would you like to write about
today? You can choose something
from your list of writing ideas in your
Writing Notebook or you can think of
something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 23
• Thursday, September 5, 2013
• Respond to this
picture in a way
of your choice.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 24
• Friday, September 6, 2013
• If you could have the first day of
school to do over again, would you do
anything differently? If so, what would
you do differently and why? If not,
explain why.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 25
• Monday, September 9, 2013
• What is one important and helpful
thing that you learned last week? How
will you make sure that this piece of
knowledge stays with you? Is it
something that you think you should
teach others?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 26
• Tuesday, September 10, 2013
• What would you like to write about
today? You can choose something
from your list of writing ideas in your
Writing Notebook or you can think of
something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 27
• Wednesday, September 11, 2013
• Respond to the
following quote in
at least a
paragraph.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 28
• Thursday, September 12, 2013
• Respond to this
picture in a way
of your choice.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 29
• Friday, September 13, 2013
• Tell about a time at school when you
helped someone or someone helped
you. In at least a paragraph, reflect
on that experience.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 30
• Monday, September 16, 2013
• What is one important and helpful
thing that you learned last week? How
will you make sure that this piece of
knowledge stays with you? Is it
something that you think you should
teach others?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 31
• Tuesday, September 17, 2013
• Look back over your entries from the
first week of school. Find one that you
believe can be improved. Use this
time to write down specifically how
you would improve it. (examples:
length of entry, neatness, detail—or
lack of detail, organization, et cetera)
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 32
• Wednesday, September 18, 2013
• What would you like to write about
today? You can choose something
from your list of writing ideas in your
Writing Notebook or you can think of
something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 33
• Thursday, September 19, 2013
• Respond to this
picture in a way
of your choice.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 34
• Friday, September 20, 2013
• Respond to the following quote in at
least a paragraph.
• “Be not afraid of growing slowly; be
afraid only of standing still.”
Chinese Proverb
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 35
• Monday, September 23, 2013
• What is one important and helpful
thing that you learned last week?
Explain to me what you learned and
why you think it is useful and important.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 36
• Tuesday, September 24, 2013
• Write two put-ups for yourself. If you
have time, you can get an index card
and give another person two put-ups.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 37
• Wednesday, September 25, 2013
• What would you like to write about
today? You can choose something
from your list of writing ideas in your
Writing Notebook or you can think of
something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 38
• Thursday,
September
26, 2013
• Respond to this
picture in a way
of your choice.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 39
• Friday, September 27, 2013
• No journal today because of elearning
day.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 40
• Monday, September 30, 2013
• Last week I talked to you about
improving your journal entries by
utilizing some writing strategies I taught
you such as topic and closing
sentences. Pick one journal from last
week and use this time to improve it. I
will be grading that entry as your entire
grade this week.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 41
• Tuesday, October 1, 2013
• Take a look at the words this class
proposed to be on the social contract.
Of all the words you see, which word is
most important to you and why?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 42
• Wednesday, October 2, 2013
• What would you like to write about
today? You can choose something
from your list of writing ideas in your
Writing Notebook or you can think of
something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 43
• Thursday,
October 3, 2013
• Respond to this
picture in a way
of your choice.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 44
• Friday, October 4, 2013
• On Tuesday you wrote about a word
on the social contract that is most
important to you. What will you do to
demonstrate this word with Mrs. Barrett
today? Please be specific. What
behaviors will you avoid?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 45
• Monday, October 7, 2013
• What is one important and helpful
thing that you learned last week?
Explain to me what you learned and
why you think it is useful and important.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 46
• Tuesday, October 8, 2013
• Overall, what is one thing that you
think you did well this quarter in this
class? What is one thing that you think
you can improve upon in the second
quarter? Please be as specific as
possible with your answer.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 47
• Wednesday, October 9, 2013
• No journal entry today Since we
have a shortened schedule today, we
need this time to work on your writing
pieces.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 48
• Thursday, October 10, 2013
• What would you like to write about
today? You can choose something
from your list of writing ideas in your
Writing Notebook or you can think of
something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 49
• Friday, October
11, 2013
• Caption this
photo.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 50
• Monday, October 14, 2013
• I’ve asked you several times to think about
something you learned in the previous week.
Today, I would like you to consider all of the
responses you have given me and name the
most important thing you have learned this
year. Maybe it’s something you haven’t even
named before; maybe it’s something you
learned last week. Explain to me how you
learned this lesson and why it is the most
important thing you have learned this year.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 51
• Tuesday, October 15, 2013
• Write yourself two put-ups.
• If you have an extra moment, you can
write another person a put-up.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 52
• Wednesday, October 16, 2013
• What would you like to write about
today? You can choose something
from your list of writing ideas in your
Writing Notebook or you can think of
something that isn’t on the list.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 53
• Thursday,
October 17, 2013
• Respond to this
picture in a way
of your choice.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 54
• Friday, October 18, 2013
• Respond to the following quote in at
least a paragraph.
“If you accept the expectations of
others, especially negative ones, then
you never will change the outcome.”
~Michael Jordan
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 55
• Monday, October 21, 2013
• What is one important and helpful
thing that you learned last week?
Explain to me what you learned and
why you think it is useful and important.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 56
• Tuesday, October 22, 2013
• Think of something thoughtful and kind
you have done lately for someone
else. What did you do? Tell me about
what you did and how it made you
feel.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 57
• Wednesday,
October 23, 2013
• Respond to this
picture in a way
of your choice.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 58
• Thursday, October 24, 2013
• Considering the social contract you
created, what word will you
demonstrate to my substitute? What
behaviors will you perform to
demonstrate this word? What
behaviors will you avoid?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 59
• Friday, October 25, 2013
• I hope yesterday went very well. Write
two put-ups to someone in this
classroom of your choice. If you have
time, you can write two put-ups to
someone else.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 60
• Monday, October 28, 2013
• So, how was last Wednesday,
Thursday, and/or Friday? How do you
think you behaved for the substitutes?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 61
• Tuesday, October 29, 2013
• Respond to the following quote in at
least a paragraph.
• “A child educated only at school is an
uneducated child.”
-George Santayana
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 62
• Wednesday, October 30, 2013
• Free Write Wednesday!
• Remember to write at least a
paragraph
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 63
• Thursday, October 31, 2013
• Use the following story starter to begin
your journal for today.
• Tap. Tap. Tap. The sound came from
inside the closet. Quietly, I crept
toward the door ...
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 64
• Friday,
November 1, 2013
• Caption this
picture. Winner
wins.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 65
• Monday, November 4
No journal today. Please get your
project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 66
• Tuesday, November 5, 2013
• No journal today. Please get your
project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 67
• Wednesday, November 6, 2013
• No journal today. Please get your
project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 68
• Thursday, November 7, 2013
• No journal today. Please get your
project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 69
• Friday, November 8, 2013
• No journal today because of elearning.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 70
• Monday, November 11, 2013
• Write two put ups on the notecards
provided
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 71
• Tuesday, November 12, 2013
• No journal today. Please get your
project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 72
• Wednesday, November 13, 2013
• No journal today. Please get your
project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 73
• Thursday, November 14, 2013
• No journal today. Please get your
project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 74
• Friday, November 15, 2013
• No journal today. Please get your
project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 75
• Monday, November 18, 2013
• On one of the desktop computers or on a
laptop, go to the following website and take
the quiz. http://www.edutopia.org/multipleintelligences-learning-styles-quiz
• Then, please copy down your results in your
Writing Journal.
• Once you are finished with this, please take
out your project folder and begin working at a
noise level zero.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 76
• Tuesday, November 19, 2013
• Look back over your scores from the
multiple intelligences quiz yesterday.
Then, read some of the descriptions
about the various intelligences.
• What have you learned about yourself?
Do you think the test results are
accurate? How so?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 77
• Wednesday, November 20, 2013
• Knowing what you now know about
multiple intelligences, do you think you
chose the correct type of oral
presentation for this research project in
Reading? Explain why or why not.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 78
• Thursday,
November 21,
2013
• Write a few of
your own
sentences or
produce a
creative response
to this picture.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 79
• Friday, November 22, 2013
• Free Write Friday!
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 80
• Monday, November 25, 2013
• No journal today because of other
scheduled activities in class.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 81
• Tuesday, November 26, 2013
• No journal today because of other
class activities scheduled.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 82
• Monday, December 2, 2013
• What word from the social contract
reminds you most of something that
happened over Thanksgiving Break?
Explain the word and how it relates to
your break in at least a paragraph.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 83
• Tuesday, December 3, 2013
• Now that you should have each
completed your research project in
Writing class, tell me what you believe is
the most important thing you learned in
this process. Some examples include:
how to research, how to use textual
evidence, how to write a bibliography,
how to manage time, or how to write a
multiparagraph essay.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 84
• Wednesday, December 4, 2013
• No journal today because of Scantron.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 85
• Thursday, December 5, 2013
• No journal today because of the
snowday!
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 86
• Friday, December 6, 2013
• No journal today because of the snow
delay.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 87
• Monday, December 9, 2013
• Last week, the world lost a hero, Nelson
Mandela. He was 95 when he died. The
former president of South Africa, after
having been imprisoned for decades for
being a Black African rather than a White
African, accomplished so much in his long
life by living honestly, thoughtfully, and
honorably. Consider and explain what his
quote means to you and how it could apply
to your life. "Do not judge me by my
successes, judge me by how many times I
fell down and got back up again."
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 88
• Tuesday, December 10, 2013
• Think of a teacher that you’ve
had this year or in previous years
from whom you have learned a
lot. What did you learn? Why do
you think you learned a lot from
this teacher? Explain your answer.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 89
• Wednesday, December 11, 2013
• Take a couple of minutes to look back
through your previous journal entries.
What do you feel has been the biggest
way that you have changed your writing
this year? Some examples could include
the depth of your explanation, sentence
structure, better introduction/conclusion,
paragraph organization, et cetera.
Explain your answer.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 90
• Thursday, December 12, 2013
• Write two sincere put-ups to yourself. If
you have extra time, you can also
write put-ups to someone else using
the index cards provided.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 91
• Friday, December 13, 2013
• Free Write Friday!
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 92
• Monday, December 16, 2013
• Your journals are due today. Check it
over for completion. If it is complete,
hand it in. If it is not complete, you
can ask me for a pass during lunch to
finish it.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 93
• Tuesday, December 17, 2013
• No journal today due to other activities
planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 94
• Wednesday, December 18, 2013
• No journal today due to other activities
planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 95
• Thursday, December 19, 2013
• No journal today due to other activities
planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 96
• Friday, December 20, 2013
• No journal today due to other activities
planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 97
• Monday, January 6, 2014
• No journal today because it is a testing
day.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 98
• Tuesday, January 7, 2014
• No journal today because it is a testing
day.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 99
• Wednesday, January 8, 2014
• What word (from the social contract or
otherwise) would you use to describe
your Winter Break? Explain why this
word is best through fitting examples
and descriptions.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 100
• Thursday, January 9, 2014
• Take a look at the rubric I use to
evaluate your writing journals. If you
could change one or two things on it,
what would it be? Be specific.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 101
• Friday, January 10, 2014
• Free Write Friday!
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 102
• Monday, January 13, 2014
• The first half of your sixth grade year has
gone by so quickly. Before you know it, it
will be May and another year will be
over. Before that happens, what are
some things that you would like to do in
sixth grade? What kinds of goals do you
have for the remainder of the school
year?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 103
• Tuesday, January 14, 2014
• Last week, I asked you to take a look at
the writing rubric that I use to grade your
journals and to write down what you
would change about it. Now, I want you
to draw your ideal writing rubric. Make
sure that you organize it by categories,
points, and include descriptions for each
requirement on the rubric.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 104
• Wednesday, January 15, 2014
• If you had a few hours to spend with
anyone in the world, who would you
spend that time with and what would
you do?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 105
• Thursday,
January
16, 2014
• Respond
to this
comic in
a way of
your
choice.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 106
• Friday, January 17, 2014
• Free Write Friday!
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 107
• Tuesday, January 21, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 35 & 36
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 108
• Wednesday, January 22, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 37 & 38
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 109
• Thursday, January 23, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 39&40
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 110
• Friday, January 24, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 41 & 42
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 111
• Monday, January 27, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 45 & 46
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 112
• Tuesday, January 28, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 47 & 48
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 113
• Wednesday, January 29, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 49 & 50
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 114
• Thursday, January 30, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 51 & 52
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 115
• Friday, January 31, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 53 & 54
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 116
• Monday, February 3, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 17 & 18
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 117
• Tuesday, February 4, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 19 & 20
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 118
• Wednesday, February 5, 2014
• No school today
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 119
• Thursday, February 6, 2014
• No school today
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 120
• Friday, February 7, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 21 & 22
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 121
• Monday, February 10, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 23 &24
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 122
• Tuesday, February 11, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 25 & 26
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 123
• Wednesday, February 12, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 71 & 72
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 124
• Thursday, February 13, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 73 & 74
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 125
• Friday, February 14, 2014
• No journal today (elearning Day)
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 126
• Tuesday, February 18, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 75 & 76
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 127
• Wednesday, February 19, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 77 & 78
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 128
• Thursday, February 20, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 79 & 80
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 129
• Friday, February 21, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 81 & 82
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 130
• Monday, February 24, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 83 & 84
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 131
• Tuesday, February 25, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 85 & 86
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 132
• Wednesday, February 26, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 87 & 88
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 133
• Thursday, February 27, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 89 & 90
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 134
• Friday, February 28, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 91 & 92
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 135
• Monday, March 3, 2014
• Grammar Practice p. 93 & 94
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 136
• Tuesday, March 4, 2014
• no warm up today (TCAP testing)
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 137
• Wednesday, March 5, 2014
• no warm up today (TCAP testing)
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 138
• Thursday, March 6, 2014
• no warm up today (TCAP testing)
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 139
• Friday, March 7, 2014
• no warm up today due to other
activities planned
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 140
• Monday, March 10, 2014
• Now that we have started the fourth
quarter of sixth grade, what are your
thoughts? What are you looking
forward to? What hesitations do you
have? What goals do you have?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 141
• Tuesday, March 11, 2014
• No journal today due to the shortened
TCAP testing schedule.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 142
• Wednesday, March 12, 2014
• No journal today due to the shortened
TCAP testing schedule.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 143
• Thursday, March 13, 2014
• No journal today due to the shortened
TCAP testing schedule.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 144
• Friday, March 14, 2014
• No journal today due to other activities
planned in class.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 145
• Monday, March 17, 2014
• No journal today due to other class
activities planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 146
• Tuesday, March 18, 2014
• No journal today due to other class
activities planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 147
• Wednesday, March 19, 2014
• No journal today due to other class
activities planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 148
• Thursday, March 20, 2014
• No journal today due to other class
activities planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 149
• Friday, March 21, 2014
• Elearning Day—no journal
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 150
• Monday, March 31, 2014
• What word (from the social contract or
otherwise) would you use to describe
your Spring Break? Explain why this
word is best through fitting examples
and descriptions.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 151
• Tuesday, April 1, 2014
• Below is a list of famous April Fool’s Day pranks:
• Early 1950s - The BBC runs a "news" item about the spaghetti harvest in Switzerland.
• 1985 - Sports Illustrated runs a 14-page story by George Plimpton about a Mets
pitching phenom named Sidd Finch. The reclusive, skinny Finch has a 168-mph
fastball (which he credits to meditations in Tibet) and a host of quirks including
carrying a French horn at all times and wearing only one hiking boot while
pitching.
• 1986 - present - Press releases for the [non-existent] New York City April Fools' Day
Parade have been issued every year since 1986.
• 1996 - Taco Bell Corp. runs a full-page ad in several major newspapers claiming it
has purchased the Liberty Bell and is renaming it the "Taco Liberty Bell."
• 2008 - The BBC runs a video clip of flying penguins as part of a story for its series
Miracles of Evolution. The presenter explains that the penguins escaped the cold,
harsh Antarctic weather by flying to the tropical rainforests of South America.
• April 1, 2010 - The National Republican Senatorial Committee releases a parody
web video celebrating President Obama as "truly the greatest president ever" and
that he has "kept all his promises."
• Today, write your own April Fool’s Day prank article.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 152
• Wednesday, April 2, 2014
• Write two sincere put-ups to yourself.
Try to make them at least two
sentences each.
• If you have extra time, you can also
write put-ups to someone else using
the index cards provided.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 153
• Thursday, April 3, 2014
• No journal today because of the snow
day.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 154
• Friday, April 4, 2014
• Consider the following question and
respond to it in at least one
paragraph.
• Of what are you most afraid?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 155
• Monday, April 7, 2014
• Look at the new rubric that I’ll be using
to evaluate your journals. Make any
changes to last week’s journals that
you see necessary. Then, self-evaluate
according to the rubric and turn in
your journal.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 156
• Tuesday, April 8, 2014
• No journal today due to other activities
planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 157
• Wednesday, April 9, 2014
• No journal today due to other activities
planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 158
• Thursday, April 10, 2014
• No journal today due to other activities
planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 159
• Friday, April 11, 2014
• No journal today due to other activities
planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 160
• Monday, April 14, 2014
• Now that you have a new rubric for
this journal, how will that affect what
and how you write? What will
change? What will stay the same?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 161
• Tuesday, April 15, 2014
• Today is tax day. That means that people all
across America are either sending the
government money or are being sent money
from the government, depending on how
much money they made. What are your
thoughts on taxes? What does the
government provide in return for the money
people pay it in taxes? How do those
provisions help you?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 162
• Wednesday, April 16, 2014
• Why do we have laws? What happens
when people break the laws?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 163
• Thursday, April 17, 2014
• What is the purpose of traffic lights?
What would happen if we didn’t have
them?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 164
• Friday, April 18, 2014
• No journal today because of the
scheduled elearning day.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 165
• Monday, April 21, 2014
• Last week, we talked about the purpose
of laws and discussed a town that had
eliminated traffic lights. I tasked you with
writing a question about laws using what
you had learned from what we studied
regarding traffic lights. Write down at
least one of those questions today.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 166
• Tuesday, April 22, 2014
• What are three words to describe Cole
Matthews? Use the text to support
your answer with textual evidence.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 167
• Wednesday, April 23, 2014
• Look back through your journal entries from
early in the year. Today, you’re going to write
a letter to a fifth grader who is going to be a
sixth grader next year. What do you think
would be helpful for an incoming sixth grader
to know? What do you wish someone had
told you?
• Plan your letter in your journal and write the
actual letter on the paper I have provided.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 168
• Thursday, April 24, 2014
• Copy down one of the sentences from
chapter 3 in Touching Spirit Bear that
you highlighted because you thought
it was important yesterday.
• In one paragraph, explain why this
sentence was important.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 169
• Friday, April 25, 2014
• So far in Touching Spirit Bear, we have
learned that Cole’s life is filled with
conflicts: character v. character,
character v. society, character v.
nature, character v. self. Of all his
conflicts, which do you think is the
biggest? Why?
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 170
• Monday, April 28, 2014
• Free response to chapters seven and
eight in Touching Spirit Bear.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 171
• Tuesday, April 29, 2014
• Has the island brought justice? Has it
brought some form of revenge? If so,
explain why. If not, explain what this
experience has brought Cole and
why.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 172
• Wednesday, April 30, 2014
• On an index card, write your name
along with three names of other
students in YOUR READING CLASS with
whom you think you would work well
on a project. Next to each name,
write a two sentence explanation of
why you would work well together.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 173
• Thursday, May 1, 2014
• No journal today because of Scantron.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 174
• Friday, May 2, 2014
• No journal today because of Scantron.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 175
• Monday, May 5, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 176
• Tuesday, May 6, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 177
• Wednesday, May 7, 2014
• No journal entry because of Sky Sox
Math Day.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 178
• Thursday, May 8, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 179
• Friday, May 9, 2014
• No journal entry because of other
activities planned.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 180
• Monday, May 12, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 181
• Tuesday, May 13, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 182
• Wednesday, May 14, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 183
• Thursday, May 15, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 184
• Friday, May 16, 2014
• No journal entry today because of
Field Day.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 185
• Monday, May 19, 2014
• No journal today because of our
camping trip.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 186
• Tuesday, May 20, 2014
• No journal entry today because of our
camping trip.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 187
• Wednesday, May 21, 2014
• No journal entry today because of our
camping trip.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 188
• Thursday, May 23, 2014
• No journal today because of CommaCon.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 189
• Friday, May 23, 2014
• No journal today because of CommaCon.
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 190
• Tuesday, May 27, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 191
• Wednesday, May 29, 2014
JOURNAL ENTRY DAY 192
• Thursday, May 29, 2014