Tuesday--Imagine yourself 15 to 20 years from now in a career such as teaching, scientific research, fire fighting. Write a story about your first day on the job of your future career. STORY STARTERS 1. The airplane sputtered and sank low into the jungle. STORY STARTERS It seemed like an ordinary day. I was walking the dog after school. Suddenly she stopped, turned around and said,"Look, why don't we... STORY STARTERS Once upon a time in a land far away, there lived a young girl who was never satisfied. STORY STARTERS I don't believe in magic pencils, but. . . STORY STARTERS The day the teacher overslept we. . . STORY STARTERS Yesterday, the mailman delivered a huge wooden crate. I heard a strange noise coming from inside. Imagine that you are at Camp Sun and Fun for the summer. Write a diary entry about a typical day at camp. Think about the people in your life that you look up to or admire. Write a story about presenting the person you admire most with an award for his or her accomplishments. Make sure that it is a story and not just a few sentences! Have you ever wanted to be able to turn back the clock so you could change something you wish you had done differently? Write a story about a time you did something you wish you had done differently. Danielle has invited 26 of her American Girl Book Club friends to dinner. She wants an equal number of people at each table, including herself. Should she seat 8 or 9 guests at each table? How many tables does she need? You MUST write an explanation in complete sentences and INCLUDE a picture. The equation 4 x 5 = 20 may be used as the number sentence for a lost of different stories. For example: Erica had four rabbits and each one of them had five babies. How many baby rabbits did she have? Write another story that could be expressed by 4 x 5 = 20. Imagine that your teacher is a robot. What would you most likely program your teacher machine to do? You can include a picture! Do you think that elections are fair? Is there a better way to choose a leader? Explain your answers. Should students receive a salary for the work that they do at school? If so, how much should it be? What would you do with your salary? A person your age just moved in next door to you. What advice could you give him or help to help that person get adjusted to the neighborhood? Draw something new that every home will have in the year 2030. Write about the invention. What does it do? Why will people want to have one? One morning a child looks out the window and discovers that a huge castle has appeared overnight. The child rushes outside to the castle and hears strange sounds coming from it. Someone is living in the castle! The castle door creaks open. The child goes in. One morning a child looks out the window and discovers that a huge castle has appeared overnight. The child rushes outside to the castle and hears strange sounds coming from it. Someone is living in the castle! The castle door creaks open. The child goes in. Describe a time that you cheered up someone who was hurt or sad. Please make sure that you have written at least 3 paragraphs, telling me about the person, the setting, the incident, and how you felt. What do you think should be the highest paid salary? Why do you think so? Make sure that you support your essay with reasons. It should be at least three paragraphs. Character Trait Diagram. Create a Venn diagram to illustrate similarities and differences in the traits of two of the main characters in a book just completed. (You can also choose to create a Venn diagram showing similarities and differences between the book's main character and yourself.) Interview a Character. Compose six to eight questions to ask a main character in a book you just finished reading or are currently reading. Also, write the character's response to each question. Who is your favorite character from a fairy tale? Write a letter to your favorite character and tell the character what you like about him or her. Maybe you can offer some advice how the character might avoid getting in trouble. Compare the book that you are reading to a candy bar and explain why. An example is: The book that I am reading, My Grandfather’s Blessings is like a Hershey’s Hug. It is sweet, the images melt in my mind as I read it, and it makes me feel like I am being hugged every time that I read it. If you could be anyone other than yourself who would you be? Why? On May 27, 1930,R. G. Drew got the first patent for adhesive cellophane tape. Write an advertisement that might have appeared describing all the wonderful uses for this new tape. Then, make a list of as many creative ways you can use tape. (ex. Hold your earring in if you lose the backs; as a fly catcher) Respond to “Dr. King once said, “Sooner of later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace.” What does this mean to you? Write a thank you letter to someone who has influenced you. You will be sending the letter to the person. You are vacationing on the beach and suddenly it starts snowing. As the snowflakes melt, you realize that each one has a different flavor. Choose one of the following to write about. What you are going to do with the snowflakes. How the snowflakes became flavored. Why it is snowing snowflakes. An invention to capture the snowflakes and freeze them. Your book should have a special theme or message. Write what you think the message of your book is in skywriting—in puffy letters. Then write a paragraph telling why you think it is important to spread the word far and wide. Suppose you could grant wishes. What would your two wishes be for the main character? Explain why. How would your wish change the main character’s life? If you have completed every entry, give yourself a grade on this week’s entries—and explain why. Did you know…. On Sept.19,1928, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon was shown. Think about the book that you are reading and think up a cartoon character that is like one of the characters in your book. Draw a picture of your character and write either a story or cartoon about your cartoon character. Draw something new that every home will have in the year 2030. Write about the invention. What does it do? Why will people want to have one? Invent the best dessert in the world. Be descriptive. Make it yummy! You enter a time machine. What year is it? What is happening? Tell me about it. Include who, what, when, where, why and how in your explanation. Pretend that you are a kite. Your string has broken and you can float anywhere in the world. Write a story telling abut your adventures. An insect unlike any you’ve ever seen before has just flown by you. Describe this new bug. What makes it different from the other bugs you’ve seen before? Write about your favorite movie If the main character in your book would come to visit you for the weekend, where would you take that person. Write in complete sentences, describing where you would go to eat, for amusement, where he/she/it would sleep and why. What's the best thing your parents have ever done for you? Write a review of a movie that you disliked. Make sure that you tell why you disliked the movie. Design a new toy. It can be written or drawn. Make a report card for one of the characters in the book. Then make a report card for me. What type of music do you think your main character in your story prefers— classical, country, soft rock, rock and roll, jazz, etc. ? Explain your choice in a paragraph of at least seven sentences. If you could peek into the main character’s treasure box, what would you find? You can draw a picture to show the objects, but must also write a paragraph to explain why each object is in the treasure box. Scientists have looked at snowflakes and discovered that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. Think about it, people are kind of the same way—some are tall, some short; some have blue eyes, some brown. Write about some special ways in which you are different form everyone else. Write a story title “That Was Then, This Is Now” in which you compare yourself today to yourself at this time last year. You must have three paragraphs at least!! Almost everyone loves animals as pets. If you could have any pet at all, what would you like it to be and why did you choose that pet. Make sure you have a beginning paragraph, middle paragraph with details, and an ending paragraph that sums up how you feel. Your dad or mom tells you to take out the garbage. On the way to the curb you notice a green light around you. Then you hear a soft whistling sound. Suddenly you realize that you are not alone. What happens next? Describe how you would organize something— your desk, your room, your notebooks, your card collection. Include details, details, details. Your bike has been stolen! Write and solve a short mystery titled, “The Case of the Missing Bike”. Remember to use quotation marks around the exact words of the speaker and that you indent each paragraph. Make a list of 5 of the most important rights that you believe an American citizen should have. Along with that, make a list of the 5 most important responsibilities that you have as an American citizen. Choose a math concept and compose a haiku about it. You can write about turns, flips, multiplication, division, what ever you would like. Remember that a haiku follows the 5-7-5 format. You have been elected the youngest President of the United States. First, you declare August 1 as National Ice Cream Day. Write down 10 other laws that you would pass. In some places ice fishing is a popular winter sport. Pretend that you and a friend are at a frozen lake. You have cut a small hole in the ice and lowered your fishing line into the water below. Describe what happens next. Imagine that you are a snowman in your front yard. Describe what you see happening around you. Design a wanted poster for a character in the book that you are now reading. Include the character’s name, why he/she is wanted, what he/she is wanted for, what they look like. Include a picture. Include details, details, details. What if people had four legs? It would be just two extra legs. Still, a lot of things would change. For instance, everyone would need to wear two pairs of shoes. Write about all the ways the world would be different if people had four legs. On October 16, 1758, Noah Webster was born. He is famous for creating dictionary. Make up a new word, write the definition(s) of it, and use it correctly in a sentence. The third week of October is National School Lunch Week. What if you were able to plan all the lunches at your school for an entire week. What would you serve each day, Monday through Friday. Create a menu with your daily specials. Make a list of things to do when you are bored. Be creative. Design a Math Amusement Park where all the attractions have something to do with math. Write a travel brochure describing the park and inviting people to come. If you do not finish this, please complete it at home. It must be done by Friday. Write about your dream school using the following format. Tell where it is located What happens there What it looks like What it has in it Design a menu for a new restaurant. Make sure that you decide the type of foods that the restaurant would specialize in (ex. Hot peppers) and write descriptions for them that would lure people into eating there. Example: Biondi’s Blasting BookPepperia Hot cha cha pepper bread-Sweet, aromatic breadsticks that melt in your mouth while blasting into tongue tingling tastes of pepper. Write about a time when you we re brave, or finish this sentence: I am brave because . . . If you could have any animal in the world for a pet what animal would it be? Shark? Piranha? Alligator? W hy? Write about the most exciting thing that ever happened to you. If you could be any super hero or video game character who you be and why? What would you do? If you were a pencil, what would you do? Or what would you draw? If you came across a magic lamp, rubbed it, and a Genie popped out and said, “You have three wishes!!” What would you wish for? What would happen if you could fly whenever you wanted? When would you use this ability? What would happen if there were no television? Why would this be good? bad? What if cows gave root beer instead of milk? What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs? What would happen if animals could talk? What are some of the questions you would like to ask animals? What if you could walk up walls and across ceilings? What would happen if children ruled the world? What if everyone lived under water? Where would people live? What games would children play? What would school be like? What would you do if You were the teacher and everyone forgot his homework? If you were principal of this school, what would you do? If you could participate in an Olympic event, which one would you choose and why? If you could break the Guinness Book of Records it would be for? What do we mean when we say, "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar"? Describe the best teacher you ever had. Where would you prefer to be right now--mountains, desert, beach--and why? Would you like to be famous? Why or why not? What would you like to be famous for? What would you change about our school...the way you learn.... What would make school more interesting to you. Pretend you are a raindrop. Where would you land and what would happen along the way? If you could be any box of cereal, which one would you be and why? Your mother has just returned from a distant planet and brought you back an alien pet- describe it in detail. Candy man Milton Hershey was born on Sept. 13, 1847. If you could create a product that would bear your name, what would it be? Why would you create this product? If we all gave up wearing socks for one day, there would be less laundry-- which would help the environment! Now you know everything there is to know about No Socks Day (May 8). Title a paragraph No __________ Day." Describe your new holiday, giving reasons why you think it is needed. The first Tuesday of the first full week in May is National Teacher Day. If your teacher were chosen "Teacher of the Year" and you were asked to speak at a ceremony honoring him or her, what would you say? The first American paper money was issued by Massachusetts on Feb. 3, 1690. should kids your age be rewarded with money for getting good grades? Explain your answer. Laura Ingalls Wilder, famous for her Little House books, was born on Feb. 7, 1867. If you could live in another period of American history, which one would you choose? Why? Make 5 predictions about your life when you are older. [Occupation, family, hobbies, sport, car, holidays etc.] Write about a time when you were afraid. Describe your ideal school Do you dress up for Hall oween? What costumes hav e you worn? What was you r favorite? What would you like to be next Halloween? Imagine that it so so hot outdoors that you can fry an egg on the sidewalk. How will you keep cool? What is your most prized possession? Write a paragraph explaining why it is important to you. The first zoo in the United States opened in Philadelphia in July 1874. How do you feel about zoos keeping wild animals on exhibit? Disneyland is called the “Happiest Place on Earth”. What is our idea of the happiest place on earth? Write a paragraph describing it. You are playing on the beach when you find several strange looking footprints in the sand. You follow the tracks. What happens next? Camping is a popular summer activity. Imagine that while sleeping in a tent, you hear a bear outside. What happens next? Invent a new desert. Describe it in detail. What would it be made of? Create a new ride for an amusement park. Give it a clever name and describe what the ride does and how the ride makes a person feel. If I were a leaf, I would... (snowflake, wind, rain, etc.) You have an extra $1,000,000 to give away; you cannot spend it on yourself. What would you do with the money? How would you make this world a better place to live in? What is silence to you? What I know the most about...(tell me about it) If I could be any color in a crayon box, I would be... Ten crazy reasons why I couldn't do my homework. The best lesson my grandparent (or parent or any relative) ever taught me was... Tell five things you'd like to do on your next birthday. If you and your best friend could have a free limo for 24 hours, where would you go and what would you do? If you were an insect, what kind would you be and why? What does this picture inspire in you? Write about it. What does this picture inspire in you? Write about it. Write a persuasive essay stating whether or not the students at your school should be required to wear uniforms to school. Give at least three reasons to support your position. Remember, you must argue in such a convincing manner that others will agree with you. In order to save money, your principal is thinking about canceling all field trips for the remainder of the year! Write a letter to your principal persuading him or her to allow students to continue attending field trips. Give at least three reasons to support your position. Write a persuasive essay stating whether the school day should be lengthened by two hours so that all students can get help with homework. Give at least two reasons to support your position. Remember you must argue in such a convincing manner that others will agree with you. Write an Advertisement You are a famous inventor, and you have just created a new toy for kids. Write an ad to convince people to buy the toy. Write a Recipe Your teachers agree: healthy breakfasts mean better students. Write a recipe for a healthy breakfast—one that is sure to get your day off to a good start! Try to use words from your spelling lesson in your recipe. Write a Sign A new recycling center is opening in your community. Write a sign that tells people what materials can be recycled Write an Invitation Your class is sponsoring the School Olympics. Write an invitation to ask other classes to participate in the event. Try to use words from your spelling lesson in your invitation. Write a Description Whom do you really admire? Write a description of your hero. Use one or more spelling lesson words in your description. Write a Note You are working as a volunteer for a veterinarian. Write a reminder note to one of the clients, reminding her that is time to bring her dog in for a check-up and rabies shot. Write Directions Your class is attending a field trip—an overnight camp-out! Write directions for something that you will be doing at the campsite, such as building a campfire, pitching a tent, or roasting marshmallows. Write a Letter Write a letter to thank a guest speaker or a special helper at your school. Write an Announcement Think of someone who taught you something. Write that person a thank-you note. Write an Opinion As the movie reviewer for your school newspaper, your job is to watch a movie and then either recommend it or warn your classmates to stay away! Write a review to give your opinion of a movie you recently saw. Write an Explanation Think of a game you like to play. Explain how to play it. Write a Journal Entry What did you do this summer that was really fun? What is your favorite holiday? What makes this holiday special? What if every week had eight days instead of seven. What th would you call the 8 day? What would you do on that day? "Itis" sufferers: Write why you suffer from brotheritis, TVitis, computeritis, etc. I am thankful for these hands that hold . . . (trace around hands and write answers inside!) Things I'll do when I'm 16 years old Draw some shamrocks. Inside each one, write reasons why you are lucky. My dreams for America How to survive in grade __ If you found a magic skateboard,where would you go to ride it and what would you do when you got there? Write a list of 25 (or just 5!) things you want to do in your life. What is the greatest lesson you've learned so far in your life? If you could invent anything new, what would it be? Imagine you are a ball on the playground, Naturally, you are very popular at recess. Describe who plays with you and how you are treated. What if our government started using candy instead of money? What candy do you think should be used at the $100 bill? explain why. Imagine that you won first prize in a contest you entered. Write about your winning entry and describe your fabulous prize. Think of your best or worst day of school. Write a story about it. Think of an event you will want to remember when you are old. Tell about what happened in a way that is so clear that if you read this story again when you are eighty, every detail will come flooding back as if it happened yesterday. What makes you calm? Write about what gives you a peaceful feeling. Write a letter to a friend. Tell him or her the qualities you value in a friend. Tell him or her why those qualities are important to you.