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Date: Prompt:
08/24/18 DUE: 08/28/18 #1 ~ Write about going back to school after summer vacation.
08/28/18 DUE: 08/30/18 #2 ~  Draw an imaginary constellation. Write a story such as ancient people might have told about it. 
08/30/18 DUE: 09/04/18 #3 ~ Describe a real made-up dream or nightmare.
09/04/18 DUE: 09/06/18 #4 ~ Write about your favorite childhood toy.
09/06/18 DUE: 09/10/18  #5 ~ Write out the best or the worst day of your life.
09/10/18 DUE: 09/12/18 #6 ~  Finish this thought: if I could change one thing about myself (if you can't think of anything, you might want to consider telling how you got to be perfect!)
09/12/18 DUE: 09/14/18 #7 ~ If and when I raise children, I'll never...
09/14/18 DUE: 09/18/18 #8 ~ I have never been more frightened than when...
09/18/18 DUE: 09/20/18 #9 ~ Five years from now, I will be...
09/20/18 DUE: 09/24/18 #10 ~ Write about a day you'd like to forget.
09/24/18 DUE: 09/26/18 #11 ~  Describe someone who is a hero to you and explain why.
09/26/18 DUE: 09/28/18 #12 ~   Which character from a book would you most like to meet and why?
09/28/18 DUE: 10/02/18 #13 ~  What would you do if 300 mice had just gotten out of their cages in a pet shop where you worked?
10/02/18 DUE: 10/04/18 #14 ~ What would you do if you were locked inside your favorite department store overnight?
10/04/18 DUE: 10/09/18 #15 ~ What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself invisible?
10/09/18 DUE: 10/11/18 # 16 ~ What would you do if you were able to communicate with animals? 
10/11/18 DUE: 10/15/18 #17 ~ What would you do if you could travel into the future?
10/15/18 DUE: 10/17/18 #18 ~ What would you do if you could travel into the past? 
10/17/18 DUE: 10/19/18 #19 ~ What would you do if someone just gave you $1 million?
10/19/2018 DUE: 10/23/18 #20 ~  What would you do it all the electricity in the world just stopped?
10/23/18 DUE: 10/25/18 #21 ~ What would you do if you could travel free anyplace in the world? 
10/25/2018 DUEL 10/30/18 #22 ~ Write a list of at least 50 things that make you feel good. 
10/30/18 DUE: 11/01/18 #23 ~ Describe the perfect day.  Put in as many details as you can.  Make it a possible day, not a "dream day."
11/01/18 DUE: 11/05/18 #24 ~  Who is the person from literature that you would most like to meet and talk to?  Why?  What would you like to ask? 
11/05/18 DUE: 11/07/18 #25 ~  Compile a list of words that describe you as a child.  Compile a second list that describes you as you are now.  How are these lists the same?  How are they different? 
11/07/18 DUE: 11/09/18 #26 ~  Tell about what triggers anger in you or someone else.
11/09/18 DUE: 11/14/18 #27 ~  Invent a monster and describe it.  Tell where it lives, what it eats, and what it does.
11/14/18 DUE: 11/16/18 #28 ~ What is your favorite kind of weather?  Why? 
11/16/18 DUE: 11/20/18 #29 ~ What is the best book you have ever read?  Why did you like it?  Did reading the book change you in any way?  What way?
11/20/18 DUE: 11/27/18 #30 ~ Think about an incident that happened to you and exaggerate in the telling. Make it into a tall tale.
11/27/18 DUE: 11/29/18  #31 ~ If you were ruler of the world, what things would you banish absolutely for all time (rain on weekends, eggplant, and so forth)?  Make a list.  Use your imagination.
11/29/18 DUE: 12/03/18 #32 ~ What law would you like to see enacted which would help people?  How would it help? 
12/03/18 DUE: 12/05/18 #33 ~ What commercial on TV do you dislike beyond all others?  What about it is particularly annoying to you?
12/05/18 DUE: 12/07/18 #34 ~ Design some gadget, machine, building, or other creation that might enrich the future. What does it look like? What does it do? How does it function? In what ways might it benefit people?
12/07/18 DUE: 12/11/18 #35 ~ What current fashion in clothing do you particularly like or dislike? Explain.
12/11/18 DUE: 12/13/18 #36 ~  Convince someone why music or art or computers are important in your life.  Make them appreciate your viewpoint.
12/13/18 DUE: 12/17/18 #37 ~ Be a building you know well.  Talk about your life and memories.
12/17/18 DUE: 12/19/18 #38 ~ You are to tell a person from a distant planet or from another era what pollution is.  Make that person understand what causes it and why it is bad. 
12/19/18 DUE: 12/21/18 #39 ~ What do you consider your greatest accomplishment to date and why? 
Complete a minimum of one page in your journal notebook. Make sure to answer all questions and go into as much detail as possible. Share your opinions and fears. When completed, had into Mrs. Dannen by the due date!
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Grimm's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen