Northlake Hills Elementary School

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Journal Topics

50. What do you think would happen if an elephant walked onto the school yard?

51. Explain what you like and dislike about your name.

52. List the reasons why you would like to be covered with fur like an animal – instead of yourself?  Explain your answer.

53. Write freely about your worst fear.

54.  What do you like and dislike about where you live?

55. Write freely about the bravest thing you have ever done.

56. List the things you worry about. The write about the thing you worry about most.

57. What is one of your pet peeves?  Explain why it bothers you.

58. What is the one food you would least like to give up for the rest of your life?  Explain why.

59. Would you like to live to be 100 years old?  Explain your answer. 

60. Who or what make you laugh?  Explain why you think this person or thing is funny.

61. Imagine that you drank a magic potion, and then suddenly you started to grow smaller and smaller.  Finally, you were no larger than a fly.  What would you do?

62. Imagine that all television stations stopped broadcasting for one week.  What would you do instead of watching TV that week?

63.  What is your most prized possession?  Explain why it is so important to you.

64. What do you think would happen to you if all of the clocks and watches in the world suddenly started to go backwards?

65. Do you think that competitive sports like Little League baseball are or are not helpful to students in elementary school?  Explain your answer.

66. Imagine that you found an old trunk in your grandparents’ attic.  What would you like to find in the trunk?  Explain the reasons for your choices. 

67. What’s the worst part about being sick?  Explain your answer.

68. How would you feel if there was a new law forbidding the playing of any music?

69. Do you think you’re shy?   What advice could you give to someone who is shy?

69.  Retell a compliment that someone recently paid you.  Explain how that compliment made you feel.

70.  What is something you hope to do in school next year?​

71.    I am very proud because…
72.    If I were President I would…
73.    Why is the President so important?
74.    I am afraid to_______ because…
75.    Name one thing you do really well and describe it in detail.
76.    What is your favorite room in your home and why?
77.    Describe what it means to be a good neighbor?
78.    What is your favorite time of day and why?
79.    Describe your best day ever? Give lots of details explaining why.
80.    How do you deal with people who bug you?
81.    What excites you and why?
82.    Describe your favorite hobby.
83.    What is your favorite quote by a famous person?  Why?
84.    What is your favorite song and why?
85.    Climbing trees is…
86.    I wish trees could._____________ because….
87.    I want to be a ________ when I grow up. Then I will….
88.    I wish there were a law that said ___________ because…
89.    I wish I could forget the time I ___________  because….
90.    I wish I could ___________ because…..
91.    Older people are…
92.    Younger people are…
93.    The perfect place in the whole wide world is…
94.    What makes you feel sad and why?
95.    What can you do to help you feel better when you’re feeling blue?
96.    Name your favorite book and why?
97.    Walking in the rain is…
98.    I am proud of myself because__________
99.    What I know about rabbits is that…
100.    If I were an Easter egg…
101.    For lunch today…
102.    If I were a raindrop I’d….
103.    If I were a turtle, I’d…
104.    If I were a ________, I’d…
105.    Pretend that you can fly whenever you wanted.  Where would you go?
106.    Pretend that there is no such thing as television.  
     What do you do with all of your time?
107.    My favorite stuffed animal or toy is…
108.    Imagine if cows gave green pop instead of milk!  What would the world look like?
109.    Imagine that all the streets are rivers?  How do you get around?
110.    What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs?
111.    Use descriptive words like amazing, incredible, outrageous, super-fun or mind-  blowing while writing about your favorite activity of all time.
112.    If I could choose a different name, I would choose ________ because…
113.    Let’s go _______________.  Describe your adventure.
114.    Write a letter to your Mom, Dad, friend, cousin, classmate about your top three talents.
115.    What would happen if animals could talk? What questions would you would like to ask them?
116.    Imagine that you can become invisible whenever you wanted to? What are some of the things you would do?
117.    What would you do if you were in the middle of the lake and your boat springs a leak?
118.    What would you do if you were the last person on earth?
119.    What would you do if you could fly?
120.    What would you do if you suddenly woke up in another country and no one could understand a word you said!
121.    Write a poem about your favorite person, animal, or place.
122.    What is your dream vacation? Why?
123.    Write a story from the perspective of a rabbit going down a hole.  What does the rabbit experience, see and feel?
124.    What would you eat if you were on a deserted island?  How would you catch your food?
125.    How does it feel to be a snowflake?
126.    Imagine you are a mountain and you are sitting and watching the world.  What have you seen in your lifetime?