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Friday is Journal Day...Let's Write!

Journal 1: If you had 3 wishes like the man in "The Stone Cutter", what would you wish for and why?

Journal 2: If you could travel anywhere in the world, like the children can do in the story "The Veldt", where would you go and why?

Journal 3: The family in the story, The Veldt has a very high-tech home - a kitchen that cooks for them and cleans up after them and tubes that zoom them to the different rooms. What is your favourite piece of technology that YOU own. Why do like it so much?

Journal 4 (The Halloween edition...BOO! ): What are you afraid of or describe your favourite scary movie and explain what makes it so scary.

Journal 5 : In the story, The Giver, the teens are assigned a job by the elders (you don't get to pick that job that you would like to do!). What is the ideal job; if you could do any job in the world, what would it be and why?

 Journal 6: In the play we watched, "Hana's Suitcase", George and Hana were told that they could only bring with them their most prized possession. Hana brought her doll and George brought his photo album. If you had to choose the most important object that you own, what would it be and why? ...if you were stranded on an island and could only have one thing, what would it be (is this different from your favourite item or is it the same thing?)

Journal 7: Christmas is coming !! People of different religions and cultures celebrate different holidays around the time of Christmas or celebrate Christmas with different traditions. Even in North America, how Christmas is celebrated has changed over the years. What holiday does is YOUR family celebrate and what is your favourite tradition?media type="youtube" key="0ZN3mO6pjjM" height="315" width="420"

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal 8: In The Giver, Jonas and the rest of the Twelves will no longer be considered "Children" after the ceremony...they are ADULTS! At what age do you think you become an adult? Are you excited to become an adult? What does it mean to be an adult?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal 9: We have been talking about Characters in stories, TV and movies. Would you like to be famous? Recently Justin Beiber said that he sometimes misses being a "regular teenager". What are the good and bad sides to being famous? Really think about it!

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal 10: (Wednesday Mar. 7) Today is <span style="color: #f692f1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pink Shirt Day at WRMS and tomorrow we will have an assembly to promote anti-bullying in our school. What should be done here at WRMS? Sometimes students who were bullied in their home boards come to WRMS and then become bullies themselves...when they know how it feels! What can staff and STUDENTS do to eliminate bullying? Here is the story of Pink Shirt Day: http://www.pinkshirtday.ca/category/videos/

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"><span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Journal 11: In The Giver, Jonas receives memories and it feels kind of like he is dreaming, although he knows he is not. Do you remember your dreams? Is there one that sticks out or one that you have over and over again? Do you think that dreams have deep meaning?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Journal 12: Today is Friday (April) the 13th - the Superstition Edition! There are many superstitions that exist in different cultures. Besides Friday the 13th being an "unlucky day", what are some other superstitions that you have heard about? Some professional sports players have superstitions and rituals that they do before a game to give them good luck. Do you have a lucky ritual or item or piece of clothing? Are superstitions silly or do you believe?