1. When, if ever, are you a leader? When, if ever, are you a follower? Which do you prefer and why? 8-22-13

2. How superstitious are you? How superstitious are the people you work with or associate with in some way? What are some of the superstitions you have or people you know have? 8-29-13

3. In your opinion, what rule in the student handbook is the most logical or needed most? Why? Which is the least logical or needed least? Why? 9-5-13

4. Are there any celebrities you admire? If so, who and why? Are there any celebrities whose behavior you find especially strange? If so, who and why? 9-12-2013

5. If you could sit down to lunch with three people from history, who would they be and why? What would you talk about? 9-19-2013

6. You're traveling in a rental car when you hear the thumping of a flat tire. You pull over and discover the thumping is not coming from a flat, after all, but from the trunk. Whator whois making the noise? 9-26-13

7. What, in your opinion, is the best sing-along song ever? What kind of sing-along person are you? Do you sing under your breath? Belt it out? Only by yourself? Do you care if you know all the words? 10-3-2013

8. In what way/s do you want to be like your parents or grandparents? In what way/s do you not want to be like your parents or grandparents? 10-10-2013

9. How do people (both peers and adults) earn your respect? What causes you to lose respect for people? 10-17-13

10. If you and your friends had a limo for twenty-four hours, where would you go and what would you do? 10-24-2013

11. If you had $100,000 to give away (you cannot spend it on yourself), what would you do with it and why? 10-31-13

12. If you could write a letter to a veteran or current member of the armed forces, what would you write? 11-17-13

13. Would you rather win a beauty contest but have to drop out of school because of low grades, or win a knowledge contest but not be considered physically attractive? 11-14-13

14. Describe some things youre thankful for. 11-21-13

15. What advice would you give a political or historical figure if you had the chance? 12-5-2013

16. Write about a topic of your choice today. If you need a nudge, write about your locker. 12-12-13

17. Write a story including the following: a gorilla, a backpack, and two of this weeks vocabulary words. 1-2-14

18. What kind of test questions do you dislike the most? Why? What kind do you dislike the least? How do you feel about on- line tests? 1-9-14

19. Begin with one of the following: I hate February! or February is not as bad as some people think. 2-6-2013

20. What is one career that you would consider entering? Why? What is one career that you would never consider entering? Why not? 2-13-2014

21. Should students be allowed to attend school wherever they want? Why or why not? What would be some effects of this? 2-20-2014

22. What motivates people to do the right thing/follow the rules or not? Fear of punishment? Guilt? Something else? 2-27-2014

23. How prepared are we in this area for natural/man-made disasters? How prepared should we be? 3-6-2014

24. If you woke up tomorrow morning and your name were in all of the newspapers, what would it be for? How would you feel about it? If you woke up tomorrow morning and your name were in all of the newspapers, what would it be for? How would you feel about it? 3-13-2014

25. What do you think about seatbelts? How safe is your driving? How safe is teenage driving in Stanberry in general? What did you think of the assembly? 3-20-2014

26. Describe the best thing about this school. Describe the worst thing about this school. 3-27-2014

27. If you had to choose one of your classmates to be president of the United States, who would you choose and why? 4-3-2014

28. What qualities make a good friend? 4-10-2014

29. What is one of your earliest memories? Why do you think this is embedded in your memory? 4-24-2014

30. Describe something youre looking forward toit can be short term or long term. 5-1-2014

31. How do you feel about being photographed? Why? How do you feel about photographing other people? How frequently do you get your picture taken? Discuss.

32. What kind of animals make the best pets? Why? What kind of animals make the worst pets? Why? How should people treat their pets? How should they not?

33. If you had to choose between traveling the world in a hot air balloon or a sailboat, which would you choose and why? Where would you make stops? Why? What or who would you take with you? Why?

34. What class would you like to see added to the Stanberry curriculum? Why? Would it be a required class? Would there be any prerequisites? Who might teach it?

35. What was the best Halloween costume you ever had? The worst? Best or worst Halloween experience? What do you plan to do this Halloween?

36. How much time do you spend on the phone? Do you have a cell phone? How important is it to you? What kind of phone habits do you have? What kind of phone habits annoy you?

37. Write about something you did, or did not do, this summer.

38. How will you remember two of the following: Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Kelley?

39. What do you see in your future concerning education/training, career, family, residence, etc?

40. If you were to create a new sports team, what sport, location, mascot, and team colors would you choose and why?

41. Would you shave your head and get a pink bunny tattoo on your skull for $1 million? Why or why not? Every time someone asks about your tattoo, you have to say you had a dream about a pink bunny and it was a sign from the gods.

42. What did you think of the assembly?

43. Looking at the contents of your folder and thinking about your grade report, what do you find are your strengths and weaknesses in Language Arts?

44. Which character in Pride and Prejudice are you most like? Most unlike? Why? Which character could you see yourself in a romance with? Why?

45. If you could choose one moment in your life to go back in time to, would you go back to fix some mistake you made or just to relive that moment? Why?

46. Predict what you think might happen in The Great Gatsby. Predict what you think might happen in The Great Gatsby.

47. Write about whatever you want, but you must include two words from the unit 26 vocabulary list.