1. Creative Writing Daily Journal & Writing Activities February 24 -28, 2014

2. February 24, 2014 – Daily Journal Topic – …15 minutes… Free write – any topic of your choosing.

3. February 24, 2014 Finish short story Due tomorrow

4. February 25, 2014 – Daily Journal Topic – …15 minutes… Homework is a fact of school life and so are the varied excuses students have for not doing it. Think of the strangest, most original excuse for not doing homework, then write about the student who tried to use it. Did it work? Explain!

5. February 12, 2014 Moe’s Café – “A detailed description of a place with personality!” Read the prompt… With your partner, in your journal, answer the 10 questions – each of you answer 5!

6. Moe’s Café 1.What does the floor look like? 2.What’s on the menu? 3.Who does Blanche, the waitress, resemble? 4.What’s hanging on the walls? 5.What’s playing on the jukebox? On the TV? 6.What six specific smells can you identify? 7.Moe is cooking behind the counter. What does he look like? 8.You spot Barney, Moe’s dog, in the corner. What is he doing? 9.Who are the people sitting in the next booth? What are they talking about? 10.Blanche brings your food. What does it look like?

7. Now that you have visited Moe’s Café, write 3 90-word mini-stories. You’ll have to decide who will tell the story, where it will start, and if the tone will be serious or comic.

8. Here are some possibilities… 1.Moe comes up to your table and offers to sell you the place for $200. 2.The waitress whispers to you that she is being held captive. 3.The police charge in and break up an illegal gambling operation in the back. 4.The lady at the table next to you turns out to be your long-lost sister. 5.You find a treasure map on the floor. 6.You play a song on the jukebox and a woman at the counter starts screaming. 7.You suddenly discover a solution to a problem that has been bother you for months.

9. February 27, 2014 – Daily Journal Topic – …15 minutes… What’s the most important lesson you’ve ever learned at school? Was it something from a book, a film, a teacher, a schoolmate? Be sure to explain how you found out, an dhow your discovery has influenced you.

10. Moe’s Café… Take 15 minutes to finish Moe’s Café mini-stories… Now, share!

11. February 28, 2014 – Daily Journal Topic – …15 minutes… Describe the sport you like from the point of view of the ball involved. How do you like being kicked and tossed and batted around, even if it’s by the most talented men and women in the country?

12. Brown Bag Poetry With a partner, Grab a handful of words out of a brown bag. Then re-write your given poem using ONLY those words by… Choosing to replace any 10 words in your poem with your brown bag words. Then, re-write your poem on a white sheet of paper & illustrate it in some neat way! Oh, and share them with the class!

13. March 5, 2014 – Daily Journal Topic – …15 minutes… What is your greatest fear? How did it originate? How does it limit you? Have you ever tried to overcome it? What do you think is the future of your fear? Do you expect to be rid of it soon?