5th Grade Journaling

​ Meaning Monday!

If you could go back and change/ correct a mistake that you made what would it be and why?

​​​1.​​​​​ ​​​​​​7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Respond to the journal prompt.
2. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: When you're done journaling, put your journals on the back counter.
3. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY:Please pull out your Poetry Cornell Notes.
4. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please pull out your poems you were working on yesterday.
5. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please write down your homework on the board.

​ Meaning Monday!

What are you most nervous for moving into tenth grade?

1. Honors English ONLY: Respond to the journal prompt.
2. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: When you're done journaling, put your journals on the back counter.
3. Honors English ONLY: Please pull out your vision and values notes from a few weeks back.
4. Honors English ONLY: Create notes titled "Mission Lesson".
5. Honors English ONLY: Please pull out your Quarter 4 project packet and flip to the playbook project.

Tell me Tuesday!

​​​1.​​​​​ ​​​​​​7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Respond to the journal prompt.
2. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: When you're done journaling, put your journals on the back counter.
3. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY:Please pull out your Poetry Cornell Notes.
4. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please pull out your poems you were working on yesterday.
5. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please write down your homework on the board.
6. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please write down your homework on the board.

If you could BE a teacher, coach or staff member here a t FCA who would you want to be and why?

Tell me Tuesday!

1.​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​ 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Respond to the journal prompt.
2. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: NEW! When you're done journaling, put your journals on the back counter.
3. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Go retrieve a Quarter 3 goals document from the back counter. Start working on it AFTER you journal.
4. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please write down your homework on the board.
5. Honors English ONLY: Please go retrieve a vocabulary sheet for The Alchemist.
5. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Put your backpacks along the side of the room by the blue couch :)

Think of a time when you blamed someone else for something that went wrong in your life. How did your anger or resentment toward that person change your attitude toward your own life?

WHAT'D YOU SAY
WEDNESDAY!

1.​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​ 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Respond to the journal prompt. Remember to get your journals from the turquoise bin.
2. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: NEW! When you're done journaling, put your journals on the back counter.
3. Honors English ONLY: Please pull out your vision, values and mission notes from a few weeks back.
4. Honors English ONLY: Please pull out your Quarter 4 project packet
5.​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​Honors English ONLY: You MAY want to pull out a sheet of lined paper for potential notes.

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What are you angry at God for? OR what were you once angry at Him for that you're not anymore?

WHAT'D YOU SAY
WEDNESDAY!

1.​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​ 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Respond to the journal prompt.
2. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: When you're done journaling, put your journals on the back counter.
3. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please pull out your article that you were assigned to read on the Vanderbilt and Rothschilds' families.
4. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please write down your homework on the board.
5. Honors English ONLY: Please create cornell notes titled Values Lesson.
6. Honors English ONLY: Please go grab an article from the back titled You’re Closer than You Think — A Story About Long Distance Swimmer Florence Chadwick:

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What is something that is bringing you stress right now? It could be academic, sports, relationships, home life or personal.

​Talk to me Thursday

If you could interview any famous celebrity, singer or song writer in the world (dead or alive) who would you interview and why?

1.​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​ 7th GRADE ENGLISH: Respond to the journal prompt. Remember to get your journals from the turquoise bin. When you're done put them back in the bin.
2. 7th GRADE ENGLISH: Please pull out all of your poetry cornell notes. You'll need them for your activity today!
3. 7th GRADE ENGLISH: Please pull out your a highlighter.
4. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please write your homework down on the board.
5. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please look through the poetry handout that either Marley, Adanne or Mrs. Smith gave you. But don't do it yet!

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​Talk to me Thursday

Who has most influenced your life this year and how?
I asked you previously who has influenced your life, but think. just about this school year. Since Aug-now.

1.​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​ 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Respond to the journal prompt.
2. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: NEW! When you're done journaling, put your journals on the back counter.
3. 9th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please write down your homework on the board.
4. 9th Honors English ONLY: Please pull out your books right away so I can check your annotations.

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​​Feeling Friday!

 What are you most excited to leave behind in 7th Grade?

1. ​​​7th GRADE ENGLISH: Respond to the journal prompt. Remember to get your journals from the turquoise bin. When you're done put them back in the bin.
2. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: PLEASE TURN IN YOUR JOURNALS INTO THE BIN!
3. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please pull out your poetry packet/ activity from yesterday and turn it into either Marley (period 2), Adanne (period 4) .
4. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please pull out your poetry cornell notes.
5. 7th GRADE ENGLISH ONLY: Please pull out a lined sheet of paper and title it "Poetry Brainstrom" .

​​Feeling Friday!

 “No story sits by itself. Sometimes stories met at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river.” How does this statement relate to the story and to your own life?

1. Honors English ONLY: Please respond to the journal prompt. Remember to get your journals from the turquoise bin. When you're done put them back in the bin.
2. Honors English ONLY: Please pull out your homework from last night. You'll turn it into Ms. Barnes at the end of class.
3. Honors English ONLY: Please go retrieve the paper titled "The Story of Narcissus"
4. Honors English ONLY: Please continue to work on your vocabulary sheet for The Alchemist.