Fabulous ideas; great for kids who have "nothing to write about."

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	• Journal Writing (The Daily Spark): 180 Easy-to-Use Lessons and Class Activities! (The Daily Spark) SparkNotes Editors Spark Publishing, 2004 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 1 review
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Fabulous ideas; great for kids who have "nothing to write about."

I loved using this book with Middle Schoolers! So many great topic ideas, and many of them were topics that pertained to subjects being discussed and studied in their other classes.
These are also wonderful for "sparking" some great classroom discussions. Here are a couple great examples:

An epitaph is a sometimes humorous saying or poem engraved on a headstone. (Example given.) What epitaph would you want on your headstone? Would it be funny? Sweet? Serious? Why? Write a draft.

Dr. M. L. King was a pacifist and believed that hatred and prejudice could be fought with love. Do you agree with him? Do you think that in all situations a peaceful response in the correct one? Why? Support your statements! (Quote from MLK given.)

Where do you see yourself five years from now? What are you doing? Where are you living? School? Activities? Job?

These are just a few of the great examples. Many of these could be taken and adapted for younger kids, or older kids, too.

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The class="textlinks">Daily Spark Series gives classroom teachers a dynamic way of delivering stimulating and effective exercises to get students motivated at the start of class. Each book in the series features 180 exercises, one for each day of the school year. These small, handy books are brightly designed for quick and easy reproduction. Each Daily Spark prompt is uniquely tailored for subject matter; while one may present a short problem, another may pose a provocative question or ask students to write a brief poem or journal entry.