Journal ONE

● What are you afraid of?

● What does fear feel like?
● What’s the scariest/creepiest/spookiest situation you’ve ever experienced?
● Have you ever had a recurring nightmare?

Journal Two
● Write a 100 word or less story in the voice of a villain.
● My Plan was in motion
● I still haven’t forgotten
● I never really belonged
● If Fall was a person, how would you describe them?
● If you were in a horror movie…
● Who is the monster under your bed?

Journal Three
● Describe the smell of something you love
● Write a story about an accident with the car as the speaker
● Create a character that can’t do anything wrong
● If I could be on any tv show…
● Not all love looks like what you see in the movies.
● The 10 Things I Love About You
● Describe your perfect vacation
● Describe a Thanksgiving dinner gone wrong.
● Starbucks or Dunkin… Debate
● What story would you never want to read in the news?
● When you try to define your identity, are you doing it for other people or
for yourself?
● You forget everything about you, except your name. What do you do?
● Demons are like obedient dogs they always come when called.
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Journal Four
● Death comes for us all. Except me - I come for him.
● “I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.”
● Earth is flat. You get to the edge.
● Who is the monster under your bed?
● If your life was a book, What would this chapter be called and
why?
● What is the best superpower?
● Explain 2022 to your 2019 self
● If you had to describe yourself using candy, what would you be and
why?

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Journal Five
● This is what my life looks like when nobody is watching:
● Write about the most negative person you know
● My worst haircut...
● Create the recipe for a perfect life
● What does fear smell like?
● It is the summer before 7th grade
● Write a poem starting with the word "hello" and ending with the word
"goodbye".
● November tastes like
● If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?
● My guilty pleasure is…
● What defines who you are?
Write a letter to your future husband/wife
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Journal Reflection (Please do all bullets!)

● What do you need help with in class? What do you
expect from the short story unit?
● Reflect on your favorite activities
● Reflect on your journal entries
● Reflect on your progress in the class
● Journal entry suggestions