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Personal Response Writing
“I Have a Dream” is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. The speech, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream
This speech is Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for race relations in America. Use this journal page to write your vision for the future. You could write about anything ranging from how we treat each other to dreams for yourself, your friends or your family.
This .pdf file contains four pages of paragraph writing prompts. Each page is a separate paragraph writing assignment in which students respond to quotations by well-known people. Writing topics are: happiness, solitude, intellectual curiosity and perseverance.
Reflect on last year and look ahead:
The best thing that happened last year…
Last year, I became better at…
This year, I am looking forward to…
This year, my goals are…
The Bio Poem is a reflective, 10 line poem about oneself. Write Bio Poem online using this poem generator. After this page is completed, press Create and a nicely formatted printable poem will appear.
This facebook inspired worksheet is used to motivate and get to know students while providing them with space to tell about themselves. The three main questions in the center are: My Summer Vacation, What I’m Looking Forward to This Year and Favorite Memory from Last Year. Comments and suggestions are welcome if you’d like to see other worksheets made from this template.
- Write a list of 8 ways you could use less water.
- Write a short letter convincing your friends to use less water.
- Write a list of 8 ways you could use less electricity.
- Draw a poster promoting Earth Day. Include a slogan to encourage people to take better care of the earth.
- Write down 10 words related to nature. Then compose a poem including these words.
- Think about the trash you create each day. How could you reduce, reuse, and recycle?
- How could you make your school cleaner?
Metacognition is “thinking about thinking.” Metacognition involves understanding how you came to learn something. Use this journal page to think about what you learned and how you learned it. This could be used at the end of a unit or the end of the year. It could also be used to infer how characters from a story or from history would feel.
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