Journals

=Welcome to the Journals Page at Mr. Rendine's English Wiki!=



On this page you find writing prompts for short "journal" assignments that we will write in class throughout the school year. Journals will be graded for focus (staying "on-topic" and fully respond to the writing prompt) and length (minimum 1 page handwritten on lined paper). Students who are not in class on days when journals are assigned are expected to use this page to find the writing prompts and hand in their journal when they return to English.

Journal #2 (9/19/11):
In the novella //Of Mice and Men//, by John Steinbeck,two farm workers name George and Lennie are forced from their home to find work on ranches in California during the Great Depression. Along the way, they faced many difficulties and hardhsips that came with that lifestyle and time period. Imagine you had to leave homre tomorrow to find work so you and your family could survive. What would be your biggest challeneges. What would keep you movitated to struggle past the biggest obstacles to you happiness?

Journal #1 (9/14/11):
In the short story "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker, the first person narrator ("Mama") has a moment in which she realizes something important about her two Dee and Maggie, about her family heritage, and about herself. Write about a moment in your life in which you realized something important. Describe the situation and explain the circumstances of this "turning point" in your life. How did this moment affect the way you see yourself and the world around you?

Journal #2 (9/19/11):
In the novella //Of Mice and Men//, by John Steinbeck,two farm workers name George and Lennie are forced from their home to find work on ranches in California during the Great Depression. Along the way, they faced many difficulties and hardhsips that came with that lifestyle and time period. Imagine you had to leave homre tomorrow to find work so you and your family could survive. What would be your biggest challeneges. What would keep you movitated to struggle past the biggest obstacles to you happiness?

Journal #1 (9/14/11):
In the short story "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker, the first person narrator ("Mama") has a moment in which she realizes something important about her two Dee and Maggie, about her family heritage, and about herself. Write about a moment in your life in which you realized something important. Describe the situation and explain the circumstances of this "turning point" in your life. How did this moment affect the way you see yourself and the world around you?