Points for each day:
5 points for the "complete" heading
5 points for copying the "prompt" (see daily journal below)
5 points for complete sentences
5 points for answering the "prompt"
I subtract 1 point for each spelling, punctuation, and syntax error.
I add 1-5 points for illustrations each day.
Daily Journal: 11/09-11/13/2009
11/09/09 Look around the room and choose an item. Write a paragraph that
describes the item so well that a classmate can identify the
item without actually seeing it.
11/10/09 Write about a time when someone made you feel special by keeping a
promise.
11/12/09 Create a holiday honoring children of your age. What might happen
on this special day?
11/13/09 If you could be a “fly on the wall” at any historical event, which
event would you choose and why?
Daily Journal: 11/16-11/20/09
11/16/09 Describe a gift you could make with materials
lying around the house.
11/17/09 What is the most rotten day you can remember?
What could you have done to make it better?
11/18/09 What makes you laugh? Describe an incident that
shows this.
11/19/09 Describe a typical vacation day spent away from
school.
11/20/09 Samuel Clemons chose the pen name of Mark Twain.
If you had to pick a pen name, what would you
choose?