Writing Topics
| #1 - What animal would you be? - Tuedsay, 19 June 2001 |
| Animals are amazing creatures with amazinog abilities. If you were an animal which animal would you choose to be and why? |
| #2 - Excuses - Thursdsay, 21 June 2001 |
| Everyone has done something, weather with their parents or their teachers, that they have tried to weasel their way out of with an excuse. Tell me your best one. |
| #3 - Skills - Monday, 26 June 2001 |
| Complete the attached worksheet and then tell me a story about how you learned one of the skills listed and how it's helped you out already in life. |
| #4 - Your Future - Wednesday, 28 June 2001 |
| It's never too soon to start thinking about your future. Tell me something you're good at and let me know how that thing is going to work into your future. |
| #5 - Restriction of Freedom - Monday, 2 July 2001 |
| You have the freedom to do a lot of things outside the classroom that you are not allowed to do once you enter school. Do you think it's fair that teachers and the school have a right to restrict what you can do while you're at school learning? |
| #6 - Relaxation - Monday, 9 July 2001 |
| You've all just come off a nice break from school and everything associated with it. I know that you've been a lot closer to relaxation than you have been to work at least in my regard, so i'll let you stay there just a little longer. Tell me what you do to relax. |
| #7 - Motivation - Wednesday, 11 July 2001 |
| No one does anything just to do it. We all have motivation for the the things that we do in life. Today I want to know about your motivation. If you need something specific to talk about then talk about why you're here at summer academy. |
| #8 - Influences - Monday, 16 June 2001 |
| There is not a single one of you in the classroom who hasn't been influenced by something. Every day we watch our friends our families, TV and everything else that goes on in the world learning from it and it it to ourselves. Who or what do you think are some of the biggest things/people that have influenced you? |