Continued Below...

1. When I need time for myself...
2. If I could live anywhere
3. I really miss...
4. I never expected...
5. An unusual day in my life
6. For my birthday I'd like...
7. The worst gift I ever got...
8. I daydream most about...
9. I really wish....
10. Something few people realize about me
11. I wish I weren't so...
12. One of my best points is...
13. One of my most important goals is...
14. I dream that one day...
15. My hardest class is
16. What makes me feel proud is
17. I'm glad I'm alive when
18. Some little things I often forget to enjoy
19. Associative Writing
    Associative writing, also called free writing, requires that the student write his thoughts as fast as they come to mind with no attention to sentence structure or punctuation. The technique may be particularly helpful when a student is troubled or suffering from writers' block. Although I like to teach students how and when to use associative writing, I prefer that they do it outside of class and not as an English assignment.

Clarifying Thoughts or Positions
For these topics, students are asked to write anything they want to about the topics. If they stray from the topic, that's okay.

1. TV Commercials
2. Divorce
3. Surviving Divorce
4. The Death Penalty
5. Prejudice and Racism
6. Movie Review
7. The Spread of Aids
8. Teen Suicide
9. Shoplifting
10. Getting Drunk
11. How important are sports in schools?
12. Smoking
13. How Our School Could Be Improved
14. A Cool Hobby or Sport
15. The Best Entertainer
16. Death
17. Date Rape
18. Prearranged Marriages
19. Competition
20. Peer Pressure
21. Gang Violence
22. Food
23. Should teens be sexually active?
24. Part-Time Jobs
25. How a Car Changes a Teen's Life
26. Homework
27. Honesty
28. Curfews