Describe your favorite
place.
(It doesn't have to be real.)

How do you feel about the way our society handles misbehavior? Is our system working? Is it flawed? How do you think it could be better? Do you know of any other culture that does it differently, and/or better? What changes would you make if it were up to you? How does this relate to the way misbehavior is handled in our school? (In your discussion, do NOT mention names!)

Here is a poem by Emily Dickinson. Read it and write about what it makes you think of. I'm NOT asking you what it means, but what it brings to mind.

YOU left me, sweet, two legacies,—
A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content,
Had He the offer of;
You left me boundaries of pain
Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,
Your consciousness and me.

So, how do you feel about Thanksgiving? Any good Thanksgiving stories to share? Any big plans for this year? How do you feel about turkey? Football? Macy's?

My favorite saying is OH HORSE POOP!

What's your favorite saying? Where did you get it? Do you think you will use it forever? Why or why not? Paraphrase your favorite saying in three different ways. Repeat your favorite saying to yourself 20 times. Has its meaning changed?

Write about how much you miss me when I'm not there!

JUST KIDDING!

No really, you have just landed your first recording contract.

What is the name of your first album? What are the names of the fifteen songs on this album?

Here's mine:

Album Title: Carrot Dip

Track 1: A Little Bit of Nothing
Track 2: Invisible Turtles
Track 3: I Love Margaret Chase Smith
Track 4: Get a Little Mud on the Dashboard
Track 5: That Don't Rhyme
Track 6: Power Button
Track 7: Bad Paintings and Lysol
Track 8: I Love English Class
Track 9: Adopt an Ugly Duckling
Track 10: Lemonade and Salsa
Track 11: 99 Street
Track 12: Not My Best Work
Track 13: Some Guy I Met in High School
Track 14: I Broke Farmville
Track 15: I Love Flannel

Had any crazy dreams lately? (That are appropriate to share?)

So what do you think about this snow?

Weather

Pretend you are the weather. Forecast your next twenty-four hours. Create a weather prediction that serves as a metaphor for your day.

For example, here's mine:

Dress the kids warmly today, because it is snowing. But dress in layers because we expect it will warm up to the mid-fifties by noon. By late afternoon, you will need sunglasses because there won't be a cloud in the sky. Expect to build a fire tonight, as the sky will be clear due to a high pressure system, and temperatures will drop below freezing again.

Happy Halloween???

Does the phrase "Happy Halloween" make sense? Is it an oxymoron?

How do you feel about Halloween? Is it really a holiday?

How was your Halloween this year?