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325 Creative Prompts for Personal Journals (Grades 4-8)

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Any teacher who has assigned a creative writing or journaling project to his/her students will appreciate having this book on hand. This book contains 325 short, thought-provoking ideas that will supply students with the initiative they need to get started. The prompts are arranged around themes such as Memories or School Subjects and include suggestions like: "If you had X-ray vision, what would you use it for?". You will find this book to be a great time-saver, both for you and your students.

I bought this book hoping for some creative journal prompts for my high school students, but was severly disappointed. There is nothing in this book that I couldn't have thought up walking down the hall in the five minutes between classes. It now sits on my shelf collecting dust.

I bought this book after purchasing Prompt a Day (ISBN: 0-590-18738-4). While it is better than Prompt a Day, it is still very mediocre. Some of the prompts are OK, but most of these prompts are not open ended and don't lend themselves to thought provoking writing. After reading this book, I did have 325 more writing prompts, but I could have written better prompts myself. In fact, I find that that's just what I do while this book gathers dust on my self.

When I bought this book, I was very hopeful for prompts that would open the minds of my students to deeper thoughts, but instead, I found a book that could have been helpful to only the minds of mere second grade children and I stand true to that statement. None of the prompts provided in this book went any deeper than the question what is your favorite TV program and why? In simpler words, my impression of this book was no more helpful to me than hot weather is for an ice cube.

When I bought this book, I was very hopeful for prompts that would open the minds of my students to deeper thoughts, but instead, I found a book that could have been helpful to only the minds of mere second grade children and I stand true to that statement. None of the prompts provided in this book went any deeper than the question what is your favorite TV program and why? In simpler words, my impression of this book was no more helpful to me than hot weather is for an ice cube.