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1000 Quick writing Ideas

“ A JOURNAL AND CREATIVE WRITING KIT ”
By Stevan Krajnjan

Contains 1000 practical, relevant, and interesting writing prompts and
writing ideas for journal and creative writing activities for anyone, but
especially for those students who struggle with inventing their own
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Don’t re-invent the wheel by creating your own… use the
1000 Quick Writing Ideas!
Improve personal efficiency, organization, quality of lessons and
appearance of your class handouts, forms and worksheets
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Krajnjan
Edited by: Janet Nicolson, Dawn Burr
Thank you for purchasing one of the finest, most practical, and visually appealing teacher resource materials
available
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Enjoy the following exciting features:
VISUALLY APPEALING DESIGN
EASY-TO-READ AND UNDERSTAND FORMAT
RELEVANT, FRESH, USEFUL AND PRACTICAL IDEAS
REPRODUCIBLE TIME SAVING WORKSHEETS FOR YOUR WRITING PROGRAM
READY-TO-USE WORKSHEETS
SAVES VALUABLE TIME!
© 2001 Timesavers for Teachers

Copyright
Permission is granted to the individual teacher who purchases one copy of the book titled “1000
Quick Writing Ideas”, to reproduce the pages for use in his/her classroom only
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Font Sources: Corel Draw!, Microsoft Publisher 2000, Soft Key, Expert Software
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The Writing Process ……………………………………………………… 13
When Writing
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Idea Web
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My Misspelled Words
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6 Spelling Rules
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My New Words
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Contractions
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Often Used Prefixes and Activity
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Parts of Speech
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Homework Not Done!
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Bibliography ……………………………………………………………
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These are the students who consequently complain,
procrastinate, and get distracted more often than those who are always ready to write
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” Well, those days
are over!
WHAT TO DO:
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You may,
want to create more permanent copies of these sheets that could then be re-used
without making additional copies (saves paper)
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Store the sheets in folders, binders, or duo tangs to prevent physical damage and
keep them well organized and accessible (store all binders in one central area
of classroom)
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Try 100 or 200 at a time
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Students highlight (if given a personal copy of sheets), collect, and make a list of
topics of interest that could be used in personal writing, and record the selected
topics at the front or back of their journal books
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At the beginning of the journal or creating writing period encourage students (or
give the option) to dig into, and use some of the 1000 ideas
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Reasons for going to church
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The meaning of “freedom”
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Why do nations wage wars?
There will be peace on earth only when
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Did you know that
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I once had a scary dream
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I believe in God
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The meaning of Christmas
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I get scared when
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I am happy when
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The things that get me upset
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My least favorite subject
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Why is it that
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When I grow up
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My most embarrassing moment
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What I would do if I were rich
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What I think about gambling
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Friendship is
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This is my home
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My experience at the hospital
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Things that I don’t like about our school
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I would like to tell you about my class
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The proudest moment of my life
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The happiest moment of my life
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Why I like animals
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My favorite television show
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The person that I admire
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The biggest mess that I ever got myself into
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This is my hobby
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Things are not going well for me right now
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My religion
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I like
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I very much dislike
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My life as a citizen of a new country
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Ways in which troubled kids can be helped
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The best book that I ever read
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I often get frustrated
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Dear teacher, there is something that you need to know
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When I become an adult this is what I will be like
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My future husband
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My wish
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Qualities that I look for in a friend
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The greatest vacation ever
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My favorite and least liked foods
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When I take a long look in the mirror this is what I see
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How the problem of hunger can be solved
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If I could live anywhere in the world it would be
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Why are so many people selfish, greedy and unfriendly?
Things that I like doing
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My favorite music group
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The most important thing in my life
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The things that I collect
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My role model
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I am looking forward to
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This is how
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How I spend my leisure time
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There is too much violence on television
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If I could buy anything I would purchase the following
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I wish that I could be like
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If I knew that I had only one week to live
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The countries that I have visited
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The problems with today’s media
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I have a complaint or two
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How my life would change if I were to live on my own
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The most amazing thing that ever happened to me
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If I were a parent for a day
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Happiness is
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Life on other planets
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Being a friend is more than just
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If I were stranded on a deserted island
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How I would survive being lost in the wilderness
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I often panic when
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My best features are
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How to deal with anger
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These are my special friends
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I could, this is what I would like to change about me
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I like watching scary movies
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If I knew that I could never die
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If I were as small as a fly
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If I could travel into the past
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Animals are often more pleasant than human beings
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To my greatest love I would give the following gifts
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The greatest prank I ever pulled
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I love my computer
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Being a pet has its advantages
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At the end of a rainbow one can find
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Pain is
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The most famous person I have ever met
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I would like to tell you about my brother/sister
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The riskiest thing that I ever did
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Love of money is the root of all evil
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My favorite clothes
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This is how I think the world will end
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Commitment is important
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The first person I ever fell in love with
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My secret desire
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Our world is full of negative influences
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Being creative means
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All religions are the same
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The things without which I simply couldn’t live
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If I didn’t have to go to school
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My opinion about exercise
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The teachers at my school
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It always seems to happen to me
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The mistakes that my parents are making
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I am proud of my country
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Some of the things our world could do without
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The difficulties of being a teenager
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I always live by the following rules
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Cooperation is the answer
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Slowing down and smelling the flowers is important
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Things that I just can’t seem to do
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Problems caused by drinking alcohol
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Avoid “the quick sand” crowd
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I often feel lazy
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I hope that I never
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I enjoy sleeping in
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This is how the world began
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People should make an effort to get along
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Where did human beings originate?
Believe it or not
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I believe in UFOs
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School, a positive and negative experience
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The final message to my teacher
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I like camping
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I wish that our school didn’t have
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The ideal school
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When I get scared I
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My parents are very strict
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The most meaningful moment of my life
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It’s just not fair!
The ideal family
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I can’t wait for Summer
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My greatest discovery
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My best birthday ever
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My pet peeves
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I would like to tell you about
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My ten-year plan
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If I could be good at anything I would like it to be
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Do I ever love shopping!
I can’t stand going shopping with
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This is what I think of exercise
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These are the things that my friends and I enjoy doing
My family and I get to do a lot of traveling
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I will tell you about my favorite video game
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I am addicted to
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I can’t wait to become an adult
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Money isn’t everything
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I will explain to you why I think people wear earrings
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I can’t stand hearing about the subject of politics
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Computers are confusing, complicated and frustrating
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The computer equipment I have at home
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One day the computers will
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Our polluted and endangered world
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Women are better at some things than men
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Men and women are equal
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I wish that everyone would simply get along
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My past
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Killing is wrong
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I disagree with capital punishment
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I am a “night” person
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Where does the universe end?
Where is the end of universe and what is on the other side?
What existed before the universe was created?

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If there is an end to the universe what is on the other side?
Dog is “man’s best friend”
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I am very good at building things
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These are my relatives
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All the bad things seem to happen to me!
I will tell you about my nightmares
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The things that I wish I could do
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I am scared of
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Movies, then and now
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I am always bored and I don’t know what to do about it
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The day I began to wear glasses
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I hate exercising
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Gambling is wrong
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Spiders, insects and creepy, slithering things scare me
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Watching professional wrestling may be hazardous
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The rules that I live by
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Life is a great mystery
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Today I feel very happy
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The habits I would like to get rid of
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Accidents will happen!
The worst weather I ever experienced
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My favorite expression or saying
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My childhood
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Things that are important in life
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The challenges I face in life
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Heaven is a place where
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The chores I dread doing
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Airplanes and flight fascinate me
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Why do vegetarians eat only plants?
My deadliest encounter with the Principal
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Computers and new technology frustrate me
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There is nothing wrong with begging
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Is anyone listening to my prayers?
Life is not fair
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If I were an animal I would like to be
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The traffic nightmare
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Feminism, the pros and cons
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The rap music and its influences on the young
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My teacher and I just don’t get along
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Excuses for not doing homework
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I would like to write a story about
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I wish that I could get out of this class
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Those who don’t work don’t get to eat
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My opinion about Christian music
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Our church youth group
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The most memorable school project
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Everyone needs to do their share
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I have a fear of flying
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The most difficult student in our class
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The best school I attended
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The reasons why many creatures are endangered
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What I think of group work and cooperation
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Today I feel sick
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How and when the universe was created
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Gospel music
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Computers are a double-edged sword
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My parents are unique people
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Our school custodian
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The first time I witnessed a funeral
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I don’t like going to funerals
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I miss my old country
I often find myself thinking negative thoughts
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How to be successful in life
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The most important job in the world
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I am a very giving person
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I love going to our cottage
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My own solution to the vandalism problem
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Carrying a grudge
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Money, fame, and power
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I wish I had a different family
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Having the right attitude is everything
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Ten reasons for staying in school
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The unique substitute teacher
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The first snowfall
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I wish that I had more money for clothes
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Wearing appropriate clothing is important
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I am getting in a Christmas mood
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I get very nervous before major tests
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Important world issues
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Christmas, a time for
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Dinosaurs and the reason for their extinction
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Garbage, garbage, garbage… garbage everywhere!
My sick relative
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My dearest friend
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The day when time stood still
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The benefits of being physically active
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I have been disciplined unfairly
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Going to church is not important
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The most thrilling day of my life
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The photos of myself always turn out lousy
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Should we still celebrate Christmas?
One day I will travel around the world
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I like watching nature shows
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My thoughts on abstinence
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Life without homework
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I am leaving school early today
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The two biggest issues I am faced with
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When I die I will go to
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I am already tired of school
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I will tell you about my scars
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Prayer in our schools
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Junk food
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Misery and Suffering, my two friends
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Earth Day
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The pros and cons of Special Education
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The baby-sitting nightmare
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I left my heart in
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Who needs computers?
Why I choose to drink alcohol
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The Lifeguard that I fell in love with
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Halloween, a trick or treat?
Organ transplants
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Shopping can be dangerous to your health!
My favorite “quiet time”
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I cheated on a test
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Visiting my friends
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My brother and I just don’t get along
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I spent a whole day in isolation
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Our school bus driver
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The dreaded visits to the Principal’s office
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The punishment for cheating in school
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I am very disorganized
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My future family
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I would like to learn how to play
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I enjoy sleeping late on Saturdays
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In our school
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I can’t wait to get a driver’s license
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The pranks kids play at our school
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We always have a lot of fun in the snow
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The time the power went off
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Our adventures in the snow
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I really enjoy science
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Every weekend
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I just don’t learn the way everyone else learns
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Not one person cares about me
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Let me tell you why I misbehave in class
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I tend to be a loner
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The power struggle with my teacher
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I just can’t sit still all day
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I can’t wait for Christmas
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I choose to be the way I am
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This was not my fault
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My future
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Why are people so unfair?
My teacher picks on me
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I wish that we went out for dinner more often
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I made some inappropriate choices
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We never have anything exciting to eat
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We are moving soon
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I often get abused
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How I relieve stress in my life
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Selecting clothes to wear each day is such a chore
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I am the best person for the job
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I finally learned how to swim
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My life has improved
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The fakes and crooks that I know
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We have a fantastic team
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I don’t enjoy looking at myself in the mirror
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My bones have been broken in several places
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My plans for this year
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I will tell you why I am always quiet
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I can’t remember the last time I cried
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My real mom
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The bullies that I have to deal with every day
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My favorite place
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Something unusual I did today
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I am a very hyper person and can’t seem to control it
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What exactly is at the end of cosmos?
We live in a very unique world
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The twenty most important words
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The negative things about our education system
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Why do you always give us too much homework?
Should Halloween be celebrated in the public schools?
I believe in spiritual beings
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I am a very active person
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Dear teacher, I have some advice for you
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My most interesting conversation
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The whole world is a stage
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I enjoy laughing
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My favorite board game
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Horoscopes are unscientific
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Too many television commercials
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The things I derive pleasure from
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I like and prefer to work by myself
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I am so scared!

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I am a workaholic
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I would like to experiment with
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I am a very insecure individual who needs help
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Try solving the following riddles
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The nightmare at the hospital
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I wish that I could be an adult right now
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I am just not interested in sports
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Our class discipline
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But you just don’t understand!
The reason I stopped drinking
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My parents just don’t understand me
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I always get interrupted when I talk
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I have many talents
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Our playground is a dangerous place
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What a horrible experience that was
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Our Science Fair
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I befriended a new student
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The best way to succeed today is
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I am starved for some good food
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I am often misunderstood by others
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If I could invent something it would be
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Single-parent families
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My pet is absolutely wild
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The first thing I would save in a house fire
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I choose to be an optimist in a pessimistic world
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My single-parent mom is a very hard worker
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Our basement is a great place for playing
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Let me tell you about what I can do
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The way I celebrate my birthday
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I wish that I could help my friend
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If I could write a book it would be about
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Should animals be used for research?
Instead of collecting taxes the government should
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I spend my whole summer
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My father just lost his job
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I don’t like being in a special education class
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The greatest destructive force in the world
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The axis of evil
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Downloading music through the internet
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The worst punishment I ever experienced
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All weapons of mass destruction should be destroyed
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The phobia I have to live with
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Adjusting to my new country
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How to solve the problem of crime
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Modern technology and its effects on our society
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Capitalism versus communism
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The people I admire
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My thoughts on war
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Ways our school can be improved
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I just love riding my bicycle
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Ten things I dislike
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Next weekend
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Something wonderful happened
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I feel so lonely and insecure without a girlfriend
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Everyone seems to have a partner except me
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I am a very fortunate person
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My opinion of fortune tellers
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If I had the power to run our school
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My experience with alcoholics
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My first love
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My first date
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The police need our support
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I would like to play an instrument
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Little evidence of caring in our world
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Crossword puzzles are a great deal of fun
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The number one baseball player
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I have never read the Bible and have no interest
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School is never fun for me
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Why I dress and behave differently
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My talents
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Television is a drug
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My first experience with the police
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Cars are simply too expensive
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I find interesting game boards interesting
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My first pair of glasses
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I enjoy hiking the following trails
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I am already hooked on smoking and need help
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Computers and technology frustrate me
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What’s the big hoopla about the Internet all about?
Our school computers got the virus
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I have to take medications for the rest of my life
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Everyone I know is either an alcoholic or on drugs
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Anything is possible if you try and don’t quit
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Forms, applications and instructions confuse me
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Exercise is the key to long and healthy life
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Is my introduction, relevant, interesting and attention-catching?

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“TOPIC WEB”

Subtopic

Subtopic

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The Main
Idea/Topic

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When adding a suffix beginning with a vowel to any words ending in a single consonant preceded
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THE SILENT “e”

When adding a suffix beginning with a vowel to a word ending in a silent “e” - drop the silent
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(Example: courage + ous = courageous, notice + able = noticeable)

Likewise, when adding a suffix beginning with a consonant to a word ending in silent “e” keep the silent “e”
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When adding a suffix to a word ending in a y preceded by a consonant - change the “y” to “i”
(Example: lazy + ly = lazily, lonely + ness = loneliness)

“i” BEFORE “e” EXCEPT AFTER “c”
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In words where the pronunciation of “ei” is a long a— place “e” before “i”
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When this happens, one or more letters are
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Contraction

Derived from

Contraction

Derived from

doesn’t

does not

she’s

she is; she has

don’t

do not

shouldn’t

should not

hadn’t

had not

that’s

that is

hasn’t

has not

they’d

they would, they had

haven’t

have not

they’ll

they will

he’d

he would; he had

they’re

they are

here’s

here is

they’ve

they have

I’ll

I will

you’d

you would, you had

I’m

I am

you’ll

you will

I’ve

I have

you’re

you are

isn’t

is not

you’ve

you have

it’ll

it will

we’d

we would, we had

it’s

it is; it has

we’ve

we have

let’s

let us

where’s

where is

mustn’t

must not

who’s

who is

o’clock

Of the clock

wouldn’t

would not

she’d

she would, she had

won’t

will not

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QUOTATION MARK
Quotation marks are most commonly used to enclose speaker’s exact words, and to set apart words that are discussed
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COLON
A colon introduces a list, a direct quotation, and the end portion of a sentence that is an explanation
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EXAMPLE: a) The following items were bought at the pharmacy: pop, newspaper, and a bottle of hair shampoo
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c) He immediately replied by saying: “I am completely
innocent
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acts as a place holder for a missing letter
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EXAMPLE: a) Laura’s tennis racquet b) today’s proverb d) three dollar’s worth of sunflower seeds
b) anyone’s guess e) don’t, can’t

SEMICOLON
A semicolon is used to expand or lengthen an original thought and separate clauses in a written sentence
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PERIOD, EXCLAMATION, QUESTION MARK
All correctly written sentences end with either a period, exclamation mark or a question mark
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It is similarly written at the end of abbreviations, initials and as a decimal point
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A question mark is used
after a direct question and to indicate doubt about the accuracy of something
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EXAMPLE: a) In his bag we found the racquets, the tape, and a can of tennis balls
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c) 134 Sunset Drive, New Village, Australia d) I was excited, nevertheless, I tried not to show emotion
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Prefix

Meaning

a

Example

Prefix

Meaning

not

mid

half

ab

away from

mini

very small

anti

against

mis

wrong

auto

self, alone

mono

one, single

bene

good

multi

many

bi

two, double

non

not

bio

life

over

too much

cent

hundred

pan

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hundredth

para

beside, guard

circum

around

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five

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with, together

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many

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with

port

carry

contra

against

post

after

deci

tenth

pre

before

deca

ten

pro

forward, supporting

dia

through

quad

four

dis

apart

re

again, back

eco

earth

semi

half, partly

equi

equal

sub

below, under

ex

former

super

above

hemi

half

tele

far

hyper

above, over

trans

across, over

il/im

not

tri

three

in/ir

not

ultra

beyond

inter

between, among

un

not, uncertain

magni

great, large

under

below

mega

great

uni

one

micro

small

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OFTEN USED

- able
available
believable
miserable

- ance
observance
observance
instance

reluctantant
protestant
silent

- ary
infirmary
honorary
imaginary

- ent
judgment
dependent
confident

- ible
digestible
flexible
sensible

- ence
indulgence
independence
silence

- ery
slavery
pottery
lottery

- ory
observatory
laboratory
sensory

- dom
freedom
kingdom
wisdom

- er
lecturer
manager
teacher

- ian
comedian
electrician
politician

- ment
attachment
disappointment
equipment

- ness
politeness
happiness
loneliness

- or
creator
adjudicator
spectator

- ture
fixture
mixture
signature

- ure
brochure
denture
moisture

- ation
aviation
transportation
reservation

- ion
communion
complexion
opinion

- ition
intuition
competition
repetition

- sion
abrasion
discussion
television

- tion
election
production
education

- ious
furious
mysterious
rebellious

- ous
furious
joyous
nervous

- ise
expertise
exercise

- ize
summarize
memorize

- less
faithless
careless

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Adjective
Word that modifies, and describes a noun
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Adverb
Word that describes another adverb, verb or adjective
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Many adverbs end in –ly
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Example: (The boy ran continuously as his friend patiently followed along on his bike
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Conjunction
Word that joins, connects or links other words
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Coordinating Conjunction: - connects sentence parts equal in rank, single words, clauses and phrases (and, but,
yet, or, nor, for, so, both, not only, either and neither are very common and easily recognizable conjunctions)
Example: (Play now but after supper you will need to continue with your studies
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that expresses a relationship between two ideas that are not equal in rank
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Example: We played tennis until the night lights were turned off
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Pronoun
Word used in place of a noun (I, you, he, she, it, we and they)
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Example: He threw his racquet at the fence
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