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100 ESSAY AND JOURNAL TOPICS
Ken Stewart
Chapel Hill High School
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Journal writing is an informal approach to developing students’ writing skills. The assessment is primarily based on improvement and completing a minimum number of pages (5 pages skipping lines) by the established deadline. My feedback to students is focused on interaction with what they havewritten as opposed to correcting syntax or orthography. Since this is a dialogue journal, I respect the confidential nature of what students choose to write. Be prepared for students to share anecdotes that may be sensitive in content. This is a great way to get to know your students on a more personal level. I do not place a value judgment on their ideas or how compelling their argument may be. I amconcerned with improvement from one journal collection to the next. Ease of expression and sophistication of vocabulary are taken into account in the grade that is assigned.
One strategy, as a focus activity, is to start the class with one of the journal topics on the board or overhead when the students are entering the classroom. After a 6-7 minute writing exercise, have the students turn to theperson seated next to them and converse about what they have just written. Next, solicit opinions from the class as a whole to engage the class in a discussion in Spanish. This activity focuses on the synthesis of writing, speaking and listening while combining the interpersonal and presentational modes of communication.
Students write the 5-page entries outside of class. Ideally, the classwill finish the 70 pages in the notebook (skipping lines) by the date of the AP exam. I have found that the spiral-bound composition books are both inexpensive and practical. Different colored composition books are used in rotation, so that the grading is not overwhelming. For example, I buy red, blue and green composition books, collecting one color each week in a cycle throughout the semester.Students will see the benefits of keeping a dialogue journal as it allows them to get their ideas down on paper more quickly and coherently when writing more formal in-class essays. Teachers will likely want to adapt this list to their school community as some topics may not be appropriate in all schools. Likewise, many of these would never appear on an actual exam because of the bias and controversythat the topics provoke. Nonetheless, these are topics that pique students’ interest and can make for excellent discussion and essay writing.
Los adolescentes:
1. el estrés y sus efectos en los jóvenes hoy día
2. el proceso de ingresar en la universidad
3. las soluciones para prevenir que los alumnos abandonen el colegio
4. se debe ampliar o reducir el programa de estudio en laescuela secundaria
5. deben estar disponibles los anticonceptivos en las escuelas secundarias
La publicidad
6. la falsa publicidad
7. la publicidad política
8. el sexismo en la prensa y/o la tele
9. el control o límite que debe imponer el gobierno sobre la publicidad
10. los anuncios para el alcohol y/o tabaco
Las minorías
11. Debe de haber cuotas de admisiónen las universidades
12. cómo ha cambiado el papel del joven afro-americano en los últimos años
13. el racismo en las prisiones / en la corte
14. el veredicto de Scott Peterson / Michael Jackson / Martha Stewart
15. el impacto del latinoamericano como la minoría más grande en los EEUU
La escena americana
16. el alto costo de un funeral / ¿la presión social lo mantiene alto?17. quién se beneficia de la lotería; ¿explota a los pobres la lotería?
18. debe haber un seguro médico nacional
19. la clase media está desapareciendo en este país
Los problemas sociales
20. la censura en el arte / la prensa
21. deben recibir una recompensa las víctimas de crimen
22. las pruebas obligatorias para el VIH o para el uso de drogas
23. la pobreza fomenta el...
Ken Stewart
Chapel Hill High School
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Journal writing is an informal approach to developing students’ writing skills. The assessment is primarily based on improvement and completing a minimum number of pages (5 pages skipping lines) by the established deadline. My feedback to students is focused on interaction with what they havewritten as opposed to correcting syntax or orthography. Since this is a dialogue journal, I respect the confidential nature of what students choose to write. Be prepared for students to share anecdotes that may be sensitive in content. This is a great way to get to know your students on a more personal level. I do not place a value judgment on their ideas or how compelling their argument may be. I amconcerned with improvement from one journal collection to the next. Ease of expression and sophistication of vocabulary are taken into account in the grade that is assigned.
One strategy, as a focus activity, is to start the class with one of the journal topics on the board or overhead when the students are entering the classroom. After a 6-7 minute writing exercise, have the students turn to theperson seated next to them and converse about what they have just written. Next, solicit opinions from the class as a whole to engage the class in a discussion in Spanish. This activity focuses on the synthesis of writing, speaking and listening while combining the interpersonal and presentational modes of communication.
Students write the 5-page entries outside of class. Ideally, the classwill finish the 70 pages in the notebook (skipping lines) by the date of the AP exam. I have found that the spiral-bound composition books are both inexpensive and practical. Different colored composition books are used in rotation, so that the grading is not overwhelming. For example, I buy red, blue and green composition books, collecting one color each week in a cycle throughout the semester.Students will see the benefits of keeping a dialogue journal as it allows them to get their ideas down on paper more quickly and coherently when writing more formal in-class essays. Teachers will likely want to adapt this list to their school community as some topics may not be appropriate in all schools. Likewise, many of these would never appear on an actual exam because of the bias and controversythat the topics provoke. Nonetheless, these are topics that pique students’ interest and can make for excellent discussion and essay writing.
Los adolescentes:
1. el estrés y sus efectos en los jóvenes hoy día
2. el proceso de ingresar en la universidad
3. las soluciones para prevenir que los alumnos abandonen el colegio
4. se debe ampliar o reducir el programa de estudio en laescuela secundaria
5. deben estar disponibles los anticonceptivos en las escuelas secundarias
La publicidad
6. la falsa publicidad
7. la publicidad política
8. el sexismo en la prensa y/o la tele
9. el control o límite que debe imponer el gobierno sobre la publicidad
10. los anuncios para el alcohol y/o tabaco
Las minorías
11. Debe de haber cuotas de admisiónen las universidades
12. cómo ha cambiado el papel del joven afro-americano en los últimos años
13. el racismo en las prisiones / en la corte
14. el veredicto de Scott Peterson / Michael Jackson / Martha Stewart
15. el impacto del latinoamericano como la minoría más grande en los EEUU
La escena americana
16. el alto costo de un funeral / ¿la presión social lo mantiene alto?17. quién se beneficia de la lotería; ¿explota a los pobres la lotería?
18. debe haber un seguro médico nacional
19. la clase media está desapareciendo en este país
Los problemas sociales
20. la censura en el arte / la prensa
21. deben recibir una recompensa las víctimas de crimen
22. las pruebas obligatorias para el VIH o para el uso de drogas
23. la pobreza fomenta el...
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