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Choosing Middle School Journal Prompts

Find High Interest Journaling Topic Ideas Many English teachers incorporate weekly or even daily journaling into their curriculum. Writing in journals is a great way for children to learn to express their views on different topics and to develop creative skills. Unfortunately, the children that would benefit most from weekly middle school journal prompts are usually the children who are the least interested in those generic journaling topics on traditional writing prompt lists. One way to get them excited about journaling is to use less traditional topic ideas for their writing prompts. Finding high interest journaling topic ideas can be more challenging than simply picking a random topic from a premade list. However, if finding middle school journal topics that catch their attention gets kids excited about writing, most teachers will feel that it was well worth the extra time spent. Let Students Vote on Journaling Topics It can be tough to figure out which of the current h