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My worst day
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My craziest experience in a restaurant or shopping mall
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My most memorable Halloween
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A holiday I’ll never forget
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An unforgettable ride
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An unforgettable dream
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The hardest thing I’ve ever done
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The most memorable snowball or water-balloon fight
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My worst vacation
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My first encounter with a bully
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My most unforgettable class
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My best day
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My most memorable babysitting experience
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My most memorable fair or amusement-park experience
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My first flying, boating, or motorcycling experience
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My most dangerous experience
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The worst things to wait for
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The commercials I can’t stand
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My best vacation
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My most embarrassing moment
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My first friend
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My favorite neighbor
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Staying at a friend’s house
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A “visit” to a hospital, doctor’s office, or dentist’s office
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A pet sitter needs special instructions to care for my pet.
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Identify the members of _________ from the craziest to the sanest.
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Let’s hear it for my favorite senior citizen.
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Coping with brothers and sisters
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The stuffed animals/toys I’ll never give up
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Holiday customs in my house
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Sledding, ice skating, and skiing
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My pet’s strange habits
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My father or mother made a mistake!
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A typical evening at home
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A special secret place
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Whose bark is worse than his or her bite?
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Who knows me best? What do they know?
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My life story begins in this way.
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A narrow escape from trouble
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If only I would have done that differently.
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If only I would have listened!
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An unwanted gift
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When I was upside-down
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It’s my turn to buy the family’s groceries for the week. Here’s my shopping list.
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I was so shocked when...
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A typical phone call goes like this.
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Fake illnesses I’ve “suffered” from
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What I’ve broken or lost that belongs to someone else
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A song that means a lot to me
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A visit to a relative’s house
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A guided tour of my neighborhood
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My bedroom from top to bottom
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A day in the life of my pet
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A misunderstanding with a neighbor
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Measles, mumps, and chicken pox
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My secret snacks
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Canoeing, boating, rafting, and swimming
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Summer vacation means...
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Morning madness
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My chores
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Places to visit in my city or country
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Help a stranger identify a close friend in a large crowd.
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Who makes a mountain out of a molehill?
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I couldn’t believe that my mother volunteered me for that job.
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Here’s what usually happens when I go shopping.
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My muscles were so sore after...
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When I was lost
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My first concert
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Stuck in an elevator
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I really shouldn’t have gone, but..
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The fastest I’ve ever moved
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It was a matter of survival of the fittest.
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When I played the rebel
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Wheezing and sneezing
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Who knows me best?
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Why do I deserve the job?
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Who do I admire?
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Whenever I hear (a song), I think of...
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What does my wardrobe say about me?
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If I could step back in time, I’d like to..
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Do you know what brings tears to my eyes?
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I confess!
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Where do I fit in?
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What sense(s) guides me?
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Do I want to be famous?
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Am I in my own little world?
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Do I follow the crowd?
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What causes me to worry?
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I am loyal to...
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A classmate I worshipped when I was young
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A race I’ve been in
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The rewards and frustrations when practicing a play
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Here’s what a new student needs to know about my school.
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I’m principal for the day. Here’s my schedule of events.
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All of the desks have been bolted to the floor. Why?
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Hiding from homework
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Why weekends should be longer
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A typical lunch hour
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Cliques in my school
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A difficult practice
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I’m the guest speaker for my school’s dedication. Here’s what I’ll say.
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My “real” activities throughout the school day
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When I was a discipline problem
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What I like/don’t like about my class schedule
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I was suddenly swept into _____________ class. Here’s what I saw.
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Here’s a look at the next episode of “As the School Swings.”
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The last school dance was...
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I’m in favor of discipline.
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My school’s “ten most wanted” list
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A memorable bus ride
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A dedicated teacher or coach
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My best class ever
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I was so embarrassed I wanted to hide in my locker.
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The pressure of tryouts
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What this school really needs is.
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A visit to a friend’s school
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What if we had open campus?
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What makes school monotonous?
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Grades—are they the most important part of school?
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Dear Blackboard,
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School slang
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Science and math are easy (difficult) for me.
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The role of athletics in my school
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Finally, a good assembly
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Progress reports
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A school field trip
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What if we suddenly had to move?
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What are some of life’s most useful objects?
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What should everyone know?
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What will I be like as a senior citizen?
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What if rock music were banned?
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Where do I draw the line?
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Why is the past thought of as the “good old days”?
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Which is more valuable — pens or cans?
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What if I could skip a grade?
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How could TV be better?
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What would I find if I opened one of my ancestor’s closets?
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What if school sports were dropped?
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What inventions are valuable?
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Here is my wish list.
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What objects symbolize American life? Why? (Think of things like the Liberty Bell, hamburgers, blue jeans)
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I don’t understand why...
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Here’s what I find interesting in people.
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Who needs more help — someone in your neighborhood or someone in a different country?
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Is it better to laugh or cry?
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What to look for in a friend
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Laughter is...
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What is different between an American student and a student in Russia?
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What do we Americans do well?
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What if I made all of the decisions?
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What if I were the teacher?
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Why are soap operas so popular?
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Do some people go out of their way to fail?
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Why do some people have strongly held beliefs?
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What if I finished last in a marathon?
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What is happiness to you?
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What if teachers never looked for right or wrong answers?