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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?
