Posted by Matthew on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 5:49pm.
All those are good idea.
You should also encourage them to write their thoughts about current events (without getting into anything volatile) and maybe about books or stories they've read and how they do or don't like them.
I used to go into quotation books and websites and put famous ones on the board to get students started on journal topics. You can find them everywhere -- www.quoteland.com is a good one, but not the only one.
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