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Page 1: Tic-Tac-Toe Journal Prompts · Here are 252 appealing journal prompts arranged in 28 grids of nine prompts each to make a Tic-Tac-Toe format. Students will be asked to choose three
Page 2: Tic-Tac-Toe Journal Prompts · Here are 252 appealing journal prompts arranged in 28 grids of nine prompts each to make a Tic-Tac-Toe format. Students will be asked to choose three

Here are 252 appealing journal prompts arranged in 28 grids of nine prompts each to make a Tic-Tac-Toe format. Students will be asked to choose three of the nine prompts to write about. If you'd like to use one grid per week and your students journal five days each week, you could use the Tic-Tac-Toe prompts for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and have them write about whatever they choose on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

You can of course find other creative ways to use these grids, but no matter how you use them, the Tic-Tac-Toe format offers several advantages:

Nine options is enough so that students feel like they have some choice about what they write about without feeling overwhelmed with a huge list of possibilities.

Because they are asked to choose three prompts in a row, students must make choices, weighing one prompt against another. A student may very well find that in order to choose the prompt he most wants, he must also complete a prompt that he will find more challenging. However, that more challenging prompt is likely to be met with less resistance than if there was no choice and no more motivating prompt to go with it.

Since each student is only required to complete three of the nine prompts, you could use the remaining prompts for extra credit.

More variety each week (than a single daily prompt you put on the board) means more interesting sharing if you have students read entries aloud, and more interesting reading for you when you check their entries.

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What are your three most valuable

possessions? Why are each of

these things important to you?

Use this grid to choose three journal prompts

to complete. The three prompts you choose

must be in a row, across, down, or diagonally.

Circle your three choices.

Tic-Tac-Toe Journal Prompts(Choice Grid 1)

Name:Name: Date:Date:

Your parents have decided that your

new bedtime should be 6:30. What can you say to convince them that this is a very bad idea?

What are five of the most important jobs in the world?

Why are these five jobs so important?

When was a time that you felt brave?

Describe what happened.

If you could be an animal for a day,

which animal would you choose? What would you do during your animal day?

Write about how you met

your best friend.

A new student is coming to your

class. What are the most important things the new

student needs to know?

Finish the sentence:

I wonder....

in at least ten different ways.

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If you couldchange one thing about your family, what would you change? Why?

Tic-Tac-Toe Journal Prompts Choice Grids created by Rachel Lynette, Copyright © 2010-2019. All rights reserved. http://www.rachel-lynette.com

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