Just Because.....

Just because this is funny and I'm bored......

Last DQ!

Goodbye Charter students! I will seriously miss you guys. :(  Have a great summer!! 

Pizza

Write a love note to your favorite pizza. 

Jumper

Rumspringa

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a day to honor our heroes for paying the ultimate price for our freedom. 

All of us enjoy freedoms that we would not have if veterans and their families had not sacrificed for us. I want you to think about one specific reason you are thankful to our veterans. In other words, how has their sacrifice made your life better?

(hint: you can use this in your letter assignment)

Wallpaper

Pessimism

Write a pessimistic version of what the world will be like in 50 years. 

Optimism

Write an optimistic version of what the world will be like in 50 years. 

Student Links

Find a quality online source that you could use to find safety procedures to deal with one of your emergencies. Post the link. 

Kitchen Fire

Home invasion

Earthquake 

Zombie Attack

Flood

Meteor impact

Tornado

Pick One

Worth Your Weight?

Earth or Stars?

Curses!

Write a curse detailing what will happen to someone who dares to open this pirate treasure chest without permission! 

Onion

You are an onion. Explain why. 

Main Character

Write a creative story in which this guy is the main character. 

Important Milestones

What is the silliest event you've ever had to celebrate? 

Do This!!

Remember me?

Walk up to a teacher (excluding Ms. Chetto) and wish them a Merry Christmas. Then, sing them a song in a southern accent while doing the Bernie. When you are finished, walk away and give them no explanation. Record their reaction below. 

Teddy

Do you think the Teddy video was an example of creativity? Why or why not? 

The Slothfather

The head of the Slothia (sloth mafia) has put a hit out on Hector Sanders. Why would the Slothia bother Hector? Explain what Hector did to attract the attention of the Slothia, and what Commander Sanders can do to help his son. 

Breaking News!

Create a ridiculous headline for a ludicrous news story and write a paragraph to go with it that is absolutely absurd. 

Here is my example, now please write your own! 

Everyone is screaming today after reports of the world's fastest dog being discovered as merely a horse wearing sunglasses. "I don't know what to think anymore," stated Green Lake resident, Michael Finley. "My world has just been shattered." Finley is not alone in his disappointment, as the rest of the community morns the fact that they were so easily fooled. "It looks so legit!" Screamed Shelby Searl, as she clung to Michael for comfort. "I can't believe I was so blind! But those sunglasses are awesome." Green Lake residents struggle to overcome the knowledge that their whole lives are lies. "I just want to move on," sobbed Austin Wallenfang. "When things like this happen, all I can think is why. Why? We may never know."

Excuses!

You just found out that this girl wants to fight you after school. Make up an excuse to get out of it...because believe me, you don't want to show up! 

Adventure Time!

Write a story using your list of answers from yesterday. Bold each of your answers so that I can easily identify them. Your story must MAKE SENSE as much as possible. 

Survey Says:

Answer each of the following questions. This DQ does not need to have 100 words, and you do not need to comment on your classmates' work today. 

No repeats, No IDK, and number your list please. :) 

1.  Look up from your computer screen and write down the name of the first person you see. 
2. How do you feel right now?
3. Write down the month of your birthday.
4. What is your favorite number?
5. Choose one of the following: Rats, Cats, Dogs, Logs, Kids, Lids, Mice, Lice
6.  If you had to choose one place in your home to be trapped alone in for 24 hours, where would it be?
7. Write down the name of a store.
8. What is love?
9. Write down a plural noun. 
10. If you had to choose one adjective to describe how your hair looks today, what would it be?
11. What is the strongest force on Earth?
12. Jody places a slide on her microscope, but when she looks through it, she can't see. Give a reason why.
13. Write a verb ending in "ing"
14.  Name one of your teachers.
15. What do you think is the best solution to overpopulation?
16. Write a verb ending in "ed"
17. What country does your family hail from?
18.  Write a verb ending in "ing"
19. Describe in one word what your mom would do if you suddenly decided that flushing the toilet was against your beliefs. 
20. What is one item you can not live without?

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

Everyone says things without thinking every now and then. Write about a time you did this. 

How did you feel after you said it? What do you wish you would have said instead? What happened as a result of you speaking before thinking about how it was going to sound to whomever you were talking to?

Group Work

"G-R-O-U-P-W-O-R-K does not spell Collaboration."

Explain what this quote means to you and why. 

Homework Debate

Do you think homework is helpful or harmful to your education? Explain your choice. 

What The?!

Write a few lines of dialogue to go with this photo. 

Smurf!!

Papa Smurf has gone missing. This photo was posted to Reddit the next day. If you were a detective, explain how you would proceed with this case. 

Origins

The origin of the word "supercalifragilisticexpialidicious" has long been debated in both the literary and historical world. One thing is for certain; it PREDATES the 1964 movie Mary Poppins by hundreds of years! 

Make up and origin story for the world's longest nonsense word. Make it believable! 

Smartzzzz

If you could excel at any academic subject you wanted, which subject would it be and how do you think it would change your life?

Model Sanders

Hector Sanders has decided to defy his father's wishes and has dropped out of school to become a fashion model. However, so far he has only been able to find volunteer work and has been living off credit cards to survive. 

Write a letter from Commander Sanders to his son, Hector, and persuade to either continue following his dream or to give up and go back to school. 

Hours in the Day

If you could change the length of a day, would  you lengthen it or shorten it. Explain why you made this choice. 

Down with a Sickness

Invent a new medical condition and describe a person suffering from it. What would the symptoms be? Is there a cure??

Hi Girls!

If you were a member of the opposite gender, what do you think you would look like? 

Do you think your personality would be different, or do you think you would be the same as you are now?

 Explain why you feel that way. 

Bad Habits

What is your worst habit? Has it ever gotten you in trouble? Tell us about it. 

Vampire!!

If you were bitten by a vampire, would you live with your day to day bloodlust, or would you ask someone to kill you before you turned?

If you choose to remain a vampire, write about what your day to day life would be like now that you are among the undead.

If you want to die before you turn, write about who you would ask to take you out, and what you would do before it took place. 

Kryptonite

Kryptonite is the only thing in existence that makes Superman weak. 

If you were a super hero, what would be your kryptonite?? Explain why. 

You've Been Fooled!

Today is April Fools Day, there is no DQ.

JUST KIDDING! 

Write about an April Fools Day prank you have played on someone in the past. 

IF you've never pulled an April Fools Day prank, give a review of the one I pulled on Mila and David yesterday! 

Yesterday was Easter, and I mistakenly thought it was also April 1st. After Mila and David woke up and discovered their Easter baskets, I told them that the Easter Bunny had hidden eggs all over the house and yard. (To entice David into searching, I told him that some of the eggs contained money). They looked for the eggs for over an hour before I said, "April Fool's!! There are no hidden eggs!! HAHAHA!!" They both looked at me, totally bewildered, and David told me that it was not April Fool's Day, and that I, in fact, was the fool. Mila was pretty mad....I'm still not sure if she's forgiven me. 

Future Self

Write a poem in which you give advice to your future self. 

Stop Thief!!

Imagine you get beat up and robbed at knife-point and as the thief is running away, he gets hit by a car. The car speeds off, nobody else is around and the thief is in extreme pain (but not dead). 

Do you help the thief? 

Why or why not?

Batman loves......

Batman loves hot dogs. Batman loves fighting crime. Batman loves Gotham City. Batman loves fancy weapons. Batman loves using his suit to glide over rooftops. Batman loves his butler, Alfred. Batman loves his mansion. Batman loves spending money to impress the ladies. 

Continue this without repeating what the people above you wrote.  

All Lies!!

Write a poem about yourself in which nothing is true. 

The Haunted Locker of Green Lake School

The first person who comments on this post starts the story. 

Whoever comments next must read the posts above and continue the story. 

The last person to comment must write the conclusion. 

Use this photo as inspiration. 

Erase?!

If you could live the next 24 hours and then erase it and start over just once, what would you do?

Kids these days

Pretend you are in your 70's or 80's. 

Complain about kids these days. 

Famous Parents for Joey

If you could have any two famous people to be Joey's parents, who would you pick and why?

Kiln People

If you had ten copies of yourself to use today, what would you have them do?

Super Man

An old man sits at a table peeling an orange. The room is clean and does not have much furniture. Also, the old man is wearing a superhero costume. Tell the story. 

This is Sparta!!!

Through a strange set of circumstances, you are being forced to spend the rest of your life as a 

Spartan, Viking, Knight or Roman. 

Which do you choose? Why? What will your life be like? What's daily life like? Would you enjoy it?

Explain Yourself

So tell me, was it worth it?

Meant to be?

One fridge is clean and is full of organic, healthy foods. One fridge is filthy and is full of old Styrofoam take out boxes. The owners of these two fridges go on a blind date. Tell the story. 

Online Breakups

(This graph shows the number of breakups throughout the year according to Facebook. Examine the graph and write one paragraph of relationship advice based on your observations. If you can not see the graph, ask Ms. Chetto for a print out). 

Axe Lady

A nicely dressed woman in a pink dress stands against a white wall. On her right arm is an expensive bracelet, which matches the large diamond ring on her index finger. In her hand, she holds a long handled, shiny axe. 

Tell this story.

Sheep (for Monday)

Post your reaction to this video.

(this DQ requires Youtube access and sound)

Son of Sanders Arrested!

Newspaper Headline:

Son of Sanders Arrested in NYC!

Hector Sanders, son of infamous space hero Commander Sanders, was arrested today under mysterious circumstances. Police are not revealing the reasons why he has been detained. "He always seems so calm, I wonder what set him off," stated Hector's neighbor. "Whatever it was, it must've been bad!"

FINISH THE STORY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS. YOU CAN NOT USE A CHARACTER ONCE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN PICKED. 

1. The police officer at the scene
2. An eyewitness
3. A gossiping blabbermouth 
4. An innocent bystander 
5. A person who recently escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane 
6. Hector Sander's best friend
7. Hector Sander's worst enemy
8. The lawyer that must represent Hector in court 
9. A female sloth with a huge crush on Hector
10. Lt. Flufferson
11. Billy the Kid
12. Ms. Chetto's 6th Hour Class
13. Sam Hebbe

Pool Shark

Imagine a world where it is normal for sharks to randomly appear anywhere, including your backyard pool. Explain how you would defend yourself against this surprise attack. 

Allergies

If all humans suddenly developed an allergy to the same thing, what do you think would help humanity the most?

Dream or Nightmare

You get to create a dream or a nightmare for someone. 

What do you create and whom do you give it to??

Valentine's Day

Choose one of the following items:

• a stapler
• an empty cereal box
• a penny
• your math book
• Ms. Chetto's Chia tree
• Battletoads for the Wii

Write a paragraph explaining why your item is the most romantic Valentine's Day gift you could ever give to someone.

Money for Memories

What if memories could be used as money??

Would a house cost five years of memories?

What memories would you be willing to spend?

What years of memories would you never use?

The Village

Tell this story:

A whole village of people went to bed normally one night, only to wake up the next morning in a field outside the village. 

What happened?

I'm a Scientist

"Nothing shocks me, I'm a Scientist."

Write a story that includes this line either at the beginning, the end, or somewhere in between. 

Football!

Explain what happened at the Superbowl from the perspective of a football helmet. 

Pause or Rewind

Which would you rather have, a rewind button for your life or a pause button? Make your case for your choice or explain what you would do with it. 

Hakuna Matata

People worry way to much about __________________________. 

Fill in the blank and write a paragraph on why you feel that way. 

(the picture is not related)

Shine!!

Everyone is good at some activity in school. Where do you shine?

Write an paragraph that explains what you feel is your strongest area of expertise. 

(And you can't say "nothing")

Super Successful

It's 20 years from now and your name has just been called to receive an award. Tell the story of what the award is for and how you came to be so successful to win this award. 

School Days

Think of your best or worst day of school. Tell the story of what happened. 

But Why?

We've all done things in the past that we really don't understand what or why we decided to do it in the first place. 

Think of a time your parents or friends asked you what the heck you were thinking when you did something, and you really had no idea. 

Only Child?

Would you rather be an only child or have many brothers and sisters? 

Why?

Buy This!!

Pick something from your desk or your pocket. Write an advertisement for this thing that would convince someone to buy it. Whoever convinces me will be excused from the DQ for tomorrow! 

Agree or Disagree

Write a paragraph  in which you strongly and clearly AGREE OR DISAGREE (but NOT both!) with ONE of the following:

• Fads never really go out of style
• Life in the 2013 will be better than ever
• People are happier than they used to be
• Americans are too concerned with material goods
• You can tell a lot about people by what they eat
• You can tell a lot about people by what they read
• The Internet is the best thing to ever happen to education 

Success!

Many parents struggle with how to help their child succeed in school. 

Write a paragraph explaining what you think is the most helpful thing a parent can do to help their child succeed in school. 

Make sure you explain how to do it and why you think it's helpful. 

Time Capsule

Pretend your class is putting together a time capsule (no, not an Apple time capsule). It might not be opened by anyone for 100 years or more. This time capsule will tell people in the future what life on earth was like in 2013. You can choose one thing to go inside. Explain what you will choose and why.

Here you go, Culen!

Write all about your name;  how you got it, why your parent's picked it, what it means, and what you think about it. 

If you don't know, ask your parents! 

Boys VS Girls

Who do you think has it easier in life, boys or girls? Explain your choice.

Exams

Which of your exams are you most worried about, and why are you so worried??