Question+stems+for+blogging

These are provided by Adrian a teacher using classblogmeister: [|http://www.adrianbruce.com /blogging/question_stems /question_stems.htm]

Today I explored................ and found.................... I think it is important to know about...........because... This new learning will affect me in the following ways... Today I discovered.......... and... With the learning I did today I will be able to... Today I learned in (Literacy, Numeracy, Languages, Social Studies, Music, Art, Science, Drama, the playground, online, the library etc ) The most challenging thing I did today was... Today I found out... I want to know more about ... and I will find out more by firstly................. then.............. and perhaps.................... Today I asked... and discovered........................... The work we did today built on the work we did .....(insert time)..... in that it...(explain how) .............., At the end of today I am still confused about... I get the bit about... but need to clarify the bit about... I smiled today when... Today I explored....... and feel........ I believe... My understanding of........... is... The learning we did in ................ relates to our previous learning in the following ways... The difference between .................& .................. is........ I left class today knowing several things that I didn't know when I arrived this morning..........(list them) I can now explain why ... it.... After today's lessons I can explain how... it..... When faced with not understanding a concept my classmates can do three things to gain clarification. They can... .......(learning/concept)...........is important because.... I will use the the skills gained in .........................today in my everyday life... (list the ways ..... The biggest obstical I overcame today was......... I did this by....................... I think the causes of....... are..... (insert famous person) would say that... (insert issue/concept/learning) is .... because...... I agree with the statement '.................' because................ I disagree with the statement '.........................' because ..................... I would like answers to the following questions...... I know ..................... because................... I could use these strategies to solve the problem of........................... I feel that the six most important learnings from today in order of importance are...................... because............... In my opinion the following changes need to be made ...................... as ..................... The consequence of the changes I have suggested would be............................................ The strengths and weaknesses of ................................................. are......................... I wonder how .......? I wish......... I feel............... Free form blogging ideas:
 * journalistic accounts of what has happened (past tense)
 * descriptive tourist brochure of the place you are
 * "What happens next?" cliffhanger writing
 * poetry or haiku (this could even be done through Twitter, [|as I described here]).
 * writing a transactional piece of writing (a cheat sheet or walkthrough)