Journal Prompts for Ready Player One
Journal #1
Even though the setting of Ready Player One is in the year 2045, much of the story is rooted in the pop culture of the 1980s.
For this journal, write anything (& everything!) you know about the 1980s. You may include references to movies, books, music, etc., but you also can include info about your family. For example, how old was your mom?
Think of Back to the Future….what if YOU went back to the 1980s!?! What would you do ? Where would you go? What were YOUR parents like in the 1980s?
Journal #2
Write a one full page journal- BE CREATIVE!
Think of dystopian fiction! What will the future be like??? Choose ONE of the following prompts:
– 1. Funny how everyone saysthat was the day the world ended, whenit was thebeginning of mine.
– 2. Sometimes I forget the Wall did not always surround the town.
– 3. Decapitating a zombie is a lot harder than it looks on tv.
Journal #3
Write a full page.
• What did you do for spring break? What will you miss doing? Did you visit a college? What were your thoughts on the college?
• What are your plans for this summer?
• NOW, in between SPRING BREAK and SUMMER….what are you plans for THIS English class? Are you planning on attending class? How often? Are you going to keep checking your grade on Aeries? (I suggest you DO!) Are you aiming high- for an ‘A’ ? Or low- you just need a ‘D’ ?
Journal #4
Write a full page.
• OPEN your book to page 62-- These pages need to be studied carefully by ALL gunters because they list so many of Halliday’s interests!
• For your journal today, make a list of all of YOUR interests:
• What is your favorite book?
• What would you consider your “Holy Trilogies” of movies?
• What is your “desert island” videogame of choice?
• What’s your binge-favorite on Netflix?
• …basically list your favorite things! You can use bullet points. But fill the page.
JOURNAL #5
Directions: (WRITE A FULL PAGE)
1. Choose which prompt you want to respond to.
2. Copy the prompt on your page as the beginning of your creative story.
Be sure to fill the entire journal page.
3. If you run out of ideas, finish that first story and begin the other prompt.
Prompt 1: The boy woke up before dawn. The horses were restless. Something wasn’t right. He rose and tiptoed quietly down the hall, careful not to wake his mother. She was exhausted after last night’s…
Prompt 2: They’ve done all these studies about how twins remain connected, psychically, their whole lives. I haven’t seen Sally for twenty years, but sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with pain in my knee and I know it’s her pain, not mine. Or I’ll be taking a walk and I’ll feel…
Journal #6
Directions: (WRITE A FULL PAGE)
• In chapter 18, we read about Morrow’s Dance Party at Neonoir. Review pages 181-189.
• Now, write your own description of what YOUR DANCE PARTY would look like in OASIS.
• Consider: music, people/avatar invited, drinks, lighting, etc…and who will confess his/her TRUE LOVE the way Parzival did to Art3mis???
JOURNALS #1-6 DUE ON APRIL 28TH/ MAY 1ST