Writing
Contests:
Letters About Literature            http://lettersaboutliterature.org
DAR essay contest “Forgotten Patriots Who Supported the American Struggle             for Independence”
VFW Patriot’s Pen “What I Would Tell America’s Founding Fathers”
Create a horror story booklet about Geneseo
Writing:
A poem like Litany
Animal story for Dispatch
Research-Science/history/etc.  SIRS on library website
Journaling
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/journals/index.html
http://www.artistsjournals.com/index.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Keep-a-Journal
http://writetodone.com/2012/08/03/how-to-journal-5-tips-for-capturing-your-best-ideas-part-1-of-2/
Nature Journal
http://www.sierraclub.org/education/nature_journal.asp
anti-journal
articles for school newsletter
teen ink: poetry, story, essay
memoirs
Your idea with my approval