Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments __1___it. They find the writing process__2___and difficult.How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it- ____3___English, with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an ___4___mansion and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can't write, I know as a teacher my ___5___is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to___6____the moral and emotional development of my students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done ___7___, just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and ___8____after only a few weeks of journal writing.Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and ___9___lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step ___10____to fluency, eloquence, and command of language.A) closerB) dailyC) emotionalD) enhanceE) enormousF) especiallyG) hinderH) missionI) painfulJ) performanceK) professionL) remarkablyM) requireN) sensitiveO) urge