Mustafa’s older brother gave him a notebook for his birthday. Every page of the notebook has a question at the top for Mustafa to answer on the lines below. What term BEST describes what Mustafa is doing when he writes in the notebook?

Mustafa is writing in a notebook by responding to questions, which is journaling. A writing prompt exercise is a broader activity in which a question or prompt starts a piece of writing, but the regular notebook practice described here is journaling. Prewriting and brainstorming are planning activities rather than writing responses in a journal.

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