Wednesday the 27th

JOURNAL ENTRIES ONE AND TWO

There is something exciting about writing in a new, blank journal. You are making your mark, leaving a record of your thoughts and feelings.

There are many reasons to write a journal and many things you can put in your journal. Your journal grade will be based on writing a certain number of entries per grading period, not based on content/spelling/grammar. The number of entries that are due by the 5 weeks marking period are thirty (30). This may seem like quite a few now, but you are writing at least five a week in class. So that means only five will be written outside of class and are totally up to you for their topic!

Remember-- all entries need the DATE and a TITLE.
ex.
27 January 2010
Tips for Journal Writing



You are going to make two entries today in your journal. (Only 28 to go!)

FIRST ENTRY -- Tips for Journal Writing

http://www.scribetime.com/Journal-Writing-Tips-How-to-Keep-a-Journal_ep_44-1.html

Go to the web address listed above. There is a list of journal writing tips. Pick five tips that you like best and want to remember. Write these tips in your journal in your own words.



SECOND ENTRY -- When We Write...
Respond to the below questions...

When do you find you do the most writing? (at home, in class, etc.)
What do you usually write? (essays, journal/diary, poems, notes to friends, texts, etc.)
What aspects of writing do you enjoy? What aspects do you find difficult or that you dislike?