This site gives you a teacher's perspective on journal writing. It looks at how effective journal writing can be for your students and more.

Excellent site geared towards student writers interesting in learning how to journal. Follow Virginia Hamilton, an author, and learn her techniques from examples. Very comprehensive learning site.

Smithsonian in the Classroom presents "Introduction to the Nature Journal." Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students will practice and develop their skills of writing observations and making hypotheses....

Smithsonian in the Classroom presents "Introduction to the Nature Journal." Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students will practice and develop their skills of writing observations and making hypotheses....

Encourage students to write in their journals with this extensive selection of journal topics.

This site includes examples of diaries, journals, and notebooks in the Collection at Richard Hugo House and The Diary Library of Corralitos, California. Focuses upon the genre of diaries and journals within the practice of writing....

In this instructional activity, an interactive link included to help generate ideas for stories. A button is clicked and a topic is given. In a writer's notebook or journal, each student will use the topic given and develop it. [Requires...

This page gives students specific guidelines & tips for a descriptive writing assignment. Students can publish descriptive writing here, as well. A thorough teacher's guide to descriptive writing is also provided.

In this lesson students will complete an anticipation guide and then read Chapters 1-5 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It includes a study guide, a journal writing assignment, and a quiz over the selected chapters.

In this lesson students read chapters 6-10 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It discusses symbolism in the novel including its three major symbols: the pear tree, the lamp, and the mule. It provides a study guide, a...

In this lesson students read chapters 11-15 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It includes a study guide, a journal writing assignment, and a quiz over the assigned chapters.

In this lesson students complete an anticipation guide and then read chapters 16-20 (the conclusion) of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It includes a study guide, a journal writing assignment, and a quiz over the...

Discover how writing in a journal can boost your students reading skills when you read this article. This article sites ways to integrate writing with teaching math skills.

This lesson plan introduces Family Message Journals-a teacher-tested tool for encouraging family involvement and supporting writing to reflect and to learn.

This site comes from the Scholastic website and provides a teacher's guide to writing poetry. This lesson plan is put together very well and provides an outline of the project, learning objectives, assessment information and much more.

Why do scientists use a nature journal? This activity is designed to introduce students to learning the routine for using a nature journal and practice using their observation skills and descriptive writing skills in their journal...

Students respond to self-selected books in journals and talk about their books daily in small groups. The teacher guides students by offering suggestions and writing with them in dialogue journals.

The Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) module explains how to write a journal abstract.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides a sample of an undergraduate journal article.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains to process for submitting a journal abstract.

This site from the University of Adelaide provides the etext of a "Journal of the Plague Year," by Daniel Defoe. It traces the occurrences of 1665 in London through the eyes of the famous novelist, Daniel Defoe.

Read journals from different astronauts and discover how they viewed their work and experiences. Discover different training and space missions that these astronauts have been a part of in NASA.

This package consists of assessment materials set up as learning journals. The teacher can work alongside adult students to track their learning progress as they develop their basic literacy and Math skills.

A 34-page student journal of worksheets to accompany a lesson plan unit on designing buildings that will withstand an earthquake. [SEE: http://eie.org/sites/default/files/es_educator_guide_2014_10_09.pdf] First, they work on simple...