Students use the process of journaling to make discoveries about the moon. This activity involves having students write observations about the moon in a journal. Using their observations they go to an online resource and choose...

In this lesson, writers will create a detailed journal entry from the point of view of a character who never actually existed. The journal entry will be for a day in history that the writer has researched and found interesting...

Use this lesson plan to teach students what sexual harassment is, how to identify acts of sexual harassment, and how to respond to it. This lesson requires simple materials and Internet access, provides several questions useful for both...

Students often classify objects by size and shape. Now they will look more at the properties of objects such as hardness, flexibility, and texture. Included in this lesson are examples of student's science journal entries, a video of the...

The children will compare two texts: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton and Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet, about an old house and an animal's home respectively, using a Venn Diagram. They should be guided to address the...

A silly read-aloud captures the attention of students who must jump right into action applying the engineering design process in an effort to stop the squirrels from eating the birdseed. To complete the brainstorming students will work...

The teacher will discuss the importance of trees with the learners. The teacher will provide photographs of various trees that grow in Russell Cave National Monument and the surrounding North Alabama area. The teacher will discuss...

After a study of the Creek War, students will explore perspectives of families on both sides of the war. Students will compose journal entries from a selected social class of the era to develop and exhibit an understanding and...

This article focuses on journal writing including the benefits, goals for parents and teachers, materials needed, journal exercises, and teaching kids how to keep a journal.

After reading journal entries from The Diary of a Whimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, students brainstorm and share their own ideas with a partner. Once they have a few ideas, they choose one idea to transform into a narrative writing. The...

"The Trip of the Horla" is a short story that unfolds in a series of journal entries about strange incidents occurring near the writer's home. Read the full text of this Guy de Maupassant short story.