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Journal Writing OrganizerJournal Writing Organizer
Publisher
Do2Learn
Resource Details
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Classroom Support
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Resource Type
Graphic Organizers
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Year
2005
Organizer

Journal Writing

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

Ask learners to keep a basic journal of any number of things with this graphic organizer. Kids write in a topic and write down four events, responding to the prompts in above each box.

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Concepts

sequence of events, sequencing, plot

Additional Tags

classroom support

Instructional Ideas

  • Instead of following the plot of a story, have learners write out the steps in a scientific or other process or describe a historical event step by step

Classroom Considerations

  • This graphic organizer is very basic, but because of its simplicity, it could be used for many different purposes

Pros

  • Provides plenty of space for learners to write it in 

Cons

  • None

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