1. Writers Journal
This is a place for students to write every day in order to gain writing fluency and voice.

2. How do these quotes make you feel?
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~
Anais Nin
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug ~ Mark
Twain
How do these quotes make you feel?

3. What is the Writer’s Journal Purpose?
The Writer’s Journal will contain a variety of journal entries, including prompted and student-selected entries.
The Writer’s Journal is a place for students to practice skills they are learning during the lesson.
The Writer’s Journal is a source for ideas when students begin to write more formal pieces.

4. Writers Journal Set-up
Front Page - Rubric
Back Page - Parts of Speech
1st Page - Your Name - Illustrations
2nd Page - Bring a Picture of you from home
Last Page - Quick List

5. Quick List - Number your page 1-12
Favorite Food
Something Old in your closet
Place you want to visit
Something you’ve lost
Bad Animals
Book you’ve read

6. Entry # 1 8-27-15 I wish I could go It has the most It also has
That’s why
My Kernal Essay:
1. I wish I could go to ________________________.
2. It has the most beautiful ______________________.
3. It also has_________________________________.
4. That’s why I want to see______________________.
Now go write a full page using one of these prompts

7. Kernal Essay
I wish I could go to New York City. It has the most beautiful sky scrapers. It also has the Statute of Liberty and awesome pizza. I hope one day soon the I will be able to visit New York City because it would be fun.