Chapter 5. Journal writing
Tomkins (2008) says people use journals to record personal experiences, explore reactions and interpretations to books they read and videos they view, and record and analyze information about literature (Tomkins, 2008). For children, there are usually six types of journals. They are personal journals, dialogue journals, reading logs, learning logs, double-entry journals, simulated journals. Among many kinds of journal types, dialogue journal attracted my attention. Children converse in writing with the teacher or a classmate through dialogue journal. It is new to me and I would like to try this kind of journal writing with my students.
In journal writing, a writer can choose a variety of topics for different purposes. Writing about everyday episode of experiences and observation and comprehension of reading and learning are considered as journals. The author recommends children to write in ournals at a particular time each day in spiral-bound notebooks.
The website http://42explore.com/journl.htm gives very simple idea about journal writing. It says a journal is a continued series of writings made by a person in response to their life experiences and events. Diaries contain a description of daily events. A journal may include those descriptions, but it also contains reflections on what took place and expresses emotions and understandings about them. It doesn't matter what you call your writing, either a diary or journal, as long as you see the distinction between these two ways of writing.
Reference:
Journal Writing. (n.d). Retrieved March 02, 2010 from http://42explore.com/journl.htm
Tomkins, G. E. (2008). Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
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