How to Write a Journal?! Easier - You don't have to be a great writer, perfect speller, or creative thinker to keep a personal journal. Journal writing means that you regularly write down your thoughts and experiences. Harder - 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. http://web.archive.org/web/20061220163644/http://olp.swlauriersb.qc.ca/readresp/reading_response.ht m Reading Response Journals: These journals are used to capture students' reactions to books and to track their reading. The entries might include questions, comparisons, evaluations, predictions, and comments on style or mood. Useful Websites: Conversations Within: Journal Writing and Inner Dialog by G. Starnes http://www.journal-writing.com/ Here is an on-line workshop on journal writing. Similar Website: 2) Writing the Journal by C. Kingston http://www.writingthejourney.com/ Best Resources for Writers http://www.gotexan.com/pdme/index.htm Other Similar Sites: 2) Indispensable Writing Resources http://stetson.edu/~rhansen/writweb.html 3) Resources for Writers from R. Bush http://home.earthlink.net/~rodbush/Writers.htm 4) Writing from eduScapes 42eXplore http://eduscapes.com/42explore/writing.htm • Your journals should look as follows: o Your name, ID, course, and date should always be on the upper left side. o Title of journal is always in the middle. o Follow format of paragraph and essay writing. o Your margins should be 1” each side, heading 0.5” (included in top margin). o Align all your papers to the left (do not justify). 1 Hanaa Ayoub Prof. Marcia Kutrieh Eng 251 Sat., 20th Feb., 2010 Title