Journal Invitation

You’re Invited

You’re invited to keep a journal this year!

This is a place that you can write about all your thoughts, feelings, ideas, and dreams.  Your wants and wishes are welcome here too.

This journal is for you.  It can be used as you would like.  Puzzled?  Don’t be. Journaling together will make the pieces fit. Just put your pencil to the paper and you will be surprised what you discover.  Now open the box and you’ll find your first writing prompt.

 

 

 

Your First Journal Entry

Open the bag and put together the puzzle pieces to read your first writing prompt.

Put your first journal entry on the first page in your journal.

Don’t forget to date the top of the page. Example: February 16, 2009.  It may be a good to list words or ideas that come to mind before writing your entry.

There is also a sample writing prompt on the back of the box for you to enjoy!  Read this entry before writing your own.  What do you notice about the words Sam uses?  Notice how descriptive he is.  How does his question at the end make his entry interesting to read?

 

 

  

   Excerpt from E. B. White’s Trumpet of the Swan

I saw a pair of trumpeter swans on a small pond today east of camp.  The female has a nest with eggs in it.  I saw three, but I’m going to put four in the picture. I think she was laying another one.  This is the greatest discovery I have ever made in my entire life.  I did not tell Pop.  My bird book says baby swans are called cygnets.  I am going back tomorrow to visit the great swans again.  I heard a fox bark today.  Why does a fox bark? Is it because he is mad, or worried, or hungry, or because he is sending a message to another fox?  Why does a fox bark?

 

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