 |
Journals Assignments |
|
Home
Page
Daily Lesson Plans
Vocabulary
Weekly Questions
Weekly Quizzes
Grammar Assignments
Writing Assignments
Journals
Projects
One of the most important tasks that takes place in an English classroom is formalized writing. The written word is one of the strongest forms of communication, and when used properly,is often times equated with a person's level of intelligence. While reading Esperanza Rising, it is important for students to write in both formalized settings (essays) and semi-formalized settings. That is where the journal comes in.
As a warm-up activity three days a week, assign students one of the writing prompts located in the links below. These prompts will serve many purposes such as familiarizing the students with concepts that the book will address, making connections between the characters in the book and real-life situations, opening up the class to open discussions about what is going on in the book, and most importantly, helping to organize the students' thoughts for other writing projects.
The prompts are designed to be administered three times a week, preferably on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. They can be alternated with vocabulary assignments to provide a warm-up activity for every day of the week. Feel free to set parameters on the students' writing, you may want to give the students seven minutes a day in which to write, or you may require students to write at least half a page a day. The main requirement here is that the students put the pen to paper, and hopefully, use their brain when coming up with answers.