15 Writing in Journals Thoughtful Learning K-12
Start-Up Activity Ask students to spend 3–5 minutes freewriting about this Anaïs Nin quotation: “Writing allows you to live life twice.” Have volunteers share their responses. Then have students count the number of words they wrote. Indicate that the greater number of words a person can write in a given time, the greater the fluency of the writing. Journals can help students gain fluency.
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15 Writing in Journals Thoughtful Learning K-12
