A Creative Journal

December 19th, 2006

Moby

Entertainer and musician Moby also keeps a blog. After a pretty thorough read of a few pages I couldn’t establish whether Moby is a paper journal writer or not. It wouldn’t surprise me, though. His blog makes quite entertaining reading. You may have something to write in your journal about after reading some of his […]

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December 18th, 2006

Creative Thinking Prompts

Some time ago I read a really interesting book - How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day. While I’d love to say I finished reading it, the book contained some excellent journal writing prompts. It might be time to get this book out from the library again.

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December 17th, 2006

Cry For Help in Journal Pages?

A teenager in Singapore has pasted some eight pages from her personal journal onto the walls of a canal known for graffiti artists. Here the full story here. Teachers and psychologists express their opinions on why the girl would choose to share her journal entries in this way. Was it a cry for help?
I think […]

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December 15th, 2006

Freaky Friday #37

Today is Freaky Friday. If you need to know more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday entry.
Today imagine you are a gossip columnist. Write a journal entry from this perspective. This gives you a chance to try a new voice. Use your workplace, school, family or neighbours to “gossip” about. […]

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December 14th, 2006

More on Freedom Writers

The Freedom Writers have made interesting fodder for this blog here and here, but apparently their book has been ‘banned” from one school for its controversial adult content.
Take time to read the article, but also the comments beneath. What are your thoughts on allowing students of upper grades to read controversial books in the […]

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December 13th, 2006

A Practical Use for Your Journal

Although I believe keeping a journal is in itself a practical exercise there are times when it just helps with those little things in life. When girls first begin to menstruate they are encouraged to note the date and length of each period. A personal journal or diary is an excellent place for this.
For […]

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December 12th, 2006

Students Discover Personal Space

Students at Lauren Hill High School were encouraged to collect together favourite journal entries for a new book released today. You Don’t Know Me is a collaboration of some 100 entries made by the group of mostly 14 year olds at the school. The book is illustrated and celebrates the freedom of expression found in […]

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December 11th, 2006

Christmas Journal Class

I’m a bit annoyed I didn’t see this until today. But, if you’re looking for a great holiday project to keep you busy in your journal or blog, or both, sign up for a Christmas Journal course at Shimelle.com. You get 37 days of journal prompts with which you can write, paint, draw, blog or […]

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December 9th, 2006

Soul Food AdventURE Calendar Update

Just to let you know, in case you don’t already, that Heather Blakey’s AdventURE Calendar for this year will be a little slow with the dates. Heather’s husband is very ill and, understandably, her attention needs to be on him. Although I’ve since heard he is recovering well, so look for the updates on each […]

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December 8th, 2006

Freaky Friday #36

It’s Freaky Friday once again. To learn more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday entry.
Today read this news story and think how you’d feel to find such an item in your attic. Spend some time writing in your journal about discovering a journal belonging to one of your relatives. Who […]

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