1. Dannelle D. Stevens Jorge Ramírez Portland State University

2. To understand the benefits of keeping a journal To learn about how to keep a journal in your professional life To see examples of journals that teachers keep To practice 1 or 2 activities that are useful in keeping a journal To show how to implement in your own classes as well

3.  Introduction 5 min (objectives)  Benefits  Methods  Examples  Activity  Classroom applications

4.  Jorge Ramirez, teacher, doctoral student  Dannelle Stevens, professor, Portland State

5.  Jorge: Writing as a youth in Peru ◦ How a journal transformed my view: “keeping my thoughts handy”  Reflection  Organization  “Conversation”

7. Structure – How, when, where, what – 2-columns: river, shore Type of journal to use – Bound, lined/gridded/plain Activities – Freewriting – Dialogue – Drawing

8.  Freewrite?  Dialogue?

9.  Jorge: Implementation of journal keeping in middle school advisory