1. Journaling on Barnesclass.com How to write journals and put them on our classroom website

2. Writing Journals Journals are an important part of our class You will add several journals to your class website weekly Journals will be placed on a journals page on your private student website Journals will help you improve your short answer writing skills

3. Types of Journals Answers to literature questions Personal issues read only by you and your teacher Opinion about current events

4. Journal Format Most journals will take place during the 5- minute warm-up period at the beginning of class Journal topics will be numbered and placed on our website, so you can make up any missed entries You will write responses on paper and type them into your my journal website at a later time

5. Model Journal What is Zinkoff's best quality; support your response with evidence from the novel. "Zinkoff's best quality is his happiness with life. He embraces everything about family, friends and school. The narrator tells us early in the story that Zinkoff always smiles and sees something new and exciting about each day."

6. Creating youre my Journal page To create youre my Journal page and link, follow the directions on our classroom website at this link: http://middleschoolworld.editme.com/tfcdirecti on http://middleschoolworld.editme.com/tfcdirecti on