Carlos Fuentes’s The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait and Jaspre Bark’s Journal of Inventions: Leondardo da Vince serve as models for an assignment that asks class members to create a personal journal they will use throughout the year to compose and create. A materials list, illustrative examples, and complete directions for how to format the journal are included.

Additional Tags

english language arts

Show More Show Less

Pros

• Can be used in any subject area for sketches and reflections
• Creates connections between subject areas
• Assessment suggestions included

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.8.3.a L.8.4.a L.8.4.c L.8.6