Encourage students to write in their journals with this extensive selection of journal topics.

Explore the world of journal writing with this valuable lesson plan filled with suggestions.

In this Writers Workshop lesson, students look around themselves and think about their daily lives at school to find relevant writing topics.

Arranged by each quarter of the school year, 180 journal prompts are provided for students. These prompts are excerpted from the PowerPoint series Journal Jumpstarts.

In this lesson plan, an interactive link included to help generate ideas for stories. A button is clicked and a topic is given. In a writer's notebook or journal, each student will use the topic given and develop it. [Requires Adobe...

Writing is a complex operation requiring knowledge of text structure, syntax, vocabulary, and topic, and sensitivity to audience needs; so it is not surprising that many teens find writing challenging. This article identifies the...

This site has hundreds of writing prompts/journal topics to get students started writing. Topics like "what is" and "what if" will get students thinking about what they could write.

In this lesson plan, students will create a school survival guide that follows the model of Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar. This survival guide will serve as a "how to" instructional manual for other incoming freshman...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains numerous journal topics that could be used for many subject areas. It is best suited for middle-high school level.

As part of a revision and close reading section of BBC Bitesize, this site presents information on personal writing with six key features listed. The information is included as part of a brief series on the autobiography.

What interesting and unusual items might you write a Lost & Found Ad for? Devote a page in your journal or writer's notebook to write several unusual Lost & Found Ads this year. Use the lost and found writing prompt generator to...

Information for teachers on teaching students how to research and write on mathematical topics. Includes tips for active reading, researching online and journal sources, and conducting interviews to gather information.

Scroll to the heading "Getting Started" to find several prewriting links. Topics include "Where to Start a Paper," "Keeping a Pre-writing journal," and "Exploring Ideas Through Cubing."

Young scholars improve skills in all subjects and connect with other students while learning about another country. The young scholars began by researching our country. The students chose which topic they wanted to present in our video....