Teaching Diverse Type of Notebook Entries:
I'm a first year writing teacher and a few techniques that I've noticed my students do well in when writing is writing about memories and writing about things they visualize or see. Reaching into memory: A notebook entry should be personal. I don't think it should require students to write about the lesson or instruction. A notebook gives students a voice, they're able to think about and express their valid feelings on a piece of paper. It should be there safe space. Memory of our lives and experiences that we deal with on a day to day basis. Most prompts like this are tailored for students to tell us things they've experienced in the past and how it affected them in a positive or negative way. Somethings could be difficult to let out, but this may be an outlet for students to talk about it and release their feelings. This is one of my stronger points in my content area. Most of my students do not struggle to right about things that they are familiar with because...