Types of Journals Personal Journals ‘Students write about events in their ow lives and other topics of special interest in personal Journals. These journals are the most private type. Teachers respond as interested readers, often asking questions and offering comments about their own lives. Dialogue Tournals Dialogue journals are similar to personal journals except that they are written to be shared with the teacher or a classmate. The person who receives the journal reads the entry and responds to it, These journals are like a written conversation. Reading Logs ‘Students respond to stories, poems, and informational books they are reading in reading logs. They write and draw entries after reading, record key vocabulary words, make charts and other diograms, and write memorable quotes. Double-Entry Journals ‘Students divide each page of the journals into two columns and write different types of information in each column. Sometimes they write quotes froma story in one column and add ‘reactions to the quotes in the other, or write predictions in one column and what actually happened inthe story in the other. Language Arts Notebooks Students toke notes, write rules and examples, draw diograms, and write lists of other useful information about language arts in these notebooks. Students use these notebooks during mminilessons and refer to the information during literature focus units and reading and writing workshops. Learning Logs ‘Students write in learning logs as part of social studies and science theme cycles and math units, ‘They write quickwrites, draw diagrams, take notes, and write vocabulary words. Simulated Journals Students assume the role of a book character of a historical personality and write journal entries ‘from that person's viewpoint. Students include details from the story or historical peried in their entries.Intonation Ahcd. Efg? Hijk! Lmnop. Ors, tv. Wx? Yz!