Interest+Journals

Welcome to Your Interest Journal Page! This is a place you can come to write freely about topics that matter to you.You may write in any format you choose: poems, journal or diary entries, stories, paragraphs, or essays. Just be sure your CONTENT sticks to the interest journal topic! See tips for successful steps below. See the table below STEPS for topics. Enjoy writing!

** 1) Steps to Developing and Writing a Piece (STEPS link) ** __**Planning Tools**__  Other graphic organizers and planning tools (link) linked from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
 * **Story/NarrativeWriting** || **Poetic/DescriptiveWriting** || **Factual/ExpostitoryWriting** || **Factual/PersuasiveWriting** ||
 * Story Map 1 || Sensory Plan || Problem Solution || Persuasive Map ||
 * Story Map 2 || Describing Web || Power Outline || Spider Map ||
 * || Observation Chart || Five W's Information Chart || Power Outline ||
 * || Cluster Word Web || Goal/Reasons Chart || Essay Planner ||

** 2) TIPS to REPLY-ing (TIPS link) **

**INTEREST JOURNALS**
 * = Achievements ||= Historical Events ||= Mythology ||
 * = Action/Adventure ||= Historical Fiction ||= Nonfiction ||
 * = Animals ||= Hobbies ||= Persuasive Issues ||
 * = Art ||= Humor ||= Pets ||
 * = Careers ||= If I Had a Million Dollars ||= Places to Visit ||
 * = Cooking/Recipes ||= Life in the Future ||= Poetry ||
 * = Drama ||= Lizards/Reptiles ||= Realistic Fiction ||
 * = Fables/Fairy Tales ||= Movies ||= Science Fiction ||
 * = Fantasy ||= Music ||= Sports ||
 * = Fashion ||= My Life ||= Vacation ||
 * = Food ||= Mystery ||= Video Games ||