Grade 3 · Writing · Lesson 32

Keep a Personal or Travel Journal

Some of the most famous explorers, scientists, and adventurers in history kept journals. Lewis and Clark wrote about rivers and mountains nobody had mapped. Anne Frank wrote about her thoughts and feelings during one of the most difficult periods in history. A journal is simply a record of your life — and you don't need to be a famous explorer to keep one. Every day gives you something worth writing down.

What this lesson teaches

1Write a journal entry with four parts: Today, I Noticed, I Felt, and Tomorrow I Want To
2Use first person and past tense to record events that have already happened
3Describe one specific sensory detail in the I Noticed section
4Name a precise emotion word and explain why in the I Felt section
5Distinguish a personal journal from a travel journal and use the same four-part structure for either

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