Activities: · Students can start their own diary/journal · When reading novels, have students choose a character and write a journal entry from that character’s perspective · Have students create journal entries they can share with the rest of the class – good for the beginning of the year · Have students create journal entries that are private · Post entries around the class · Introduce a journal entry every week that relates back to the unit/lesson
Text Examples:
Fiction: A Diary of a Teenage Girl – Pheobe Gloeckner
13 Reasons Why – Jay Asher
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keys
The Perks of being a Wallflower
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Non-fiction:
The Journals of Sylvia Plath
The Diary of Anne Frank
Franz Kafka’s Diaries
What is Penzu?
Penzu is an online diary and personal journaling service that focuses specifically on privacy. That means that your entries are private by default and aren’t visible by anyone else unless you decide to share them.
Why is Penzu so great? While most journaling and blogging services focus on the public journal or diary, Penzu is all about privacy and sharing your entries only if you want to. It is extremely intuitive and easy to use, and adds a layer of security not offered by most competing services.
· Students can start their own diary/journal
· When reading novels, have students choose a character and write a journal entry from that character’s perspective
· Have students create journal entries they can share with the rest of the class – good for the beginning of the year
· Have students create journal entries that are private
· Post entries around the class
· Introduce a journal entry every week that relates back to the unit/lesson
Text Examples:
Fiction:
A Diary of a Teenage Girl – Pheobe Gloeckner
13 Reasons Why – Jay Asher
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keys
The Perks of being a Wallflower
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Non-fiction:
The Journals of Sylvia Plath
The Diary of Anne Frank
Franz Kafka’s Diaries
Create Your Own Online Journal at Penzu!
https://penzu.com/
What is Penzu?
Penzu is an online diary and personal journaling service that focuses specifically on privacy. That means that your entries are private by default and aren’t visible by anyone else unless you decide to share them.
Why is Penzu so great?
While most journaling and blogging services focus on the public journal or diary, Penzu is all about privacy and sharing your entries only if you want to. It is extremely intuitive and easy to use, and adds a layer of security not offered by most competing services.