Students identify day, date, holiday of the month, and weather. The teacher has written a prompt for journal topic on the board. Each day, a different student is author for the completion of the prompt. The teacher records the story on the board.
All students copy the story in their own journals.
After all students have had a turn using the prompt for a story, the stories are typed and put in a book for all the children to read and re-read. Prompts are chosen to enhance material being studied in the class. All journal entries include day, date, holidays, weather and season. Jarod Once upon a time a leprechaun granted me three wishes. I finally decided.