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Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1 | Chapter 2)

Objective

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This entire book is formatted in a journal style. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the importance of keeping a personal history and to examine some of the benefits that we reap from keeping a journal.

Lesson

1) Class Discussion: When the first students come into class, have them write about their personal opinion of journals. Do you keep a journal? Why or why not? Do you think journals are important? What kind of things do you write about in a personal journal? Allow some volunteers to read their ideas.

2) Class Discussion: Read aloud with the class the introduction to this book written by Herriot. Discuss this with the class. Why does he keep a journal of this nature? What kind of information does he get from a journal of this nature? Do you think this is a wise thing for him to...

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