Keeping a Journal

Over vacation, I assigned students the task of keeping of journal to document the sounds, tastes, colors, textures, dialogue, and people that surround them.

One of my students gave me a journal as a Christmas present. It is a bendable rectangular book with a pink snakeskin cover. I took the book with me to a farm I visited near Ilheus.

Every day, I took around 10 minutes to jot down notes and record the daily events. I loved the way the book felt in my hand while I wrote.

I even drew pictures of people I found to be interesting and added adjectives to describe them. I will use my journal to help me write a book in the future. Keeping a journal has helped me remember and document all of the incredible moments I have experienced during my vacation. It has also been a way for me to relax, draw, create, and simply enjoy life. I can only imagine how wonderful it will be to read this journal in 20 years from now and realize what an amazing vacation I had swimming the in the river, climbing trees, and eating bananas! I am also looking forward to reading my students' journals!