Mrs. Wurtz hides a journal in the Writer's Corner for kids to find and write in during Center Time. Her only rules: 1. have fun 2. sign your name. When the kids find it, they are eager to write and their personalities really shine through their writing. Soon, however, mean comments are written and some nasty dialogue ensues to the point the kids are removing the journal from the classroom to hide it from others. As a class and through the journal writing, they resolve their issues and write in the way the teacher intended while honoring each other's personalities.
The format for this book is ...a journal exactly how the kids would have written it.
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