You will never run out of writing topics when you have "Journal Jumpstarts" at your fingertips. This compact, easy-to-use book has over 400 ideas for writing, plus the most practical tips you will ever find on the subject of journal writing in the classroom. You will appreciate author Patricia Woodward"s sensible suggestions on how to handle the large amount of paperwork that comes with journals and how to handle sensitive situations that come up when students write about themselves. Best of all, the topics in "Journal Jumpstarts" are student-friendly. They appeal to young people and help them think and write--about a wide variety of subjects and ideas.