Reading Assignment: A Sampling of Journaling Styles pp. 37-62

Keeping A Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You

Leslie, Clare Walker & Roth, Charles E. (2003)

Reflections Outline:

-How to Journal

-Styles: (the are named differently in the text however the titles given are my annotation while reading)

Far & Near,

Guidebook,

Concrete Because Attention,

Observation from Here --Anywhere,

Teaching, Set a Date/Time,

Sir Lewis & Clark,

Find Yourself,

Science Class,

Memory Revisited,

Taking a Trip,

Working Together,

Involving Little Kids,

Better Than a Photo,

On-a-Run,

Memory of Holidays,

Focusing One's Mind,

Healing,

Reflection,

Artsy,

Du-Map,

Collage

-Thoughts:

Observe your world

Observations and Notation = Creation/Creativity

Journaling is thought provoking

Journaling has the meaning "daily or Everyday"

Connects with nature units knowledge and growth

Quick words or drawn sketches lead to finished products

One must fully sense to truly know

Smearing is a sense of touch: texture, smell, taste

Don't limit yourself to drawings and looking --Forage the present

Close attention leads to concrete knowledge

Windows lead to nature and adeptness happen with time

Best way to know is to spend time

Discover where we have come from by journaling nature

Evolution of man downward slid is perceived in knowing nature

Bigger connections to life are conveyed utterance of life

Look for: patterns, symbiosis, workings, connection

Take time to reflect, grow, and observe

Enjoy Now

Introspection

Meditate and pray cause health

Note something good each day!

-Audio Reaction: Link

Revisit the styles in the text for classroom use.