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Building the Habit o Journal writing is strength trainingfor the mind. Maureen OLeary Wanket very yeai in the first week academic, political, and emotional of my English class, some lives. They buiid skills so that some day students inform me that they might write a great novel, a piece writing is loo hard. They of sorely needed legislation, or the Enever write, unless an perfect love letter. Every day that they assignment requires it. They find the write in their j ournals puts them a step writing process painful and difficult. closer to fluency, eloquence, and How awful to be abte to speak in a command of language. language but not to write in it —espe- Journal writing connects students cially English, with its rich and enor- with their emotional selves and core mous vocabulary. Being able to speak values. Through writing, students but not write is hke living in a mansion become aware of the relevance of their and never leaving one small room. belief systems. Through writing, they When I meet students who think they begin a healthy habit of reflecting on cant write, I know 1 have a mission to moral values as they consider problems show them the rest of the rooms. My and issues that come up in their task is to build fluency while providing studies and in their daily hves. 1 have the opportunity inherent in any found that students want to discuss writing activity to boost the moral and topics that touch on important moral emotional development of my students. questions. One great way to do this is by ha\ing