Last year, I had each of my 8th grade students in Spanish 1 make an interactive journal for our class. The outcome was not as successful as I hoped and I believe this was because of all the different types of foldouts that are often required to make interactive journals. One thing I learned is that most children, even 8th graders, spend a lot of time cutting and pasting or end up making a mess, which leaves little to no time to actually learn the content. This time around, I set out on a missio