Maria elena elena Castillo has created the project "Our Own Crush Journal" in Class2Class.org

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Our Own Crush Journal

What is this project about?

Student teams design and illustrate a complete mini journal with cinema-inspired pages, prompts, and comic panels, then test it with the partner class and revise it based on their feedback. The final journal is shared as a class-to-class booklet.

Age of Students: 9-12 years
Project Duration: 3 weeks
Starting Month: November 2026

This project promotes and protects these children's rights

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to identify the key feelings and changes that come with growing up, and describe them in their own journal entries.

Remember / Understand

Students will be able to use movie-style page layouts, prompts, and comic panels to organize journal content for their partner class.

Apply

Students will be able to compare their journal ideas with those from the partner class, distinguishing which prompts feel fun, respectful, and age-appropriate.

Analyze

Students will be able to evaluate partner class feedback on their journal prototype, judging whether it is kind, funny, and clear for young readers.

Evaluate

Students will be able to design and illustrate a revised cinema-inspired crush journal that combines team ideas and international feedback into a shared class booklet.

Create

Skills to develop

Creativity & Innovation

Emotional Intelligence

Collaboration & Teamwork

Project Activities

Kick-off: Lights, Camera, Crush Journal

Students introduce themselves to the partner class and look at a few movie-style journal pages together. They talk about the feelings and changes that come with growing up, in a fun and respectful way.

Duration: 45 minutes

Design and Draft the Journal Pages

Student teams plan and draw their own journal pages with cinema-style layouts, comic panels, and funny prompts about feelings. They decide together what each page should ask the reader to write, keeping every prompt kind and age-appropriate.

Duration: 120 minutes

Compare Ideas and Test the Prototype with the Partner Class

Teams compare their prompts with the partner class and sort them into fun, respectful, and age-appropriate ideas. They then share their prototype, collect kind and clear feedback, and use it to revise the pages.

Duration: 105 minutes

Final Booklet and Class-to-Class Sharing

Teams illustrate the revised journal pages and combine them into one shared class booklet. Each class presents the booklet, shares what they learned about feelings and growing up, and reflects on the experience.

Duration: 90 minutes

Write Prompts for All 12 Journal Pages

Student teams write one fun, respectful prompt for each of the 12 pages, checking that every prompt helps readers think about growing up and their feelings. Teams then swap prompts with the partner class to see which ones feel clear and age-appropriate.

Duration: 90 minutes