I had also read that The Boxcar Children series is still very popular among kids despite having started in the 1940s.As the book was first published 70 years ago, I was expecting it to be somewhat old-fashioned and sexist. To some degree this is true.
Then I ask the. students to write informally about their names. This 'journal writing, which is always the first step in preparation for an essay, gives the. students the freedom to record their immediate thoughts and feelings.
Journal entries are a form of reflective writing, in that you can use them to consider and respond to something you have read or learned. However, journal entries should not merely summarize what you have read, nor should they focus only on your feelings.