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.
While there are other theories on the writing process, the cognitive school of thought is perhaps the most effective for aiding the actual practice of writing. The cognitive theory maintains that writing does in fact happen in steps, but they aren't necessarily followed in the same order as in the stage model.