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.
Poetry is a special kind of writing that uses the sound and rhythm of words to tell a story and to make the reader feel a certain way. These feelings are created through setting, mood, and tone. Setting is the time and place a story or poem takes place in. Mood and tone have to do with how the poem makes you feel.