Grade1 students like reading weekend journals for their friends.
It is a great chance to practice public speaking in Japanese.
Listeners can ask some questions after listening to the journal.
They can learn how to ask questions in a polite way.
For example, they say "Sore wa oishikatta desuka?" not just "Sore oishikatta?"
They are learning when they can talk in casual and when they should talk in polite way.