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Prompt: In Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless gives up many of his possessions in pursuit of freedom and meaningful experiences. If you had to simplify your life and keep only a few important possessions, what would you keep and why? What would be hardest to leave behind?

  Prompt: In  Into the Wild , Christopher McCandless gives up many of his possessions in pursuit of freedom and meaningful experiences. If you had to simplify your life and keep only a few important possessions, what would you keep and why? What would be hardest to leave behind? The important possessions that I would keep would be like my blanket, my car, my dogs, my apple products like my airpods, phone, macbook, and apple watch, and money and my bed. And the hardest thing to give up would probably have to be like all my excessive clothes and like all the things I have in my room. But if I had to choose something from the list I would say my bed. I love my bed very much and I would not want to give that up.  Summary- Today we read the first chapter of the book and then answered 10 questions about the chapter.  Reflection- learning never to go on a hike and be irresponsible like the man in the book was. 
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Prompt: People sometimes feel the need to step away from their normal routines or environments in order to better understand themselves. Describe a time when you needed distance from a situation, place, or group of people in order to think more clearly or gain perspective. What did that experience teach you about yourself?

Prompt: People sometimes feel the need to step away from their normal routines or environments in order to better understand themselves. Describe a time when you needed distance from a situation, place, or group of people in order to think more clearly or gain perspective. What did that experience teach you about yourself? In middle school there would be so much drama between friend groups. It was always something new everyday and it just got tiring being apart of. Like mostly in 7th grade is when it would happen. So eventually I took a break from that friend group and their drama. It taught me that I didn't really like them as people even though I liked them as friends. They were very unfriendly and only cared about themselves. It taught me that I wanted to be friends with kind people who wanted to help others and really cared about their friendship with me. It also gave me perspectives that I had not seen when I was friends with them like the whole world should not revolve around...
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Prompt: Today you worked on creating your Vocabulary Digital Cards in Adobe Express. In one well-developed paragraph, reflect on the assignment by explaining which vocabulary word was easiest for you to understand, which word was most challenging, and how creating your own sentence and selecting an image helped strengthen your understanding of the vocabulary. Use specific examples from your work.

  Prompt:  Today you worked on creating your  Vocabulary Digital Cards  in Adobe Express. In one well-developed paragraph, reflect on the assignment by explaining which vocabulary word was easiest for you to understand, which word was most challenging, and how creating your own sentence and selecting an image helped strengthen your understanding of the vocabulary. Use specific examples from your work.   The vocab word that was the easiest to understand was benign because i've seen that word before and I know how its used. The most challenging word for me is probably pervasive because I had trouble understanding how to use it and what it meant. Creating a sentence helped me to really understand how to use the word in the real world. And it helped give context to when I should use the word. The sentences that I thought of were helping me think of different scenarios that the word should be thought of in. The photo helps with visually understanding what it is....
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Prompt: After viewing your classmates’ digital posters and reading the feedback comments left on your work, what new ideas or perspectives did you gain about your poster? Reflect on how the feedback influenced the way you think about your creative choices and describe what you learned about the creative process while designing and presenting your poster.

  Prompt: After viewing your classmates’ digital posters and reading the feedback comments left on your work, what new ideas or perspectives did you gain about your poster? Reflect on how the feedback influenced the way you think about your creative choices and describe what you learned about the creative process while designing and presenting your poster. Many people commented on how neat my presentation was which I really appreciated because I spent a lot of time making sure it looked nice to the eye. I made sure to use good pictures and nice colors to complement my poster. So I know that the time I spend making my poster look nice is not for nothing and I appreciated. I worked very hard to find the perfect pictures for my poster so it would look very in sync and  not ugly. I made sure that all my boxes were the same format and used the same font and everything. I had to organize the boxes so that they were all the same length and all in line with each other.  Summary- ...
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Prompt: Reflect on the simile and metaphor worksheet. Which topic challenged you the most when creating your figurative language, and why? In your response, explain what made that topic difficult and how you worked through the challenge (or what you might do differently next time).

  Prompt: Reflect on the simile and metaphor worksheet. Which topic challenged you the most when creating your figurative language, and why? In your response, explain what made that topic difficult and how you worked through the challenge (or what you might do differently next time). The topic that challenged me the most would be the "being told you will not succeed" and I feel like no one has ever really told me that before, so it hard to really relate to it a lot. It was the last one I came up with and it was tough. And if I had to choose another to pick I would say the pressure to succeed because my parents are not really strict about that. I feel like I am the one wanted to succeed and I am pushing myself to be better, especially academically.  Summary- Today we worked on our posters for our metaphors and similes, which was fun.  Reflection- I learned about how I can use pictures to really represent what I was to portray. 
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Prompt: Today you created similes and metaphors that reflect your struggles, growth, and resilience. In a well-developed paragraph, reflect on the process. What did you learn about yourself while writing your figurative language?

  Prompt:   Today you created similes and metaphors that reflect your struggles, growth, and resilience. In a well-developed paragraph, reflect on the process. What did you learn about yourself while writing your figurative language? I have only done a couple, but I realized how if I really related to what the prompt was, it was easy for me to think of the time, but it would become overwhelming and I didn't know how to put it into words. I liked how the prompts were pretty deep topics that almost everyone could relate to. I tried to use symbolism for some of my metaphors. I like how they were personal and they can easily put into words the different harsh experiences that people have gone through. I like how its easy to express emotion through .  Summary- We went over similes and metaphors in a poem. Reflection- Using our own experiences and putting them into metaphors and similes. 
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Describe how you spent your time, any activities, traditions, travel, hobbies, or moments that stood out to you. You may also discuss something new you tried, something you learned, or how the break helped you reset before returning to school. Keep your response appropriate for a school setting and focus on experiences you are comfortable sharing publicly

  Describe how you spent your time, any activities, traditions, travel, hobbies, or moments that stood out to you. You may also discuss something new you tried, something you learned, or how the break helped you reset before returning to school. Keep your response appropriate for a school setting and focus on experiences you are comfortable sharing publicly. During this school break me and my family went to Disney World for 2 days. It was very fun, we got to ride on many roller coasters and try some good food. The lines were very long, so we had to wait a while for them, but they were still very fun. I enjoyed the food we had there too. And on the way back from Disney we swam with manetees. The water was pretty cold, but it was cool to see the animals in person. On Wednesday, I got concert tickets to a concert i have been really wanting to go to. I am so happy that I get to see Tame Impala in person. I also took a practice SAT and did not do good. And I found a prom dress, which wa...
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