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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 Response: Of the vocabulary words we learned today, the one I found easiest to understand was bumpkin. This was the easiest one to understand because I hear people use the word often. The hardest word for me to understand was toady. This word was hardest for me to understand because it was a word I have not heard before. Creating sentences, the sentence I created for the word toady was "Caleb is a toady person towards people in power." I also used a person bowing to a king for my image to help me remember the meaning of the word. Summary: Completed Vocabulary Poster on Adobe Express. Reflection: I learned that the word toady means a person who flatters; sycophant. Knowing this will better increase my vocabulary as I progress throughout my academic career.
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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 Response: After viewing the digital posters of my peers and reading the comments they left on my own poster led me to gain a better perspective of the inner workings of their minds. Looking back on the comments that were left behind made me more resolute in the way of my thinking and the creative choices I used. I learned from the process of creating my poster that the creative process of designing and presenting a poster require a large attention to detail to make sure everything works well with one another. Summary: Viewed Personal digital simile and metaphor posters. Reflection: I learned that a person's choice of design reflects the person's view of themselves. Knowing this will better help me understand people as I progress through life.
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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 Response: The topic that challenged me the most on writing a simile or metaphor on was pressure to succeed. This topic challenged me the most because I found it difficult to put my feelings into word form. I worked through the challenge by having my peers listen to examples of metaphors and similes on the topic and giving their opinions about what I wrote. Summary: Worked on Personal Simile and Metaphor Poster. Reflection: I learned that writing metaphors about your personal life gives you insight on yourself. Knowing this will help me better understand myself as I progress through my life.
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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 Response: After creating my similes and metaphors I began thinking more about myself. The similes made me think of how I view myself. They showed me that I think about myself very little and how I think that I can't be anything less than perfect. The metaphors showed me how I think about the world around me. They showed me how I view the world as a place where being different equates to someone being wrong. These devices showed how I have grown from viewing the world as a perfect place to a more realistic view of all the things that are wrong in our society. Summary: Began creating similes and metaphors based on my experiences. Reflection: I learned that creating metaphors and similes over personal experiences make them easier for others to understand your thinking. Knowing this will better help me connect with my peers.
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Prompt: 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

 Prompt Response: Over the break I went to driving school to fulfill my 30 hour in class driving course required by Joshua's Law to obtain my drivers licence.  Summary: Completed worksheet over Maya Angelou's "I rise" Poem. Reflection: I learned that defining words within a metaphor make it easier to understand the meaning behind them. Knowing this will better help me connect with metaphors as I progress through my academic career.
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Prompt: If you had to describe how you show love using only three objects (for example: a playlist, a hoodie, a late-night snack, a long text message, etc.), what would you choose and why? Explain what each object represents and how it connects to your personality.

Prompt Response: I show love with food, messages and gifts. Each of these items represent how I love giving people who I cherish gifts that they enjoy like their favorite foods, items that they want but never buy or just a quick message to show I care about them. Summary: Completed Valentines Day poem. Reflection: I learned that when you write for someone you care about the words flow naturally. It shows that you truly care for that person and not what they can give you.
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Prompt: Now that you have completed the rhetorical analysis essay, reflect on your growth. Explain how this experience impacted your confidence as a writer and whether you feel prepared to continue analyzing complex speeches and texts in American Literature. Support your reflection with specific references to the writing process.

 Prompt Response: As I have completed the rhetoric analysis essay I feel like I was challenged as a writer and I lost a bit of confidence in myself. When it came to constructing my body paragraphs I found myself stuck trying to correctly write the things that I wanted to say. I feel like I am ready to continue analyzing complex speech's and text within American Literature but I know that I will be challenged when doing so. Summary: Completed rhetoric analysis essay over Barrack Obama's New Hampshire Speech. Reflection: I learned that analyzing rhetoric devices and strategies make it easier to organize your thoughts when constructing an essay. Knowing this will help my writing skills as I progress throughout my academic career.
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