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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 Response:   If I had to simplify my life and keep only a few important possessions I'd probably take a break from working until after high school. I realistically wouldn't want to give this up due to the experiences and gain I get out of it. It's one of the reasons I can have fun with friends, drive, and spoil myself musically. This question is extremely hard and I honestly wouldn't give up anything I have going on right now.  If I had to simplify my life and keep only a few important possessions this is what I'd leave behind.  Summary: I learned about new information from Chapter 4.  Reflection:  I worked on the Writable assignment about Chapter 4. 
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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 Response:  A  time when I needed to distance myself from a situation, place, or group of people in order to think more clearly or gain perspective was at work. It was a very busy Friday night and I work in the kitchen running food. I was overloaded with a large amount of tickets and it was very overstimulating. On top of that, servers kept messing up various things. In order to calm myself I had to take a step outside and cool down. What I learned from that is if you're in a difficult situation, get frustrated, take a breather and come back with a fresh mind.  Summary: I learned about what's going on in chapter 2-3.  Reflection:  I worked on reading chapters 2-3 and worked on the worksheet. 
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Prompt: After reading Chapter 1 of Into the Wild, consider your first impression of Christopher McCandless. Based solely on the events and details presented in this opening chapter, do you believe McCandless truly understood the risks he was taking when he entered the Alaskan wilderness? Why or why not?

  Prompt Response:  My  first impression of Christopher McCandless is mainly curiosity. Based solely on the events and details presented in this opening chapter, I believe that he isn't really sure what he's doing and winging it. I believe this due to the conversations he endured with the truck driver. He didn't know much on the route he was taking, food situation, etc. This was my first impression of Christopher McCandless.    Summary: I learned about Christopher McCandless and the start of his long journey.  Reflection:  I worked on reading Chapter 1 of Into the Wild. 
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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:  The assignment we did today on vocabulary section 9 was very interesting. I didn't understand most of the words but the one I knew automatically was "bumpkin." The hardest word to understand was "soporific." Picking images and different  scenarios definitely helped me start to understand the different meanings of this vocabulary. This is what we did in the assignment today on vocabulary section 9.  Summary: I learned about the new vocabulary in section 9.  Reflection:   I worked on creating my Vocabulary Digital Cards in Adobe Express. 
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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:  The new ideas or perspectives I gained from my poster were very positive. I got a lot of good compliments on the creative design, the personal Metaphors/Similes I used, and how I laid out everything. This was overall a very fun project to make and I would be fine with doing it again. These were the new ideas or perspectives I gained from my poster.  Summary:  I learned about all of my other classmates perspectives from their posters.  Reflection:  We worked on giving comments to our classmates posters. 
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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 when creating my figurative language was "Pressure to Fit In." I really had to think hard about this topic and be truthful with myself on how I feel in society. It's difficult to be yourself In this day in age with the amount of negativity that goes around. I then realized how the world is like a mask that most people won't fit in and refused to wear. This is the topic that challenged me the most when creating my figurative language.  Summary: I learned more about myself while working on this project.  Reflection:  We worked on the Rising in My Own Words project. 
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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:   What I learned about myself while writing my figurative language was the amount of similarity and difference I have with people. All people are different in some way and that's totally fine. Sometimes you'll get phrased for it, judged, or nothing. It really makes you think a different way and humbles you. This is what I learned about myself while writing my figurative language.  Summary: I learned about the requirements on our Digital Poster today.  Reflection:  We worked on the Digital Poster (Rising in My Own Words).
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