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rompt: 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?

 If I had to keep only a few possessions I would like to keep money, food, water, and my cellphone. The possessions that would be hardest to leave behind would be pictures of my family. It would also be hard to leave behind my family itself. This would be a hard decision. If I had to make this decision it would be hard but I would definitely have to bring money, food, and water with me to survive.
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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?

 I had to distance myself from an environment where I was getting bullied and people were fighting. I felt good that I can disengage from the situation and It made me feel better that I was not hearing hurtful comments after disengaging. I learned that disengaging when a situation is stressful helps regulate my emotions.  In short, disengaging is helpful.
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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?

 In class today we learned about dangers while thru-hiking such as bears, spiders, rattlesnakes and more. We also learned 10 essential things you will need to embark on a thru hike is clothes, medicine, food, phone, water, footwear, backpack, tent, lighter, hygiene supplies, sleeping bag, first aid kit, flashlight, lighter. I also learned about Christopher McCandless who donated 24,000 dollars of savings to charity and went to Alaska and cut of all family contact, he was found dead in Alaska after trying to live alone in the wilderness.
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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.

 The word most easiest to understand was benign as it means beneficial and favorable which was pretty straightforward. The word hardest to understand was pervasive as the vocabulary meaning was present throughout which was confusing for me and how to make a picture of that was confusing. Create my own sentence and picture helped strengthen my understanding of vocabulary by showing me how the meaning is visualized and how to use it in a sentence makes me understand what the context of the meaning is  shows the true meaning of the word. For example, I used the sentence I told my teacher I was stuck in traffic to corroborate my excuse for being late to school. My picture was a person talking to a judge. This shows the meanings of the vocabulary by using an image and a sentence to deepen the understanding and to go in depth of the meaning of the word.
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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.

 February 27th After viewing my classmates poster and reading the feedback on my poster, I gained the perspective that my poster  is neat and has multiple images for each figurative language sentence. I also learned my poster is very direct, the font is very clear, and I chose good images. The feedback influenced me to think the creative choices I made are good. I also learned that the creative process is important to make a good poster and takes time.
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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)

I did the simile and metaphor worksheet, the topic that challenged the most was mental or emotional struggles because I did not have any.
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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 created similes and  metaphors about my life. I had to make 6 similes. I also had to make 6 metaphors. I worked on my assignment and completed my similes and metaphors. Examples are I am a goose who does not fit in with the ducks and I am as strong as a lion. I learned I am strong when using figurative language about myself.
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