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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: If I was to simplify my life down to the essential items not including food, clothing, water, etc. I would want to keep my cellphone, a guitar, a blank notepad. I would keep my phone incase anything went wrong, a guitar as something fun to do, and a notepad to draw and talk about my experiences. The hardest thing to leave behind would be my family and the people who care about me. Summary: Today we read chapter 4 and completed a writable assignment about quotes from this chapter. Reflection: I improved my skills of analyzing quotes and writing in first person.
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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: When I decided to quit the basketball team because it was wearing me out, the break from the constant pressure of coaches helped me have more fun. Having that distance taught me that I don’t have to follow a specific path just to fit in, and I’m actually much happier when I’m doing things for myself. Summary: Today we read our book and took notes Reflection: I learned how to understand the text in the book better.
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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: In Chapter 1, McCandless clearly underestimated Alaska. He ignored Jim Gallien’s warnings and entered the bush with minimal gear, no compass, and only a small bag of rice. His overconfidence suggests he viewed the wilderness as a personal challenge rather than a lethal environment that requires proper preparation. Summary: We read the book and talked about it. Reflection: I learned more about our book.
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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: Using Adobe Express to make these digital cards really helped me visualize our vocabulary words instead of just memorizing them. The word vivid  was the easiest to understand because I could easily match it with bright colors, but ambiguous  was way harder to show visually. By writing a sentence about a confusing movie and picking a foggy image, I finally understood how the word actually works in real life. Summary: Today we worked on vocab words Reflection: I learned many new vocabulary words
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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.

 Prompt: New perspectives or ideas that I gained from the comments on my poster and viewing other peoples poster is that color and creativity on peoples posters recived a lot of praise. On my poster I got praise for the color varity and other got praise for different colors or designs on their poster.  I learned that the creative process is not only about the content that you have in your poster but also how present that information. Summary: today we went over the posters we made in class on adobe express Reflection: I learned what was good about my poster
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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).

Prompt: When doing our simile and metaphor sheet the most difficult part was thinking of a simile or metaphor that matched the prompt for each one. It was difficult to find specific examples of what the prompt was asking. I overcame this by taking the provided prompt and making it a little bit more broad. This way I was still answering the question but I made it to where it could better fit what I was thinking. Summary: Today we worked on a poster using our simile and metaphor sheet. Reflection: I improved my skills on adobe express and making my own unique similes/ metaphors.
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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?

 Prompt: While writing my figurative language, I realized that it is actually pretty difficult to turn my own experiences into a metaphor or simile. I learned that I usually just think about my struggles in a straightforward way, so trying to find a creative comparison for my growth felt a bit forced at first. Summary: Today we wrote similes and metaphors about what we think about ourselves or what others think about us Reflection: I improved my skills of writing similes and metaphors.
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