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Writing is a process, and the first draft is rarely perfect. Strong writers improve their work through revision. After reviewing and revising your literary argument paragraph, what changes did you make to strengthen your writing?

 prompt: most of my changes were regarding the details of my explanation and evidence. In my paragraph I had the evidence that I wanted to use but I had to work on using the proper details and analysis to explain the evidence. That's what most of my revisions are centered around, as well as just being generally more concise and clear. summary: worked on revisions reflection: learned how to apply clear commentary to evidence in writing
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Today we discussed why academic writing must reflect your own thinking and understanding rather than relying on artificial intelligence to generate your ideas. After learning about the expectations for authentic writing, reflect on why it is important for students to write essays in their own words.

 prompt: Writing in your own words is important specifically in a classroom setting because it allows the teacher to see where you stand. Once you submit a piece of writing that's in your own words, the teacher can properly assess what your level is in writing, and teach you the things you need to work on. If you submit an essay that is clearly more advanced than your capabilities, it can cause a lack of trust, and the teacher won't know how you actually perform, which conflicts with whether you'll progress to your next level.  summary: watched a report  on a.i usage in schools and how it affects students and teachers reflection: learned the effects of a.i on school a curriculum 
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Today we focused on constructing a strong literary argument paragraph about Wild and whether discomfort is necessary for meaningful personal growth. After working through the claim-evidence-analysis structure, explain which part of the paragraph was most challenging for you and why. Do you find it more difficult to create an arguable claim or to move beyond summary in your analysis?

 prompt: The most challenging part for me is figuring out how to effectively explain evidence once you have it. It’s easy to over explain or even underexplain at times so finding out what’s the most concise way to give reason to your evidence can be challenging.  summary: brainstorming and writing body paragraph to the prompt given reflection: practiced writing methods
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Reflect on your experiences with essay writing. What aspects of writing essays do you find most engaging or challenging? Discuss your personal strengths as a writer as well as specific areas where you experience difficulty or would like to improve. Support your reflection with clear examples from your own writing experiences.

 prompt: I have written many essays through middle and high school and the general formatting and structure of an essay comes naturally to me by this point. The most challenging part of writing is likely finding the right language to convey the idea I have. Sometimes I know how I want to answer a prompt but I don't exactly know how to articulate in a way that makes sense, and it can take me a while of scrolling through thesaurus.com. I could also improve on being concise, sometimes I find myself writing too much and having repetitive or redundant sentences, and my writing would be stronger if I had a clearer way of conveying the idea. An example would be in my college essay; The word count limit is somewhere around 650 words and I found myself struggling to convey my ideas in such a short essay. summary: went over planning and analysis for writing claims about chapter 16 of wild reflection: learned how to articulate claims about a passage
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fter 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: A lot of people commented on the visual aspect of the poster. I think it's important that your poster is visually appealing and organized in order for people to be interested and stay interested in your ideas. Organization and interesting visuals help your ideas come to life, which is what I learned.  summary: went over everyone else's posters and commented on what we liked/observed reflection: learned how to give and analyze feedback
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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: For me the most difficult prompt for figurative language was the "Negative labels" part. It was hard to think of things that people have said about me since I haven't really ever been directly told something negative. As well as that, it's harder to turn something negative into a metaphor that makes sense. It might be easier for someone creative but it's not easy for me to think of things without planning it out and such. I thought in a broader scheme of things to make it easier.  summary: Worked on poster for 12 figurative language sentence reflection: learned how to turn similes and metaphors into a graphic 
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2/24 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 creating these similes and metaphors I was forced to reflect on how others perceive me and how I perceive myself. I started to think about defining moments in my life and how it changed me, as well as focusing on what others tell me regarding big parts of my identity. It was challenging to not be biased in thinking about how I'm perceived. It was also challenging to take very straight-forward, literal parts of my life and turn it into creative sentences.  summary: created similes and metaphors that reflect parts of myself reflection: learned to apply creativity to my thought process
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