Posts

Showing posts from February, 2026

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.

A lot of people liked my design, color, background, and style. Not much about actual information including similes and metaphors. The creative process took me through a journey of decision making, and a little bit of trial and error. Today we went through the gallery of all of our classmates' posters, and left comments about them. I liked looking through other people's posters!
Post a Comment
Read more

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).

 For me, the topic that challenged me the most was "Pressure to fit in". I've never really felt pressure to fit in before. I like being myself, and if I wanted to ever fit in, it was never for anything crazy. So it took my a while to come up with an idea for that box. I thought back to middle school in 6th grade, when style was starting to matter a little bit, and I just chose my example with the shoes. Today we created our online poster! On all the similes and metaphors we created on paper. I liked creating the poster. It was fun to find a template, transfer information, and have it all come together in the end.
Post a Comment
Read more

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?

Whatever topic I got, I had to remember a time when that situation occurred. Once I thought of one, I would pick either a simile or metaphor based on how it would flow with my situation. Then I would create one! I really liked reflecting on how my childhood was made. I had so many experiences that I forgot about but the topics made me remember those experiences. Today we made similes and metaphors that reflect my struggles, growth, and resilience. I went deep down a rabbit hole thinking of ideas and memories to create into similes and metaphors. I enjoyed it.
Post a Comment
Read more

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

Over the break, I went to Birmingham, AL, on a boys golf trip for 4 days. Every day we played a new course, and we ended up playing 100 holes. Which is 1.38 rounds of golf a day. I also spent time with friends, hanging out and making some good memories. Today we read a poem by Maya Angelou, and identified similes and metaphors in it. We also had to explain our interpretation on the similes/metaphors. I got better at analyzing poems, and identifying metaphors.
Post a Comment
Read more

Today, you learned how to complete a rhetorical analysis planning guide step by step, from identifying the rhetorical situation to analyzing devices and effects. Reflect on one step of the rhetorical analysis process that helped you understand the process more clearly. Explain what you learned during that step and how it improved your ability to analyze a speaker’s message.

One step that helped me better understand was the brainstorming step. I took my time and created ideas. I put it into topics, subtopics, and details. It helped a lot. It improved how I analyzed the speakers message by diving deep into what he could be meaning when he says some sort of rhetorical device. Today we read Barack Obama's speech and got our rhetorical analysis planning guide. I got a good plan for writing my essay.
Post a Comment
Read more

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.

I have improved drastically on the rhetorical analysis essay from start to finish. I went from knowing NOTHING, to being able to write a complete essay in a reasonable amount of time. I've learned how to start a intro paragraph, then onto body paragraphs, and just barely dabble on the conclusion paragraph. My confidence has gone up, now knowing I have a complete structure to go off of whenever i'm writing. I wasn't here today.
Post a Comment
Read more

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.

For me personally, I show love using a fishing rod, golf clubs, and a controller. I care for all of them. I take great care of my rod and clubs, and occasionally toss my controller across the room out of pure rage, BUT that doesn't mean I don't love it.  Today I wrote my rhetorical analysis essay because I wasn't here yesterday. I feel good about how it turned out.
Post a Comment
Read more

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day week, describe your idea of a perfect day spent with someone you care about (a friend, family member, or significant person in your life).

An idyllic day would be waking up at the crack of dawn for some golf with my dad and brother, after that we would grab lunch, head home and freshen up, then head out on the water and go fishing til sunset, playing tunes and eating good food. Then I would cap the day off watching some sort of sports game(s) with them. Today we started and worked on our personal rhetorical analysis guide. And we listened to Barack Obama's speech. I got better practice with identifying the prompt and rhetorical situation.
Post a Comment
Read more

What is the best piece of advice of that your parent or guardian has given you? Tell what the advice was and what prompted you to ask the question

The best advice I have gotten is from my mom. When I was in 5th grade about to go into middle school, I was very nervous, and didn't want to get bullied. My mom saw my nervousness and had a talk with me. She told me to just be myself. So I did. And nothing bad ever got in my way. So I think of that advice all the time. Today we went on writable and read a Langston Hughes poem titled "Mother to Son". We analyzed it, and answered questions about it. In honor of Black History Month. I liked reading the poem, and I fully understood the message it was conveying.
Post a Comment
Read more

What is the most challenging part of working in a group? Discuss a time when a group assignment did not go as well as you planned and how you learned from that experience.

Sometimes, some of my group mates don't agree with me on what to do. So to resolve it, we normally just ask for assistance from the teacher, or from another classmate/group. But if we're not allowed to do that, we do a trial and error with each to see which would be better. I remember making a roller coaster in 8th grade science, using foam and other smaller resources provided. I had an idea on how to make the coaster with the most speed, but one of group mates had another idea that he was certain about. So we tested both, and found a solution. Today we went on writable, and completed part of an assignment on rhetorical analysis. We also took notes on what is a rhetorical situation. Finally, we read and analyzed students' essays and graded them. I learned about rhetorical situations, and got experience on what a teacher does when grading.
Post a Comment
Read more

What is the most challenging part of writing an essay for you? Is it brainstorming, organizing ideas, writing a strong thesis, or something else? How do you plan to overcome this challenge?

For me I don't like trying to get everything I need into the way it's supposed to go. I don't like the format of an essay. Thesis/introduction, then a whole bunch of body paragraphs with evidence and reasoning, then conclusions. I don't like to think of all that when writing, I'm more of a write down everything at once kinda guy. I plan to plot out everything before I start writing, so I'll know where to include things when I need to include them. Today we finished up our practice body paragraph for the rhetorical analysis essay. I felt good completing the body paragraph, and think I did well on it. Hopefully can improve on it in the future.
Post a Comment
Read more

Describe a real moment in your life that felt like the beginning of a powerful story. Tell what happened, and why it felt like a turning point in your life?

When I went to Europe in the summer of 2024, I played golf for the 1st time. I didn't play well at all but I fell in love. The views over there, and the whole experience was so special that I wanted to continue back home. So that's what I did. It really was a turning point in my life, going away from my childhood sport of baseball, and transitioning to golf. Today we practiced writing half of our rhetorical analysis essay body paragraphs. I learned the format to writing a body paragraph.
Post a Comment
Read more