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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 Response:  A time I had to distance myself from a group is when i noticed they were a bad influence on me. The group didn't have my best interest when it came to my future. That experience taught me that everyone isn't going to be a good friend to me.  Summary: Today in class we read chapters 2 & 3  Reflection:  Why did McCandles die so early in the book. 

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:     In Chapter 1 of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Christopher McCandless comes across as confident and determined. He believes he is ready for the Alaskan wilderness and wants to prove he can survive on his own.  However, based on this chapter alone, it seems like he did not fully understand the risks. He had limited supplies and little experience, which suggests he may have underestimated how dangerous Alaska truly was. Summary: today in class we read a new book titled Into the wild  Reflection:  I wanna know why he decided to go on the trail. 

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 vocabulary word that was the easiest to understand was bumpkin and the most challenging word was recrimination. and creating my own sentence helped strengthen my understanding of the vocab because it made the word easier to understand and learn ways to use it in any sentence.  Summary: Today in class we did vocabulary  Reflection:  today in class i learned new vocabulary words