Test 1

Prompt: The comments that were made on my post helped me to realize that pictures and designs bring a poster all together. I had multiple comments about my well designed poster and perfectly picked pictures. I carefully designed my poster in order for it to be well organized and easy to read. this made it where people are focused more on the metaphors and similes rather than if my poster is messy and boring looking. I also spent time choosing specific pictures for each device, to help explain the moral meaning of each metaphor or simile. This makes it where my classmates are able to gain a better understanding on my devices if it confused them at all. Summary: Today in class we commented positive feedback on our classmates posters. Reflection: This made me realize that I relate to more of my classmates than I thought.

Prompt Response:  the most difficult part on the simile and metaphor work sheet would be creating my metaphors. I always thought metaphors were easy to make but I was wrong. Having to create 6 different ones about myself was a challenge. I had to relate real-world things I have experienced and compare it to something completely random. Next time I'm going to work on making my comparisons more specific. For example I'm going to not just compare myself to a dog but instead I would name a specific type of dog that relates more to the meaning of the metaphor. Summary: In class today we created a poster based on our simile and metaphor worksheet. Reflection:  This helped me strengthen my skills on created metaphors.

Prompt Response:  Over the break I went to Coco Beach with 3 of my friends. It was so much fun and I miss it so much, the beach is my favorite place. It got me so excited for spring break and summer. When I got back in town I celebrated my birthday with all my friends, shopping and getting dinner with my family. To soak in every moment of the break Sunday night I went with my friends to get Menchies frozen yogurt. This made me excited to see all my friends at school but sad I actually had to go to school. But there's much to look forward to with prom and spring break. Summary: In class today we read a poem and identified it's similes and metaphors. Reflection:  This helped me practice identifying metaphors because sometimes they can be difficult.

Prompt Response:  The way I show love is through debreifs, gifts, and clothes. Debriefing aka deep talks, I open up to people I trust and love and letting them know I trust them. This helps form deeper connections. Gifts, I love gift giving, it lets my loved ones know I'm thinking about them and want to make them happy, which makes me happy. Clothes, I always offer up and share my clothes to anyone who needs it when I know someone doesn't have something to wear. I do this to let my friends know that I care for them and want them to look their best so they feel their best. These are random things but they  Summary: In class completed the rest of my essay and wrote a Valentine's day poem for my mom. Reflection:  I was able to give my mom the poem on Valentine's day.

Prompt Response:  Writing the rhetorical analysis essay allowed me to strengthen my writing skills. It prepared me for future essays specifically my college essay. It allowed me to practice applying rhetorical devices to themes and include them in my essays making them more interesting. This also prepared me for other AP classes tests where I will need to write an essay in a specific amount of time, which was what we did in class. Summary: We wrote our rhetorical analysis essay. Reflection:  This allowed me to work under pressure and strengthen my writing skills.

Prompt Response:  The step that helped me understand the rhetorical analysis process the best was identifying the rhetorical devices throughout the reading. This helped me to be able to plan out my essay. Doing this helped me prepare more for my essay and allowed me to strengthen my skill of identifying rhetorical devices. This also let me create a strong thesis which is the backbone of an essay. Summary: In class we completed our rhetorical analysis planing guide. Reflection:  This helped prepare me for the rhetorical analysis essay.

Prompt Response:  My ideal perfect day would be a day spent with my best friends. We would all wake up to pancakes and bacon eating it on the porch of my friend's lake house. We would spend the day tanning, tubing, jet skiing, etc. We would eat hamburgers on the doc, blasting country music without our phones and just talk. We would end the night with a crab boil and then go for a night swim, drive around, play music and watch horror movies. Luckily iv'e actually lived this day, and it was the best day ever. I can't wait for summer to be able to relive this memory. Summary: In class today we reviewed one of Obama's speeches and looked for rhetorical devices, preparing for our Rhetorical analysis essay or Wednesday. Reflection:  This activity helped me prepare for my essay on Wednesday

Prompt Response:  One time I was having issues with my friends leaving me out and I was pretty upset about it. My mom then told me to think about how those people treat me and that if they wanted me there they would go out of their way to invite me. She then went on to say that even if they're funny, nice, and kind occasionally, when I see them, doesn't make them my friends. If people can't go out of their way for you then you shouldn't go out of your way to think about them. This really helped me and made me realize that some people are just not ment to be in my life and that some friends really are temporary weather I want them to be or not. Summary: In class today we went through the lines of our new poem and discussed what they all meant. Reflection:  This helped me work on understanding the deeper meaning sin poems.

Prompt Response:  The most challenging part about being in a group project is when your classmates can't take the project seriously. I'm currently doing a physics project and my classmates I'm working on the project with are refusing to do work. They think that since I'm taking lead on the assignment that I will do it for them. My classmates even after I've talked to them about contributing more, they continue to take it as a joke. Luckily the project is almost completed but it is still unfair that I will get the same grade as my classmates even though they didn't contribute. Summary: In class today we took notes, did a writable assignment, and then we graded 3 different essays. Reflection:  This helped me to know what my essay needs to include and have to get a good grade.

Prompt Response:  The hardest step of writing an essay for me is having my commentary connect to my thesis. Typically, whenever I have my evidence, I will get off track and forget that everything must lead back to my thesis. Also, creating a strong thesis can be a struggle, because it's the first step, and I have a hard time getting started on things.  Summary: Today in class, we completed the rest of our paragraph on writable. Reflection:  This activity helped me to learn how to write a rhetorical analysis.

Prompt Response:  A moment in my life that felt like the begining of a powerful story was my first misison trip. Every summer my church takes a group of teens on a misison trip, my first mission trip was at the borde rof Texas. I had no phone, no tv just service work. Which may sound of a nightmare to some but it ended up being one of the best weeks of my life. This trip made me relize what I was born to do, every year since I have continued to go on a misison trip it's gotten better and better. I build stronger connections with my friends, God and myself every trip. Summary: In class today, we took notes and started a rhetorical analysis paragraph on MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. Reflection:  Doing the claim, evidence, and commentary practice helped me understand how to write a rhetorical analysis better.