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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:  In the middle of my 8th grade year my mental state deteriorated so much that I had to drop out of my middle school and join a more private learning system for the second system. It taught me that I couldn't survive in certain situations around people that didn't care about me. Summary: We read the second chapter of Into the Wild and answered questions Reflection:  I learned more about Chris McCandles and his Alaskan journey

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:  No i believe that he didn't understand the risks he was taking and he didn't properly prepare for the journey into the Alaskan wilderness because despite being warned that he wasn't prepared he still stubbornly went ahead and got himself killed. Summary: we read the first chapter of Into the Wild about the death of Christopher McCandless Reflection:  I learned more about the final months of Chris McCandless's life

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 easiest word for me to understand was provocative as its a word I use in my day to day life quite often and the word i found most troubling was recrimination just because it was difficult for me to understand certain antonyms and visuals for such a specific word. Summary: we created vocab cards for our new vocabulary  Reflection:  I learned more about new vocab words