Neko's English Blog

  Prompt: Write about a time when you realized that your perception of a particular food was based on a stereotype. Explain what the food was, what you originally believed about it, and where that belief came from. Then describe how your perspective changed after experiencing or learning more about the food. Be sure to include specific details about the moment your thinking shifted and what you learned from that experience. Prompt Response:   probly that I dont like food I never had form different cultures. Like not branching out of my confort zone. I used to be very plain in the food I liked. I branched out and started eating more and more. A detail is me actually enjoying most cultures food Summary: not eating plain anymore Reflection:   we did the project

  Prompt: How does the New Orleans episode of  Street Food: USA  show that food represents more than just something people eat? Explain how at least one food from the episode reflects culture, identity, or community. Prompt Response:  I would have to say the PO boy's. It shows the history of new Orleans alot and the history of it being a port town. Also shows the history of the poor workers that had to work the ports. The sandwich was made for them because it was cheap and was a mix of everything you could mix PO mean poor boy. Summary: PO boys are cool and very intresting Reflection:   we watched a vid on new Orleans 

  Prompt: Today, we continued our discussion about culture and food. What is one dish from your culture that is a must-have as a representation of your culture? Identify the dish and explain what it is and why it is significant. Prompt Response:   I would have to say italian lasagna. For me its importanted because my grandma made it for me as a child. Its a really good meal when made right its important for Italy because of its history Summary:  italian lasagna  Reflection:  we worked on project

  Prompt:  Food is often tied to memory and emotion. Describe a meaningful memory connected to a meal or dish. Analyze how that experience shaped your understanding of family, culture, or belonging. Prompt Response:   spaghetti or lasagna because my whole family knows it and how to make it well. My grandparents have taught it my parents know it it goes back on and on and on. Shaped my understanding by showing me how big our family is. Shows belonging because we all know it Summary:  spaghetti or lasagna Reflection:  we did essay

  Prompt: How did the writing process (brainstorming, drafting, revising, proofreading, and finalizing) shape the strength of the final essay, and what was learned about your personal strengths and areas for growth as a writer? Prompt Response:   All of those steps helped me majorly in my essay. Drafting let me see my flaws and revising helped me fix them. My personal strengths are being able to write body paragraphs super well and fast and having good evidence and structure in them. I need growth in my opening every part of it I was able to write everything else before I fixed the opening. Summary: all of the steps helped Reflection:  we wrote the essay

  Prompt: Why is drafting an essential step in the writing process rather than going straight to a final version? Use your own experience from this essay to explain how drafting improved (or revealed weaknesses in) your thinking. Prompt Response:   so you can see your issues and flaws in the draft. From my experience from this latest essay my opening was awful. I re did it and fixed it just fine. Also my overall writing improved from it. I re did most of my body's adding more keeping the same vision Summary: drafting helps alot Reflection:  we worked on the essay

  Prompt: Reflect on your writing process for essays. Which part of writing an essay do you struggle with the most (for example: developing a thesis, organizing ideas, finding strong evidence, writing introductions, or explaining your analysis)? Which parts of essay writing do you feel most confident about? Explain why you feel strong in those areas and what specifically makes the challenging part difficult for you. Include at least one goal for how you plan to improve your essay writing skills.  Prompt Response:   Hardest part was the opening paragraph and the thesis. Thesis was hard to get ideas about I knew how to do everything else just writing a good one was hard. Open paragraph was hard because of the thesis and the weird format. Everything else was easy and fine easy body paragraphs it was easy to get all the evidence and quotes  Summary: thesis and opening everything else was hard Reflection:  we worked on the essay

  Prompt:  As we move toward the end of the semester, what are your  top three college choices right now ? Identify the colleges and explain  why you are attracted to each one . Even if college is not currently on your radar, you must still respond to the question and explain your thinking. Prompt Response:   Georgia state. Valdosta state and Oglethorpe. I liked all these because because close in state and all have Afrotc. I like Gsu because it's closest and in Atlanta. Valdosta for ROTC same for ogelthorpe. Summary: Gsu valdosta state and oglethorpe Reflection:  I was not here

  Prompt: During brainstorming, one idea usually stands out. What is the most interesting or strongest idea you came up with for your essay, and what made you choose it over the others? Prompt Response:   I think the survival is the most important part of the story. It was the hardest thing she faced to me. She went though miles of pain. Torn feet bad back monster terrain. I chose it because I've had to go though it  Summary:  I think the survival is the most important part of the story. Reflection:  we brainstormed

  Prompt: After completing the assignments on making college affordable and finding the best college fit, what is one thing you learned that you did not know before? Why do you think this information is important for seniors to understand? Prompt Response:   I learned more about trade schools. 100% learning about trade schools and what they can do. I want to go to a normal college and go to the USAF but after trade school can be good. It's important to know because its in ways better than college and less money and teaches you a very important trade. There are tons of jobs to learn Summary: trade schools very good Reflection:   we did common lit

  Prompt: 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 Response:   Over all my first paragraph was good. I just had to make stuff less wordy. Add more evidence and that was it. That was all I did I did good on it I'm pretty alright at reading Summary: I made minor changes Reflection:   we did essay  

  Prompt: 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 Response:   So they can use their brains. It's important to use your brain to not become stupid. Using your own mind is needed in life you should not have your hand held in writing by AI it's not hard to write. Just practice and get better and do your work Summary: do your own work AI is dumb Reflection: we did the essay

  Prompt: 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 Response:   Probably move beyond the summary. I feel like sometimes essays are just all about summary's. That's how we are told to do it is just summary. Aguments are nessesary to write a essay and I feel like we need to work on that more than just summary Summary: move beyond the summary Reflection:   we did the essay

  Prompt:   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 Response:   I personaly like just writing. I thing I do good at writing essays in general because I know the format well and how to keep writing. Difficulties are writing on topic. I wish to improve that you can see how I do this in my writing Summary: I overall like writting Reflection:  we did work