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