Of today’s 15 vocabulary words, which three do you think you will use the most in your speaking and writing this semester? Explain why each word feels useful or powerful to you.

 Prompt Response: The three words I think I will use the most in speaking and writing this semester are Ambiguous- because of its many uses, Aesthetic- because of its meaning and altruistic- because of its meaning.


Summary: Wrote vocabulary and did exercise 1 and 3 from lesson 1 of the college bound book.


Reflection: The vocabulary given to us today helped expand my knowledge of words. It taught me new words I had never heard before and words I knew but didn't truly understand the meanings of.

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