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Prompt: Write about a time when you realized you needed to look out for yourself in a silly or harmless situation—maybe dodging a pop quiz, escaping a group chat argument, or remembering at the last second to submit an assignment. How did choosing wisely make your life easier?

 Prompt Response: One time when my friends got into a heated argument I left to avoid getting pulled into it. Doing that made my life easier as I avoided being suspended. Summary: Finished reading "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" in class. Reflection: I did not expect the short story to end in the way it did. I expected a much lighter ending than the one that was presented.
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Prompt: Describe a time that you had an encounter with a homeless person, either directly or indirectly. What did you think and how did it make you feel?

 Prompt Response: One day when I was going home from school I saw a homeless person looking for money I though he looked desperate for even just a dollar but I didn't have any and felt bad that I couldn't help him in anyway. Summary: Began working on Wrtiable assignment over the short story "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by Flannery O' Connor. Reflection: I learned that people are judged by how they look. They should be judged by how they act not their looks.  
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Prompt: Write about what you are thankful for.

 Prompt Response: I am thankful for my family as they help me get through rough times in my life. Summary: Completed vocabulary lesson 3 assignment. Reflection: I learned about the word archaic which means very old or old-fashioned. Knowing this will better improve my writing as I progress throughout my academic career.
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The last scene forces readers to reinterpret Emily’s entire life. Write about a moment when new information changed your perception of a person or situation. How did that “plot twist” reshape your understanding, the same way Faulkner’s ending reshapes the story?

Prompt Response: I was watching a show where the protagonist is betrayed by one of his closest allies, and later on in the show we are shown that the person who betrayed the protagonist was actually doing it to kill the main antagonist who ends up killing the traitor who he only saw as a pawn. This plot twist changed the way I viewed the traitor as I originally thought he was a terrible person only to find out that he was just a pawn trying to get revenge on the antagonist who used him to commit his crimes. Summary: Completed pop quiz over short story "A Rose for Emily". Reflection: I learned that Internal and External conflicts can be somewhat similar to one another. Knowing this will better help me identify them as I progress further into my academic career.
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Prompt: In “A Rose for Emily,” Miss Emily’s actions shock the reader—she kills her fiancé and keeps his body in her home for years. People often react with disbelief when they hear about real-life stories that seem just as unbelievable. Write about the most shocking or “craziest” news story you have ever heard. What happened, and why did it stand out to you? How did people react to it, and what does it reveal about human behavior?

 Prompt Response: The Craziest story I heard was this morning on the radio where this one man had 16 baby mamas and married 5 of them. My mother and I were just shocked as to how something like that even happens and it reveals that humans are very lustful creatures. Summary: Completed reading of "A Rose for Emily" and watched a video adaptation of it. Reflection: I learned that people who are obsessive often do drastic things to keep what they believe is theirs. Knowing this will better help me avoid such people as I progress in life. 
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Prompt: Miss Emily’s house once represented pride and tradition, but over time it became a symbol of decay and isolation. Describe a place that holds deep memories for you—positive or negative—and explain how it reflects part of who you are or how you’ve changed over time.

 Prompt Response: A place that hold deep memories for me is my grandmother's house for a short period of time in my life it was where I grew up and it is a place where a lot of my most fondest experiences took place. Summary: Began working on writable assignment over the short story "A Rose for Emily". Reflection: I learned that metaphors have deeper meanings than just being used as a comparison. Knowing this will better help me understand them as I progress through my academic career.
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Prompt: Think about the vocabulary words from Lesson Two. Write about a time you saw or heard one of these words outside of the classroom — maybe in a movie, song, social media post, or book. Describe how it was used and whether the context helped you understand the word better.

 Prompt Response: A time I saw one of the vocabulary words was the word "Incantation" it was used within a story that dealt with magic which made it easier for me to infer the meaning of the word before learning about it. Summary: Completed Vocabulary lesson 1 assignment. Reflection: I learned that the word incantation refers to a casting or invocation of magic. Knowing this will better help me implement the word in my writing.
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Thinking about “The Rockpile,” which parent or guardian in your life has been the strictest when it comes to discipline? Explain how their approach to discipline has influenced you or shaped your behavior.

 Prompt Response: The strictest parent in my life when it comes to discipline is my mom. Her strictness helped me stay on track when it came to school work and kept me from slacking. Summary: Worked on literature circle assignment. Reflection: I learned that the word gutter has multiple meanings. Knowing this will help me apply the use of the word more often in my writing. 
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Thinking about "The Rockpile," what is something your parents forbade you from doing when you were growing up? Explain what it was and why they might have set that rule.

Prompt Response: Something my parents forbade me from doing was sticking things in outlets. They did it to keep me from electrocuting myself . Summary: Began working on Literature circle assignment Reflection:  I learned that people find safe residence by searching up crimes within that neighborhood. Knowing this will better help me as I progress through my life. 
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Words shape how we think, write, and interpret literature. Think about a time when learning a new word or understanding a specific term helped you better analyze a text, express an idea, or make your writing stronger.

 Prompt Response: When I learned about comma's and other types of punctuation it made my writing more clear and concise.  Summary: Worked on vocabulary. Reflection: I learned that vocabulary helps increase my writing. Knowing this will better help as I progress through my academic career.
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