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 Prompt Response: After reviewing and revising my literary argument paragraph, the changes I made were making my explanations tie to my claim more, restating or making my claim better, and making my explanations more concise from the way it was before.  Summary: Today in class we focused on revising our literary argument paragraphs and reflected on the feedback we got on it to correct our mistakes.  Reflection: Today I learned that an explanation needs to be simple and straightforward and clear on how it ties to the claim. This impacted me by making me feel a bit down because I thought I had done well when it came to my literary argument paragraph. In the future I will use this as an experience that will push me forward in writing better literary argument paragraph's 

 Prompt Response: After learning the authentic expectations for writing, I think that it is important for students to write their essays in their own words because it helps them improve even if they fail by getting feedback from their teachers considering it isn't over if you at least try even a little on assignments or tests. Another reason why it might be important is that more amazing literature exists there in the world because you never know what creative pieces might be used for later generations.  Summary: Today in class we learned how to do our explanations properly that ties the evidence to our claim. After that we watched two videos on the effect of A.I. on schools and universities and then answered 5 questions about them.  Reflection: Today I learned that A.I. can be used in a good way. This impacted me by making me feel a bit shocked as while it's not that the thought didn't occur in my head, I just didn't think it would be an effective way of learning. In t...

 Prompt Response: After creating a strong literary argument paragraph about Wild and whether discomfort is necessary for meaningful personal growth. The most challenging part about it was the explaining part for each of the evidences which I felt were quite weak in execution even if I had the idea in mind. When it came to creating my arguable claim it wasn't that hard, but it had difficulties in the way it was said, including the length of it being shorter than I imagined.  Summary: Today in class we looked at how to create a thesis and then worked on how to create a literary argument body paragraph.  Reflection: Today I learned that a thesis is often just one sentence divided into three parts, the topic, the argument, and then the three or vaguely said things we are going to argue. This impacted me by making me feel a bit confused at the Umbrella method that was mentioned of vaguely stating the different things that are going to be discussed since it wasn't easy, but it ...

 Prompt Response: My experiences with essay writing were often horrible or just straight up bad because of the fact of the lack of preparedness for them and also because I only know on how to create a normal essay instead of an outstanding one. The things I find most engaging when writing essays is most likely the thesis or introductory paragraph in the essay since it's roughly easy to do compared to the body paragraph and confusion. The thing I find often most challenging when writing each and every single essay that I've done up till now will always be the conclusion paragraph due to the fact that even though I know how to start it, the question is what do I include in it if I'm just restarting what I addressed in my body paragraph's or the ideas in my thesis. Another challenge or difficulty I face is my body paragraph's because usually it's one sentence addressing the idea, then your evidence, and then a sentence or three explaining how it connects to your cl...