Students during the summer break were expected to read a book, "Enrique's Journey". When students arrived back to school, they should already have background knowledge on the book and how it connects back to topics taught in class. Students were expected to create a presentation on a chosen topic: rhetorical analysis, pathos, ethos, logos.In this presentation students made a slide giving background knowledge of the book, speaker, occasion, audience, subject, and purpose. This assignment shows that students have the ability to make connections back to topics taught in their class. 

In this assignment students were expected to read along a transcript of King George the sixth's speech which he gave to the public announcing that the UK would be going to war with Germany. This assignment proves that I am able to write a clear and well-supported paragraph with great explanation. One thing that could have helped me to achieve a much better grade is by reviewing my work before submitting. I feel like I need to work on proof reading my work and checking for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.

For this assignment, students were expected to collect at least five memories that associate with reading, writing, learning, or school. Students had to make a visual image that relates back to past experiences. This authentic assessment had to be unique, creative, fun, and ensure students are able to reflect back to past experiences. My map consisted of my trip to Guatemala. My parents home Country. I described how the trip was so inspiring for me, and it changed that way I looked at many things. I also described how I can write so much about that specific trip. I could write about how it impacted me, why it was so significant, the adventure endured, the food, the culture, so much!

This assignment required students to reflect back to and determine how they relate back to reading ans writing. In this narrative, I told my story about how difficult i was for me to read and write, being the oldest coming from immigrant parents. Being first generation, came with its challenges and I had to overcome them. I am very proud of this assignment especially because I got compliments from my educator. This demonstrates that I am able to writhe a narrative that is well-written and moving. 

This is an assignment that I am really proud of. For this assignment, students has to choose a song that had some historical significance, and describe the event occurring around the release of the song. In this essay, I chose a very well known song, "Strange Fruit", and wrote about the singer and composer of the song. I wrote how at first the singer was afraid to release the song, but then realized that because the song addresses a very serious issue that was circling around this era, then it was almost necessary to release the song. I described how there was controversy from the public when this song was released. I went into detail about the true significance of the lyrics and the deep impact it had on society. 

For this independent reading assignment, students were expected to focus on underreported stories curated by the Pulitzer Education Center and their “Fighting Words” contest. This assignment is important because I was able to read and learn about situations are aren't really being talked about in the media or popular news. These are situations that people weren't really aware with. I really liked this assignment because I was able to inform myself with important topics. 

After reading various chapters from the "1619 project" book during English class, students were expected to make a essay that where they would be free express their own opinion, when does America's origin story really begin? In this essay I expressed that the year 1619, when the first cargo of enslaved people were bought into the United States. I describes various points relating back to weather or not the United States would have succeeded without slavery. In this essay, I even address possible counter argument that could be made by readers. 

For this assignment, students were expected to make groups with their classmates, with those classmates selected, they had to chose one of the chapters from the "1619 project" book that was read with the rest of the class. With the chapter chosen, students had to know the chapter well in order to create. discussion with the rest of the class. In this particular worksheet, I had to look to vocabulary words in the chapter to make sure that I am able to fully understand the message of the author. In the second part of this worksheet, I had to create three open-ended question from the chose chapter, "Music", and had to chose a quote that relates back to the question. These question demonstrate that I am able to successfully make questions that can spark a discussion with the rest of the class.