Lance

 Prompt: The thing I enjoyed the most in class was the cultural mask. An assignment I found the most engaging is this current one. An aspect of this class that I connected to was the poetry because a lot of the messages in the poems correlated with me. One area of this class that I need to improve on is studying before taking my test. Summary: We worked on our project and did our blog post. Reflection: Learned more about being black in America.

 Prompt: One tradition that is important to my family is all sitting together and eating for Thanksgiving. It still matters because its the only time of the year where everyone gets to spend time together. People from all over the country come for Thanksgiving to spend time with the family. It's a really amazing time of the year. Summary: Did our blog post, then worked on project. Reflection: Learned more about the concepts of America.

 Prompt: The holidays have gotten more bland over the years. When I was a little kid it seemed so magical but now that I've grown up, my expectations for the holidays has went down. The holidays still mean a lot to me because I get time off from school and get to spend time with loved ones. I still look forward to holidays every year. Summary: Worked on exercise 2-4, while writing 15 sentences for the 15 words, then did our blog post.  Reflection: Learned 15 new words today.

 Prompt: Something I've outgrown but still miss is Hot Wheel cars. I miss them because they're nostalgic to me, I used to play with them a lot doing my childhood. I eventually stopped playing with them in 5th grade. I find myself thinking about them every once a month. Summary: We took a vocabulary test, then analyzed a poem. Reflection: I learned about more concepts of America.

 Prompt: Something I can't stop thinking about is Christmas Break. The reason i can't stop thinking about it is because i'm looking forward to it so much. I get a two week break from school, while being able to hang out with my friends and girlfriend. I also get to train to prepare for the second half of the basketball season. Summary: Review our poems for our final. Reflection: I learned about concepts of America.

  Prompt: I was happy about presenting my mask to the class. This allowed me to show more parts of myself that I was proud of to the class. I was also glad I was able to talk about some of the cultural about my family as well as where I grew up. I was also happy to talk about my passion and a little bit of the hardship I went through while pursuing it. Summary: Presented our cultural masks, then did our blog post. Refection: Learned more about my classmates.

 Prompt: The best gift I have ever received was studio 3 beats. I say this is the best gift I've ever received is because they helped through a lot. Being able to listen to music in them helped me tune out things. It also helped focus more on school work.  Summary: We worked on exercise , then did our blog post. Reflection: I learned 15 new words.