Andrew Fuoco's Thoughts and Ideas

  Prompt: If you had to describe how you show love using only three objects (for example: a playlist, a hoodie, a late-night snack, a long text message, etc.), what would you choose and why? Explain what each object represents and how it connects to your personality. I would choose a hoodie, text message, and dr.pepper. I could show love by sharing my hoodie with my girl friend when she is cold. I show love by keeping in touch with texts with the people I care about. I show love by sharing my Dr.Pepper, which is something that I love. Summary: you can show love without saying it. Reflection. we talked about our essays.

  Prompt: Now that you have completed the rhetorical analysis essay, reflect on your growth. Explain how this experience impacted your confidence as a writer and whether you feel prepared to continue analyzing complex speeches and texts in American Literature. Support your reflection with specific references to the writing process. I feel like I did pretty well on the analysis essay. I had never done an essay or analysis like this. I also think all of the practice on writeable helped too. Summary: The writing process takes a lot of practice and time. Reflection: we did our essay.

  Prompt: Today, you learned how to complete a rhetorical analysis planning guide step by step, from identifying the rhetorical situation to analyzing devices and effects. Reflect on one step of the rhetorical analysis process that helped you understand the process more clearly. Explain what you learned during that step and how it improved your ability to analyze a speaker’s message. Prompt Response:  identifying the rhetorical situation helped me look at the speaker more clearly and how the communicate to the reader. Summary: rhetorical analysis can help you understand the speaker better. Reflection:  we planned for our essay

  Prompt: In the spirit of Valentine’s Day week, describe your idea of a perfect day spent with someone you care about (a friend, family member, or significant person in your life). Prompt Response:  My Idea would be very simple , but I would try and make it meaningful for her. I would buy flowers and buy her whatever she wanted and I would make her feel important. Summary: Valentine's day is very important Reflection: we prepared for our essay.  

  What is the best piece of advice of that your parent or guardian has given you? Tell what the advice was and what prompted you to ask the question.   The best advice that my parents have given me is to never let anyone disrespect those you care about because that would dishonor them.   Reflection: listen to your parents summary: we worked on a poem.

  Prompt:  What is the most challenging part of working in a group? Discuss a time when a group assignment did not go as well as you planned and how you learned from that experience.  The most challanging part of working in a group is coodinating who does what and to decide a full plan as group is harder then doing it by yourself, Reflection: group work is good but it can be challenging

Prompt:  What is the most challenging part of writing an essay for you? Is it brainstorming, organizing ideas, writing a strong thesis, or something else? How do you plan to overcome this challenge? The most challenging part for me to writing an essay is sitting down and starting it. Sometimes to anxiety that goes along with starting it is worse than actually writing it. I plan to work on it with my tutor because that is a set time of the week where I can make sure that I work on it. Also, it will help to bounce ideas off of him. Reflection: Develop a plan to get stuff done. Summary: We worked on Writable.

  Prompt: Describe a real moment in your life that felt like the beginning of a powerful story. Tell what happened, and why it felt like a turning point in your life? When I played travel hockey we had a tournament that we played a lot of really good teams. We were in the playoffs and the game was neck and neck. We were playing a really good team from New York. When ended up going into overtime and were still tied. In hockey, that means that you go into a shoot-off. I was a defenseman and I typically wouldn't be in the rotation for a shoot off, but the players kept tying. Then, one of the coach's said "have Fuoco go". The other team's player missed his shot. I said a quick prayer and then went for it and made the goal. It felt like a turning point because there was a lot of pressure and everything was riding on me. I was fourteen and it felt like being an adult. Reflection: The beginning of a story or event can lead to greater things. Summary: We worked on writabl...

  Prompt: If you had to write a poem about your life RIGHT NOW, what would it be about? Explain your answer in at least 4 to 5 sentences.  Prompt Response:  My poem would be about dedication to sports and family. My athletic ability and how much time I spend with my friends. I would also talk about my struggles in school and losing family members. Summary: poetry can describe a lot. Reflection:  we worked on rhetoric.

  Prompt: When you are in a mood that you do not like, what are some strategies that you use to change your mood?  Prompt Response:  when I'm mad I like to watch a good TV show or play video games to get my mind off whatever is making me mad. I use this when I am also stressed and need to take a break Summary: escapes from anger and stress are good for you. Reflection:  we worked on rhetorical devices

  Prompt Response:  When I want to make something creative I just start drawing designs that I think look good and then I go back and make changes to it when I think that I did a good job. Summary: being creative comes naturally to some people Reflection:  we worked on rhetoric.