Journal Question #18

This is a painting by the American artist Edward Hopper, called "Rooms by the Sea."   For me, the work looks ahead and behind at the same time, and, for your final journal,  that's what I want you to do: look ahead to your summer vacation - or even further into the future - but also look behind to the year you have spent at TA.  What will you remember from the school year, 2018-2019?  What are you looking forward to as you get ready to go home?  Write whatever comes to mind: the good, the bad, the interesting, the scary...

Journal Question #17

Are you a different person when you speak English?  As you reach the end of the year, think about some of the changes that you have had since last August.  Language is a big part of your identity, of who you are, so I wonder if speaking English has changed your identity at all.  Another way to look at it: when you return to your home this summer and speak your first language, will you also become your "old" self?