Pick one of the connection based questions and answer it in your blog. Be sure to write out the question.

When you experience strong emotions, how do you usually handle them? What influences that approach?

When I experience strong emotions, I tend to either just ignore them in the moment for a while until it eventually just comes out, or it all just comes out in the moment. I usually just end up trying to distract myself by listening to music, watching a show, or reading a book. I tend to just distract myself or ignore my emotions because it's really hard for me to convey how I feel in a good way, especially when it's to a person very close to me such as my family, as I feel like they might judge me or hold what I say against me later.

Today in class we read chapter 12 of Into the Wild and as a group answered connection and comprehension questions about it.

This helped us not only better understand what was happening at this point in the book, but also see our and our peers personal opinions and connections with the story, which helps us feel more invested in what is happening.