1. Write a 1-2 paragraph typed reflection on your personal experience with math and its connection to culture.   

Using the rules by including compound words , write a paragraph on the following topic:

Suppose you were a person from another culture visiting a big American supermarket for the first time. Write a paragraph describing the experience.

When writing a personal reflective essay, the first part of prewriting is to

A. choose your team or central message

B. connect your experiences to your theme

C. watch for spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors

D. select the structure and style of your essay

Why does Whitman, in "Specimen Days," tell the reader that he was coming out of an opera when he heard the news of the war?

A. to show his contempt of war

B. to show irony between play and war

C. to give his personal experience