Nicole and I had a very productive Language Arts session. In preparation for next year, Nicole got permission from her mother to purchase Grammarly Premium, which checks spelling and grammar and makes suggestions to improve writing. We ran several essays that Nicole has written through Grammarly, including her BBDO speech, and Nicole was amazed at the improvements in her writing. It doesn't write for her, and I emphasized that sometimes the changes that it suggests don't make sense, so it's essential to think critically. We returned to the compare and contrast essay that we began last week; we will work on it more tomorrow.