diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index 2dca19d0b..43da75327 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,32 +56,72 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "these words are anagrams\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# For testing purposes, we will write our code in the function\n",
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b):\n",
-    "  # Your code here\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    #converting to lowercase before sorting the letters to ensure that only lowercase letters are sorted \n",
+    "    word_a = word_a.lower()\n",
+    "    word_b = word_b.lower()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    #sorting the letters in each word\n",
+    "    sorted_a = sorted(word_a)\n",
+    "    sorted_b = sorted(word_b)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    \n",
+    "    # Comparing the letters in each word to see if they match\n",
+    "    # adding an if/else statement to print the outcome of the anagram matcher \n",
+    "    if sorted_a == sorted_b:\n",
+    "        print('these words are anagrams')\n",
+    "    else:\n",
+    "        print('these words are not anagrams')\n",
+    "\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
-    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
+    "anagram_checker('silent', 'listen')\n"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "these words are not anagrams\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Night\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 4,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "these words are anagrams\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"night\", \"Thing\")"
    ]
@@ -97,33 +137,117 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 5,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "These words are anagrams\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
-    "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
+    "   \n",
+    "    # this adds a boolean to the code, if Check if two words are anagrams.\n",
     "\n",
-    "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
-    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
+    "    #Parameters:\n",
+    "    # word_a (str)\n",
+    "    # word_b (str)\n",
+    "    #is_case_sensitive (bool): True if case matters\n",
+    "    \n",
+    "\n",
+    "    # only if there is no case sensitivity, convert all letters to lowercase \n",
+    "    if not is_case_sensitive:\n",
+    "        word_a = word_a.lower()\n",
+    "        word_b = word_b.lower()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    # for both true and false, sort letters for word and word b \n",
+    "    sorted_a = sorted(word_a)\n",
+    "    sorted_b = sorted(word_b)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    # Compare the sorted letters to check if they are the same\n",
+    "    # if the letters are the same print that the word is an anagram\n",
+    "    #if letters not the same, print that word is not an anagram \n",
+    "    if sorted_a == sorted_b:\n",
+    "        print(\"These words are anagrams\")\n",
+    "    else:\n",
+    "        print(\"These words are not anagrams\")\n",
+    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True\n",
+    "\n",
+    "#the anagram checker is working"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 6,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "These words are not anagrams\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
+    "#this anagram has both capitals and undercase, and is case sensitive, so the code should return that words are not anagrams \n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", True) # False"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 9,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "These words are not anagrams\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "#this is the same \n",
+    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False\n"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 12,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "These words are anagrams\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"melon\", \"Lemon\", False)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 11,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "These words are anagrams\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
-    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
+    "anagram_checker (\"siLent\", \"Listen\", True)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -139,7 +263,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": ".venv (3.11.14)",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -153,7 +277,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.8"
+   "version": "3.11.14"
   }
  },
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