diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index bee48d5a0..79ed06472 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,13 +56,42 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 44,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 44,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
+    "\n",
     "# 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",
+    "  ''' Given two valid strings, check if they are anagrams.\n",
+    "      anagram_checker is a boolean comparator: \n",
+    "      True if the two strings are anagrams; False if the two strings are not anagrams.\n",
+    "      Assume uppercase letters are interchangeable with lowercase letters; therefore, \n",
+    "      convert all string characters to lower case before comparing string equivalence. \n",
+    "     '''\n",
+    "   \n",
+    "# Assign the function string parameters to a lowercase variable\n",
+    "  word1 = word_a.lower()\n",
+    "  word2 = word_b.lower()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Perform an ascending sort of the characters contained in both string variables\n",
+    "  sorted_word1 = sorted(str(word1))\n",
+    "  sorted_word2 = sorted(str(word2))\n",
+    "\n",
+    "#  Perform a boolean equivalence comparison for the two strings\n",
+    "  return sorted_word1 == sorted_word2\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
@@ -70,18 +99,40 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 45,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 45,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Night\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 46,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 46,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"night\", \"Thing\")"
    ]
@@ -99,20 +150,67 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 56,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
     "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
+    "  ''' Given two valid strings, check if they are anagrams.\n",
+    "      anagram_checker is a boolean comparator: \n",
+    "      True if the two strings are anagrams; False if the two strings are not anagrams.\n",
+    "      word_a is the first string parameter.\n",
+    "      word_b is the second string parameter.\n",
+    "      is_case_sensitive is a boolean option, indicating whether case sensitivity is important:\n",
+    "      (a) True, include the sorted.() function optional key str.casefold parameter to sort string alphabetically, \n",
+    "      regardless of case.\n",
+    "      (b) False, use existing Part 1 code to sort the string alphabetically, fixing string characters as lower case. \n",
+    "      '''    \n",
+    "# Assign the function string parameters to a function variable\n",
+    "  word1 = word_a\n",
+    "  word2 = word_b\n",
+    "  # Conditional on whether case sensitivity is True or False and perform an ascending sort of the characters contained in both string arguments\n",
+    "  if is_case_sensitive:\n",
+    "    # Assign the two function string parameters to a function variable\n",
+    "    sorted_word1 = sorted(str(word1), key=str.casefold)\n",
+    "    sorted_word2 = sorted(str(word2), key=str.casefold)\n",
+    "  else:\n",
+    "    word1 = word_a.lower()\n",
+    "    word2 = word_b.lower()\n",
+    "    sorted_word1 = sorted(str(word1))\n",
+    "    sorted_word2 = sorted(str(word2))\n",
+    "  return sorted_word1 == sorted_word2\n",
+    "\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
-    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
+    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True\n"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 57,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 57,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
    ]
@@ -130,7 +228,7 @@
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   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": "python-env",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -144,7 +242,7 @@
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