Based on my grades in honors algebra, I believe I would do well in other honors classes.
Explanation:
This is the best revision to Maya's thesis statement. In this text, we see that Maya is trying to convince her principal to allow her to take other honors classes. Therefore, she should be clear about the qualities she has that enable her to take such classes ("honors algebra"). Moreover, it is important for her to be clear about her accomplishments without sounding too arrogant ("...I believe I would do well in other honors classes.")
This is more of a personal opinion as it is not directly indicate what she was,. she was most likely a ghost as she was already dead and it would have been very unlikely for her to come out from being buried alive. She is also a metaphor showing how the house would die along with the family.
"After we left practice" is a dependent clause that isn't a full sentence on its own, and "I went swimming" and "Mark ran around the track" are two independent clauses linked by a conjunction