Since this is an assignment, it is extremely important that you get your teacher involved in your question, and that you do so as soon as possible.

Here’s why:   the class’s ultimate responsibility to each other, and to/with the teacher, is to see to it that “everybody learns the material, together.”   You have a part in that.   If you are having trouble with an assignment, so, undoubtedly, is everyone else.   Who needs to know about that first?   The teacher.   (I know ... I am one, sometimes.)   And so, as the difficulties are worked through – as learning takes place – it can occur where it properly should ... in your classroom.   Teachers can’t read minds, even though they sometimes seem to.

Yeah, learning this stuff is difficult ... and, I warn you, it never really gets any easier.   But, keep the learning process centered in the classroom.