Trinidad Damian Ms. Lehmann English 1-1A 10 October 2018 "Rituals of Memory" Summary In her essay “Rituals of Memory” Kimberly M. Blaeser argues that our relationship to family and community shape who we are. Blaeser gives readers a metaphor comparing those relationships to her friend’s curly, tangled hair. She supports her claim with her experience in honoring veterans and Native American warriors and soldiers. She also uses the experience of her dual life as a support for her argument. Blaeser cites her experience at a German Catholic School and her Native American heritage. Explains how both impacted her life. Blaeser concludes that what influences we grew up will define and shape who we could potentially become.
Trinidad Damian Ms. Lehmann English 1-1A 21 September 2018 "Once Upon A Time" Summary In the short story “Once Upon A Time,” Nadine Gordimer warms that secluding people out of fear isn’t always the best option. One night, the author hears footsteps and believes she is being robbed. So even after she learns she is safe, she cannot sleep, she tells herself a story to calm her self down. She begins by introducing all three of the main characters, a Father, Mother, And son who live in an upper class suburban during apartheid. As the story develops, readers learn that things start to gradually get worse in these once quiet suburbs. As a result of the increase in crime, threats, and tragedies, they begin to take drastic measures by adding alarms, Putting bars on the windows. And eventually a whole wall around the house with razor sharp wire on top. As a result, the child’s imagination leads him to try and play in the wire. The last thing we readers know is that he was left mangled and bloodless.
Trinidad Damian Ms. Lehman English 1– 1A 21 September 2018 “Night Calls” Summary in the short story “Night Calls,”Lisa Fugard informs the readers about a father‘s relationship with his daughter. Fugard starts off by writing about how Marlene, the narrator, is nervous to see her father after a long period of time. But when Marlene needs her father, he seems distant and makes things awkward. Fuel card explains why Marlenes Father is acting this way. She informs readers that she lost her mother in a car accident when she was only eight years old. That tragic event took a toll on her father, which led him to fall into depression. Soon, something unexpected arrives; her father is given the duty to take care of a red crested heron. Marlene explains that the bird strengthens their relationship. One night, an animal breaks into the bird’s cage and snatches the bird in the middle of the night. Her father is completely devastated. Marlene finds the birds remains in a particularly cobra infested area. She buries the bird and sneaks out one night to make the birds call to give her father hope that the bird is still out there.
Summary Reflection
List one thing you've learned from writing this paper that you can apply to other writing assignments. What will that look like? A summary doesn’t re-tell a story, you have to choose the main Ideas.
Identify a specific revision you were asked to make and explain why (this can be at any stage of the writing process). How did you revise? What did you learn? I learned that a lot of words that we usually learn can be simplified into one word or two and still made it to sound smarter than four words to making up one word if that makes any sense.
What are the conventions of a summary and how did you meet those in this assignment? 1stsentence, big idea, author, title, main details only, no opinions. I tried to remember how and when to use the process.
Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it? I would kind it expand more on the summaries even though I know they’re supposed to be a summary as short straight to the point story but they could’ve been a little bit more detail in the summary of “Night Calls”.
What is one thing you're proud of in this paper? I’m pretty proud how most of the corrections I sort of knew they were incorrect but I still wasn’t sure of myself so now I’m proud that my instincts are most likely what’s right, most the time if that makes any sense.