Arlette Juarez Ms. Lehmann English 1-1A 21 September 2018 Summery of “Night Calls” The short story, “Night Calls,” by Lisa Fugard, talks about the relationship between a father and his daughter. Marlene, the narrator, goes to visit her dad, hoping for a connection, but instead her father is distant. The death of Marlene’s mom caused her dad to be depressed until he is put in charge of a rare heron. When he gets the heron, he starts to communicate and have a better relationship with Marlene. When the bird dies, Marlene finds it and buries it so that her dad doesn’t find it. Then Marlene follows her dad to a lake and hides. She mimicks the herons call to give her dad hope.
Arlette Juarez Ms.Lehmann English 1-1A 19 September 2018 Summery Of “Once Upon A Time”
In the short story, “Once Upon A Time,” by Nadine Gordimer, readers are warned about the dangers of shutting people out. One night, the author thinks she hears an intruder and decides to tell herself this story to calm herself down. Her story begins with a mom, dad, and a little boy. They live in an upper-class suburb during apartheid. A the story continues, things begin to get dangerous in the suburbs. As a result of the danger, the family starts to increase their security, even installing a surrounding wall topped with barbed wire. One day, the little boy tries to play in the barbed wire and is mangled.
Arlette Juarez Ms.Lehmann English 1-1A 21 September 2018
Summery of “Rituals of Memory” In the essay “Rituals of Memory,” Kimberly M. Blaeser argues that our relationships to family and community shape who we are. Blaeser gives her readers a metaphor comparing those relationships to her friend’s curly, tangled hair. She supports her claim with her experience on Memorial Day with the Legionnaires honoring fallen warriors. More evidence when she talks about her own life. She talks about how her Native American experience outside of school combined with her Catholic education to make her who she is. Blaeser concludes that our culture shapes us.
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?
Answer~That you can’t just retail the story. You have toactually put the main idea and write it in your own words.
2. Identify a specific revision you were asked to make explain why (this can be at any stage of the writing process). How did you revise? What did you learn? Answer~ I got asked to fix my line spacings. I revised it by reading over it and making sure that I had everything fixed. I learned to take my time and make sure that I have everything fixed 3. What are the conventions of a summary and how did you meet those in this assignment? Answer~ Some of the conventions that I came upon were how I had to explain what had happened in the story without giving so much details and writing it in my own words. 4. Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it? Answer~ I would have improved it by adding more details and explain the story better. 5. What is one thing you’re proud of in this paper? Answer~ I am proud on how my summary's came out and the grade that I got on it.