Justyce Schilz Ms. Lehmann English 1-3 20 September 2018 Summary of “Rituals of Memory” Kimberly Blaeser’s essay, ”Rituals of Memory,” argues that we always come back to our roots. Blaeser begins her essay with a metaphor that shows readers her opinion about how relationships to family and community work. She uses her memories of the legionnaires as evidence for her claim. Next, she talks about her double life. She says that she has two lives, one life is her Native American side and the other is her Catholic school side. Even though she has two lives they define who she is and she uses her memories to explain that about herself. Blaeser ends the story by saying that stories make us who we are.
Justyce Schilz Ms. Lehmann English 1-3 19 September 2018 Summary of “Night Calls” In the short story “Nights Calls,” by Lisa Fugard, the narrator talks about a father/ daughter relationship. In the beginning, the narrator’s relationship with her father is not great. Her mother dies and her father sends her to a boarding school. Her father almost leaves because he is grieving his wife’s death, but then he’s put in charge of that and it gives him hope. He and his daughter’s relationship gets better because of the Heron. Then, one night, the Heron gets out and Flies away. They listen for the call every night. The narrator the heron dead one day and burries it so her father won’t know. Then, she makes bird calls to give her dad hope that the bird is still out there.
Justyce Schilz Ms. Lehmann English 1-3 19 September 2018 Summary of “Once Upon A Time” The short story, “Once Upon A Time,” by Nadine Gordimer warns that there is a risk in being too secure. In the beginning, the author writes a children’s story to help herself fall asleep. The family in the story is made up of a mom, dad, and a young boy living in an upper class suburb with nearby riots. As nearby homes are robbed, the parents decide to increase their security by building a wall and putting razor wire on top of the wall. The story ends when the boy gets mutilated trying to play in the razor wire.
Summary Reflection 1. List one thing you’ve learned from writing this paper that you can apply to other writing assignments. What will that look like? ~I learned how to write a complete paragraph. I can now make more complete and better papers. 2. 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 was asked to delete any extra information. It was information that was not needed in the page. I took out the extra information that I was told to delete and I learned not to put information in the paper that is not needed 3. What are the conventions of a summary and how did you meet those in this assignment? ~ The conventions are the author, title, genre, and big idea. The main points in chronological order. The last one is that you cannot show any opinion at all. In the beginning of all my papers I made sure to put the author, title, genre, and the big idea. Second, I put the main points in chronological order. Lastly, I made sure I showed no opinion at all. 4. Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it? ~ I would make sure to revise my paper better. I would have made sure that there was not extra information in my paper so it made more sense. I would have also made sure that it sounded good and made sure the summary flowed and stayed on topic. 5. What is one thing you’re proud of in this paper? ~ I am proud of how in every story I have gotten better at editing. I still need to work more on it but I feel like it is getting better at it as I type more papers.