Summaries & Reflection
Mary- Rose Dunaway
Ms. Lehmann
English 1- 1A
21 September 2018
Summary of “Rituals of Memory”
In her essay “rituals of Memory,” Kimberly M. Blaeser argues that our relationships to family and community shape who we are. Blaeser gives readers a metaphor comparing those relationships to her friend’s curly, tangled hair. Blaeser proves this by referencing her experience honoring fallen veterans and Native American warriors with the legionnaires. She also explains that both her German Catholic and Native American heritages define her. Blaeser concludes that stories, dreams, and memories of culture and family define us.
Mary- Rose Dunaway
Ms. Lehmann
English 1- 1A
19 September 2018
Summary of “Night Calls”
“Night Calls” is a short story by Lisa Fugard about a relationship between a father and daughter. The narrator goes to visit her dad for the September holidays, hoping for a better relationship, but her father is distant. Her mom’s death causes him to be depressed until he is put in charge of a rare, heron. The relationship between the father and daughter gets better because of the heron, and they get closer. One night, the heron stops calling. The narrator finds the bird dead and buries it. Then, she mimics the heron’s call to give her father hope.
Mary- Rose Dunaway
Ms. Lehmann
English 1- 1A
21September 2018
Summary of “Once Upon A Time”
The short story “Once Upon A Time,” written by Nadine Gordimer, shows the danger of shutting people out. One night, the narrator hears what she initially believes to be in intruders in her house, so she tells herself a story to calm herself down. The story starts out with a mom, dad, son who lived in an upper- class suburb during apartheid. As the plot unfolds, the suburbs begin to be robbed and more dangers creep in. As a result of the dangers, the family starts to block themselves away from the world with a 7-foot wall topped with razor wire. In the end, the little boy climbs up a ladder and tries to play in the wire; he gets stuck and is hurt very badly.
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 that a summary is to help someone know about what they are about to read that way if they don't like that type of story they can at least know the background to the story. This will help me do better on other summaries
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 had to respell summary on all of my summary all I had to do was spell it all correct. I learned how to spell summary.
3. What are the conventions of a summary and how did you meet those in this assignment?
The conventions of this summary is that I have it in line to the story and there are no quotes in it and it tells you what the story is about before you read the story. I meet these all in this summary by reading the story then going throw it and picking big parts of the story and showing the reader what they can expect from the story.
4. Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it?
I would describe the story more and help the reader know ore about the story. It would improve by the reader knowing what the story is about without reading the story.
5. What is one thing you're proud of in this paper?
The one thing I am proud of in this paper is how I transitioned into the story from the begging to end.
Ms. Lehmann
English 1- 1A
21 September 2018
Summary of “Rituals of Memory”
In her essay “rituals of Memory,” Kimberly M. Blaeser argues that our relationships to family and community shape who we are. Blaeser gives readers a metaphor comparing those relationships to her friend’s curly, tangled hair. Blaeser proves this by referencing her experience honoring fallen veterans and Native American warriors with the legionnaires. She also explains that both her German Catholic and Native American heritages define her. Blaeser concludes that stories, dreams, and memories of culture and family define us.
Mary- Rose Dunaway
Ms. Lehmann
English 1- 1A
19 September 2018
Summary of “Night Calls”
“Night Calls” is a short story by Lisa Fugard about a relationship between a father and daughter. The narrator goes to visit her dad for the September holidays, hoping for a better relationship, but her father is distant. Her mom’s death causes him to be depressed until he is put in charge of a rare, heron. The relationship between the father and daughter gets better because of the heron, and they get closer. One night, the heron stops calling. The narrator finds the bird dead and buries it. Then, she mimics the heron’s call to give her father hope.
Mary- Rose Dunaway
Ms. Lehmann
English 1- 1A
21September 2018
Summary of “Once Upon A Time”
The short story “Once Upon A Time,” written by Nadine Gordimer, shows the danger of shutting people out. One night, the narrator hears what she initially believes to be in intruders in her house, so she tells herself a story to calm herself down. The story starts out with a mom, dad, son who lived in an upper- class suburb during apartheid. As the plot unfolds, the suburbs begin to be robbed and more dangers creep in. As a result of the dangers, the family starts to block themselves away from the world with a 7-foot wall topped with razor wire. In the end, the little boy climbs up a ladder and tries to play in the wire; he gets stuck and is hurt very badly.
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 that a summary is to help someone know about what they are about to read that way if they don't like that type of story they can at least know the background to the story. This will help me do better on other summaries
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 had to respell summary on all of my summary all I had to do was spell it all correct. I learned how to spell summary.
3. What are the conventions of a summary and how did you meet those in this assignment?
The conventions of this summary is that I have it in line to the story and there are no quotes in it and it tells you what the story is about before you read the story. I meet these all in this summary by reading the story then going throw it and picking big parts of the story and showing the reader what they can expect from the story.
4. Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it?
I would describe the story more and help the reader know ore about the story. It would improve by the reader knowing what the story is about without reading the story.
5. What is one thing you're proud of in this paper?
The one thing I am proud of in this paper is how I transitioned into the story from the begging to end.