Jeremy Hardy
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
19 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 now relationships to family and community work. She uses her memories of the Legionnaires as evidence for her claim. Next she talks about how she came from a Native American background but also goes to a Catholic school. She believes that even though those are two completely different cultures, both of the cultures define who she is. Blaeser summarizes that all of our stories and memories make up our lives and define who we are.
Jeremy Hardy
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
19 September 2018
Summary of “Night Calls”
In Lisa Fungard’s short story, “Night Calls,” the narrator explains how she and her dad were brought together by a heron. In the beginning the father and daughter didn’t have a close relationship with each other. The narrator’s mother dies and she is sent off to boarding school. The father almost leaves the sanctuary he works at because he is depressed. Then, he is put in charge of a rare heron, and the father loves it. He starts to talk to his daughter about it and their relation-ship starts improving. One night, the heron breaks loose and is not found. The Father becomes depressed. The daughter finds the dead bird and buriers it. To give her father hope that the heron is still alive, she makes the heron’s call. Her father believes it is still around and is giving hope.
Jeremy Hardy
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
19 September 2018
Summary of “Once Upon A Time”
Nadine Gordimer wrote “Once Upon A Time,” a short story issuing the warning that if you are too secure, you could hurt what you try to protect. Through out the story the author shows readers that not everything ends in a good way. In the beginning, the author introduces a family living in a suburb surrounded by violence. In the middle of the story, the crime makes its way into the suburb and the parents of the young boy realize they need to upgrade their security. They even put razor wire atop the wall protecting their house. In the end of the story, the boy tries to play outside and gets caught 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 the first sentence of a summary. It will help me describe characters more in a story.
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?
In one of my summaries I was asked to cut out a large chunk of words and change them out with a group of words that was much smaller. I learned that I can shorten my sentences instead of using a long sentence to say something very short.
3. What are the conventions of a summary and how did you meet those in this assignment?
The conventions of a summary are including the author, title, genre, in the first sentence of the paragraph, not including opinion, and including only main plot points in chronological order. I did this in each of my summaries and checked for these things as I revised.
4. Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it?
I would have reread my papers more and fixed little things like grammar and spelling errors.
5. What is one thing you’re proud of in this paper?
I was able to make a whole paragraph by myself.
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
19 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 now relationships to family and community work. She uses her memories of the Legionnaires as evidence for her claim. Next she talks about how she came from a Native American background but also goes to a Catholic school. She believes that even though those are two completely different cultures, both of the cultures define who she is. Blaeser summarizes that all of our stories and memories make up our lives and define who we are.
Jeremy Hardy
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
19 September 2018
Summary of “Night Calls”
In Lisa Fungard’s short story, “Night Calls,” the narrator explains how she and her dad were brought together by a heron. In the beginning the father and daughter didn’t have a close relationship with each other. The narrator’s mother dies and she is sent off to boarding school. The father almost leaves the sanctuary he works at because he is depressed. Then, he is put in charge of a rare heron, and the father loves it. He starts to talk to his daughter about it and their relation-ship starts improving. One night, the heron breaks loose and is not found. The Father becomes depressed. The daughter finds the dead bird and buriers it. To give her father hope that the heron is still alive, she makes the heron’s call. Her father believes it is still around and is giving hope.
Jeremy Hardy
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
19 September 2018
Summary of “Once Upon A Time”
Nadine Gordimer wrote “Once Upon A Time,” a short story issuing the warning that if you are too secure, you could hurt what you try to protect. Through out the story the author shows readers that not everything ends in a good way. In the beginning, the author introduces a family living in a suburb surrounded by violence. In the middle of the story, the crime makes its way into the suburb and the parents of the young boy realize they need to upgrade their security. They even put razor wire atop the wall protecting their house. In the end of the story, the boy tries to play outside and gets caught 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 the first sentence of a summary. It will help me describe characters more in a story.
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?
In one of my summaries I was asked to cut out a large chunk of words and change them out with a group of words that was much smaller. I learned that I can shorten my sentences instead of using a long sentence to say something very short.
3. What are the conventions of a summary and how did you meet those in this assignment?
The conventions of a summary are including the author, title, genre, in the first sentence of the paragraph, not including opinion, and including only main plot points in chronological order. I did this in each of my summaries and checked for these things as I revised.
4. Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it?
I would have reread my papers more and fixed little things like grammar and spelling errors.
5. What is one thing you’re proud of in this paper?
I was able to make a whole paragraph by myself.