Zander Roseborough Ms. Lehmann English 1-3 19 September 2018 Summary of “Night Calls” Lisa Fugard’s short story “Night Calls” sends the message that we should always be there to help family. In the beginning of the story we learn about the relationship between the narrator and her father when the narrator to give the dad a hug and he shakes her hand instead. Then, the narrator explains that her mother has died and she has been sent to boarding school. When the narrator comes home, the father has been put in charge of a rare red heron. During that time they become closer. One night, the heron escapes and her father slips back into depression. Finally, the narrator finds the dead heron, so she sneaks out and makes the heron’s call to give her father hope.
Zander Roseborough Ms. Lehmann English 1-3 19 September 2018 Summary of “Once Upon A Time” Nadine Gordimer’s short story “once Upon A Time” warns readers that going too far could mean that what you try to protect could end up being the thing you hurt. First of all, the author explains that she was asked to write a children’s book, but she only does so after she is inspired by the noise. She hears and the fear that she is being robbed. Her story starts out by introducing an upper class family, made up of a mom, dad, and a young boy, living in the suburbs surrounded by riots. Next, the author tells about the robberies around the family’s house that leads the parents to increase their security. They even put up a wall with razor wire on top. Finally, the mom reads “ Sleeping Beauty” to her son, so Prince Charming crawled through the thorns. He crawls into the razor wire and is mutilated.
Zander Roseborough 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 how relationship to family and community work. She uses her memories of the legionnaires as evidence for her claim. Next, Blaeser tells about how she lived two lives. She was going to catholic school as well as getting a Native American education. She uses these experiences as proof for her argument that we always come back to the lessons we learn. Blaeser ends by explaining that our memories and stories are what define us.
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 summarize. I wont have to put everything in quotations.
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 learned I had to put a comma after quotations.
3. What are the conventions of a summary and how did you meet those in this assignment? I made my first sentence, which has author, title, genre, and big idea.
4. Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it? I would have given a longer/better summary.
5. What is one thing you’re proud of in this paper? I feel for my first summary this year I did really well so I’m proud of that.