Bryanna Krieger Ms. Lehmann English 1-1A 19 September 2018 Summary of “Once Upon a Time” The short “Once Upon a Time” written by Nadine Gordimer warns of the danger of shutting people out. One night, the author imagines she hears a sound of someone was breaking in. She tells herself a story to try and calm herself down. The story is about a mom, dad, and little boy who lives in an upper-class suburb during apartheid. In the next part of the story, shootings, robberies and more dangerous crimes escalate in the suburb. The family puts in in alarms and a wall with a barb wired top. In the end their child pretends to be a prince trying to save the Sleeping Beauty, climbing a ladder and getting caught in the barbed wire.
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 our 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 experiences honoring veterans and fallen Native Americans warriors. She also explains her two lives, Catholic schooling and her Native American education. She explains that both cultures define her. Blaeser concludes that our stories and memories of our cultures shape us into who we are.
Bryanna Krieger Ms. Lehmann English1-1A 21 September 2018
Summary of “Night Calls” The short story “Night Calls,” written by Lisa Fugard. The story explores the relationship between a father and a daughter. The narrator, Marlene, visits her dad, hoping for connection but her father is distant. Marlene explains that her mother passed away, causing her father to develop depression. Her father is put in charge of a rare heron, which gives him hope. One night, the bird gets out of its cage and the father and the narrators bond gets stronger looking for it. Marlene finds the bird, dead, but her father doesn’t know. As the father loses hope, they become distant again. Marlene mimics the bird’s call to give her father hope.
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? Somethings you write must have meaning. I will make sure a lot more of the things I write have meaning.
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? Some of the spelling I corrected it so now when I write things I will check spelling.
3. What are the conventions of an summary and how did you meet those in this assignment? The conventions of a summary are to tell what happened in order and not put in opinion. I told what happened and how it happened.
4. Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it. It be longer and more effort would have been put in. To put a bunch of commas I learned to make sure I have commas were there needed.
5.What is one thing you’re proud of in this paper? I learned things from it.