Summary for Chapter 3

This chapter talked about how to make your rough draft readable for the audience. There are a few things you have to do to make sure that your rough draft is accomplishes its purpose. First make sure is the draft appropriate for the audience? Then is the thesis clear? Are there ideas off the point of the rough draft? Are the ideas in a logical order? Is the evidence relevant and persuasive? What other material should be deleted? This are the main points that you should be looking for in your rough draft. The checklist have 5 main points which are Purpose and audience, focus, organization and paragraphing, content, and point of view.

This chapter had a lot of great information and this is something that i really never thought of doing in my essays that i have written.I usually just try my best to proof read it and make sure evidence is there but really never thought of the audience. Now for sure I'm going to start doing this or have someone else read it for me and get there opinion. This is a really good technique to be using in and written work that we have to do.

“Coming Home Again” Dialogue

 What’s the importance of food in this essay?

I believe that the importance of the food was to connect the whole family together and to make the readers know that every family even though they might be separated they will have something that would bring them together. Even though the boy was gone off to boarding school he remembers his mom in the kitchen all the time and all the delicious foods that she created. The food was very important also because that's the way her and her son have a connection, even though they went through there troubles and didn't see each other for a long time the food their connection with the food.  The food was a symbol of love and being together as a family and the connection between them all.

This was a really good reading and it had a lot of emotion in it, it also remind me of my family in some sort because my mom has spent most of her life in the kitchen. She has been sick a few times but not to serious, however I or my sister would help cook dinner when she wasn't feeling good. The ending of the reading had a good symbol because the mom and son talked about their bad times and forgave each other and they new they loved each other no matter what has happen between them.

Chapter Two Summary!

     In chapter two it talks about how to form your rough draft and how to gather all the information need in different ways. It started by talking about how to draft an introduction that would include a thesis which announces the main point of an essay. It talks about how to make sure you have enough evidence to support your thesis and make sure how you write the thesis to give some information but not to much so the read will get interested and continue to read your writing. Also, it talked about the how to draft the body of an essay which this part develops support for the thesis. And also how to put a conclusion to the essay and make revisions to the essay.

     I did learn a lot about this chapter and how to put an essay together and how to create a thesis and evidence. The way I'm going to use this is that I'm going to try my best to make the opening thesis as well as I can, that's were I have the most trouble. Building the evidence is that that hard and very much more simple then the thesis. One thing I been told to do be different teachers are to write out the body of the essay and then later go back and figure out the thesis which is very helpful.

Essay 1: Rough Draft

The best New Year’s Eve I ever had was when I went to Disneyland and thats why i chosed this image. I always wanted to go to Disneyland since I was a little girl, but my parents couldn’t afford to take me, my brother’s and my sister. My experience at Disneyland was truly magical especially due to the fact that I was with my love ones. It all started when my boyfriend, Salvador asked me to go. I was very happy and excited and even more joyful because my six year old son and my younger sister were also coming with us.


We had plan this vacation a few weeks ahead and when the day finally come we were packed and ready to roll. We left early morning, so we wouldn’t encounter much traffic. It was very nice to see the scenery, I always wanted to travel and explore new places. Finally, after several hours on the road we arrived at our destination and it was a beautiful day . Shortly after, we found our hotel and relaxed in our rooms for the first day.

The next day we got up bright and early and headed off to Disneyland around 7:30am. We were told to be there as early as possible since it was New Year’s Eve and it would get very crowded. We wanted to be on the safe side incase the park reached its capacity limit. Our hotel was about a block away from Disneyland and the whole walk there we were so excited and couldn’t stop talking about it.

Once we got into the park it was so exciting and I was overwhelmed with joy. The first thing I saw and will always remember was an enormous Christmas tree and beside it was Mickey Mouse cheerfully greeting people. Immediately we began to see many of the attractions and getting on as many rides as we could. One ride that I specifically enjoyed and remember was a pirate ship that took us around a lake. My son was extremely excited to get on the ship and loved all the special affects. To see my son’s face filled with so much delight, is a precious moment that I will always hold in my heart.

Midnight was fast approaching and we were all very exhausted. The plan was to stay until twelve o’clock to see the fireworks. We found a nice little spot to sit on the lawn where we would be able to enjoy the show. The fireworks of course were very amazing and to be able to share that moment with the people I love was even more incredible. The display of fireworks was very bright and colorful and to see them illuminate the famous Disneyland castle blew my mind away.

It was a very exhausting trip, but a once in a life time experience which made everything worth it. This is why I think this image of Disneyland is very special to me and very magical. I always remember Disneyland and truly hope to visit it once again.