Natalia Valdez English Ms. Lehmann 2-22-19 Adventure Awaits Cameron was a blue-eyed boy with raspberry colored freckles. He was an only child, which meant staying home alone could get a little boring. Cameron was 11 years old. The town he grew up on was south east of Idaho. The town was quiet you could hear a pin drop. That the only daily action Cameron saw was the tumbling of weeds. His passion was to go on adventures even if it meant in his backyard. He was always curious of why we traveled. It was a Friday afternoon and it had been a long day from finals and stacks of homework. Cameron was happy that school was out and summer vacation was just around the corner. It would only end.. FOR THREE MONTHS!! “Wait my summer is going to come to an end fast” exclaimed Cameron “Don’t worry you have plenty of time to make your summer vacation awesome” his mom said from the kitchen. Cameron liked action and a hint of those butterfly stomach feelings. As he brainstormed on what he could do for summer. Later that evening the family was called to dinner. During dinner Cameron’s mother decided to make Cameron’s favorite dinner. As he gulped the last strip of spaghetti. He noticed a happy expression on his parents face. He could tell something was up. Mom went upstairs for a couple of minutes. “How would you like to go on a trip” said dad. “Yes are we going to go feed the cows” said Cameron with excitement As Cameron’s mom reached for her pocket she came out with two tickets to Las Vegas. At first Cameron was speechless, he could feel a tingling sensation all around. Maybe Cameron’s summer would have an exciting rocky start. I managed to pull some strings at work at work with my boss” said mom “Thanks mom you’re the best” said Cameron That night he packed shorts, t-shirts and other necessities. Cameron could not sleep with excitement. The next morning him and his mom where headed to Las Vegas on a plane. “Why do we travel?” said Cameron “I don’t know maybe you can answer that question” said mom Thinking about made Cameron dais of “Maybe we travel to get out of our daily routines or people might yearn for something exciting or different, and it problem opens minds to see a new perspective” said Cameron Cameron noticed that everyone was getting of the airplane they had arrived Las Vegas. They received their luggage and rode on a taxi to the hotel. There was speed, everything was moving faster in the city from people walking to public transportation, from mattings to meals. The dominant colors from all the variations of buildings. He was not quiet sure what to call this palette. When they got to the hotel the rested for a while. Cameron decided to take a shower to go to dinner. When the where walking Cameron daises off and lost track of his mom. He could feel his blood start to pump with fear. He was lost Las Vegas could not be compared with his little town in Idaho. He spotted a police and asked to use a phone. After a couple of hours Cameron’s mom came to pick him up. “Don’t ever scare me like that” mom said with teardrops. “Okay my predication of why we travel was right” exclaimed Cameron
Narrative Reflection Questions Answer all questions with complete, grammatically correct sentences. Be specific and thoroughly address each question.
List one thing you've learned from writing this paper that you can apply to other writing assignments. What will that look like? One thing I learned from writing this paper is that you should use all of your 5 senses to describe the setting, characters, and the plot of your story. When using this it would look like someone is talking and not like a textbook.
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 was asked to revise my grammar, I learned to go back and read my papers to not have so many errors.
What are the conventions of a narrative and how did you meet those in this assignment? I used the conventions of a narrative by adding involving readers in the story. It makes the story more interesting than to actually recreate and incident for readers than to simply tell about it. I also found a generalization which the story supports. This is the only way the writer's personal experience will take on meaning for reader.
Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it? If given more time to improve this narrative paper I would had went back a checked grammar. I would have also added more detail by not procrastinating.
What is one thing you're proud of in this paper? One thing I think I am proud of is the way I made the story more interesting than to actually recreate and simply tell about it.