Reflection 1

   This class wasn’t hard at all at the start, but I did face some small problems.

   

From the first two classes, Mr. Hedley made us do two practice summaries. The subjects were the North African bustards and the Emirati Police night patrols. Since they were practice summaries, they were simple. They were simple and interesting at the same time.

   

The summarizing process is easy. All we had to do is read the whole passage and highlight only the important things in it, leaving all the examples and most of the facts behind. All in all, what we had to do is writing down the main idea of the subject that we're summarizing.

   

After two easy summaries, we got to do the real work. We were handed out two assessed summaries. It had to be between 100 to 150 words this time, Other than that you would get lower marks. They were about desert milk and desert survival. All of the students showed improvement in these two summaries, thanks to the two practice summaries. Everyone has followed Mr. Hedley's advice in leaving out the examples and facts.

   

Before everyone would pack their bags for Eid Al Adha, Mr. Hedley gave us a look around BibMe. He showed us the importance of accurate referencing prior to our upcoming personal 

assignment.

   We had made big progress in these weeks in learning summary skills and how to use BibMe

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Summary Task 2

   A lot of people drink milk every day. You can buy different types of milk in any supermarket. The company that produces it has 135,000 cows held in 6 superfarms. They can produce 2.5 million liters a day. The milk gets homogenized at first, and pasteurized to kill any harmful bacteria and to let it last longer. Most of the milk is used for other dairy products. The rest is bottled with a color-coded cap to indicate the type of milk. The milk is held after that in a cold storage facility, and delivered to the customer. The company operates 2,975 vehicles to deliver the products. Cow's milk can be in a can, evaporated, condensed or powdered, but the fresh milk is the king.

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Summary Task 1

   Bedouins would need lots of water in the summer. There were two ways to find water, by following the birds or going in the middle of deep dune valleys. Wells were dug between 3 and 10 meters deep with bare hands. Once they hit water the well was completed and named after the man who dug it. Bedouins can drain water out of camel's body when in need. Camel or goat milk can replace water. Bedouins can withstand greater dehydration than most, and survive longer without water too.

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Summary Practice 2

   The North African houbara bustard is an endangered bird. They were over-hunted, and their land has been destroyed. There is a plan to prevent their extinction and it's entirely financed by Abu Dhabi's Government. 15,000 birds are released per season. The ones that are kept for breeding are trained to be familiar with humans. 400 females are inseminated a day in Enjil. It takes 24 days for the eggs to hatch in an incubation facility. 10 per cent will be for breeding, and the rest will be released. 65 per cent of the released birds survive in a year. Over the past 10 years, the density has increased 10 times.

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Summary practice 1

   The horsemen roam the desert to look for troublemakers. Each emirate has a horse patrol to monitor any unreachable areas by the car. They must remain silent for any sign of trouble. The horses are trained to stay calm when hearing a sudden sound. It was not easy to train them. The horsemen form a group and cover as much ground as possible. They stop during the hottest months. It's rare to find people at that time. The horsemen never exhaust their horses and they take good care of them.

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