The Writers' Circle

Hi there everyone. 
For a school project, my friends and I (4 of us) wrote 2 realistic fictional stories. We illustrated photos, and put the pages together, making a picture book. There were 2 of us to a book. My friend "Beaner" and I wrote one about conserving water, which you will read shortly. Unfortunately, we can't show you the pictures. :( 
My other 2 friends (one of them is audreyhepburn) wrote one about worm composting! We will be going into grade 1/2 classrooms and reading the books to the kids. We will then discuss the problems our earth is facing with them. Here is the story! 


Emily's Idea

"Good morning, class!" said Mrs. Smith. "Today we are going to start a new science unit. It is called Global Warming. The first part is about water conservation. It fits in well, because right now our town is having trouble renewing water." 

"What is water conservation?" Emily asked.

"Water conservation is when you save water and don't waste it. For your homework you're going to think of a way to conserve water. Tomorrow you will all share your ideas with the class." 

During dinner that night, Emily told her family about her homework. She told them that there was a smaller amount of water in the town. She was excited that her class would be helping out with the problem. 

After recess at school the next day, Mrs. Smith announced that it was time to share the ideas that they had to conserve water.  

Emily had the idea of turning off the water when your brush your teeth. 

Sam thought taking shorter showers would help. 

Sara came up with fixing any leaks that you had in your house. The list went on and on. 

"Those are all great ideas!" Mrs. Smith was happy that they all took time to think of very good ways to help. "In the newspaper this morning, it said that if we don't start using less water, for a little while we may have a very small amount. 

"I wrote each idea on the chalkboard. You are going to have to chose three of them, and use them throughout the week." 

Everyone in the class tried very hard to use less water, but that didn't help much. On some days, only little drops of water would come out of the taps. 

"Mom, I really want everyone to know how important it is to conserve water. How can I tell everyone?" Emily asked her mom before she went to bed. 

"I do work at the local news station. I could see if a report can be done about what your class is doing. My job is to interview the people who will be in the reports, so I could come into your classroom. The kids in your class, and your teacher could take about water conservation." she told her. Emily was very excited about the idea, and so was her teacher.

After a couple of days, Emily's mom told her that she would be going into her classroom to work on the news report. All of the students were very excited that they were going to be on TV!

On Monday morning Emily's mom went into the classroom to talk to the students and the teacher. There was also a man with a big video camera that came with her.

Each of the kids got a chance to talk about water conservation and be on camera. "The report will be on channel 57 tonight at 6:30. Make sure you watch it!" said Emily's mom.

"Emily!" Her mother called. "It's time to watch yourself on TV!" 

"Tonight we have a story about a grade three class that is learning about water conservation. They talked to us about the importance of saving water." A reporter announced. 

Then clips were shown of students talking about water conservation. Soon it was Emily's part. "Water is something that every person needs. If we don't start saving water, we may not have any later." 

Many people in the community saw the news report and were impressed at how aware the kids were about what was going on. Everyone used water wisely, which gave them more time to use water for fun, more often!

Emily's class showed people that you can make a problem better as long as you try your best. No matter what your age is, hard work pays off and makes a difference.