Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel
Today's Language Awareness tutorial was to clear up some (okay, a lot) of the confusions that we had with verb phrases and clauses, and adjuncts, and complements and adverbials...you get the picture.
Whaaaatt?
You think English is easy?
Noooo. It isn't. Not as easy as it seems, as I've finally realized.
Even for an English-educated, English-speaking banana like me.
Anyways, that is not the point of this post here.
The point of this post is an activity that our lecturer had us do.
We were asked to write a short story in 15 minutes, of not more than 100 words, using as many prepositional phrases and adverbials as possible. It's okay, I'm not gonna bore you and explain what prepositional phrases and adverbials are. Anyway, I liked what we came up with. So here goes:
At the top of a tree, in a little hole, lived Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel. Out on the limb of a branch, Mr. Squirrel looked out over the hills and plains below. Mrs. Squirrel climbed higher up the trunk and looked up into the sky with a frown. Dark clouds. If it rains, how will they gather nuts? How will they collect rambutans under the tree? If possible, they should start out now. Mr. Squirrel scampered up the tree to meet Mrs. Squirrel. He sat next to her and held her hand. Mr. Squirrel looked into his wife's eyes, and gently pulled her onto his lap. All her worries disappeared. They kissed with the sun slowly setting in the horizon.
Whaaaatt?
You think English is easy?
Noooo. It isn't. Not as easy as it seems, as I've finally realized.
Even for an English-educated, English-speaking banana like me.
Anyways, that is not the point of this post here.
The point of this post is an activity that our lecturer had us do.
We were asked to write a short story in 15 minutes, of not more than 100 words, using as many prepositional phrases and adverbials as possible. It's okay, I'm not gonna bore you and explain what prepositional phrases and adverbials are. Anyway, I liked what we came up with. So here goes:
At the top of a tree, in a little hole, lived Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel. Out on the limb of a branch, Mr. Squirrel looked out over the hills and plains below. Mrs. Squirrel climbed higher up the trunk and looked up into the sky with a frown. Dark clouds. If it rains, how will they gather nuts? How will they collect rambutans under the tree? If possible, they should start out now. Mr. Squirrel scampered up the tree to meet Mrs. Squirrel. He sat next to her and held her hand. Mr. Squirrel looked into his wife's eyes, and gently pulled her onto his lap. All her worries disappeared. They kissed with the sun slowly setting in the horizon.
~The End~
Awwwwwwwww
Isn't it sweet? I can't believe we came up with that in 15 minutes! :)
Haha I like it....... XD
Isn't it sweet? I can't believe we came up with that in 15 minutes! :)
Haha I like it....... XD
Comments
its kind hard to believe, kan that we can whip out something so ridiculous like that in mere 15 minutes.
heh...
PS: Are you prepared for this Lisa? I mean....Cikgu Kwan.... LOL!
Well, the 12 screaming baby squirrels can wait till their parents are done...with whatever they plan to do after smooching...*winks*
>>william
Aiyo, don't be such a cynic. Come on, I'm just enjoying my uni years...This is the time you have fun in your classes, enjoy studying, enjoy learning...
I suggest you do too!! teehee
p.s: I'm ready to be a teacher..well, soon anyway. So, BRING IT ON!!! :)