bolanosbrithany

[bolanosbrithany]

Integrated Project 2nd Period

Brithany Bolaños

3rd BACC “B”

Definition of: Story, tales, science fiction

Story: A story is the telling of an event, either true or fictional, in such a way that the listener experiences or learns something just by the fact that he heard the story.

Tales: A tale is a comparatively simple narrative, either fictitious or true, written or recounted orally in prose or in verse. A tale often recounts a strange event, focusing on something or someone exotic, marvellous, or even supernatural.

Science fiction: Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

Story (Literature for English)

It’s 2050. Water scarcity is now something that everybody is aware of and seen as a huge problem. Especially those who have water; they hide it so nobody asks them to give some. It’s sad but it’s what we have to do to survive. 

One day, I saw something really far away. At first, I was like: “What is it? I cannot see it clearly”. Undoubtedly, I tried approaching that thing but it seemed that it was moving away. Since it was crossing the border of my home, I decided to stop. Apart from this, I just wanted to forget about what I just saw since it had been a long night. The next day, I woke up, everything was pretty normal. I ate my croissant with café and a taco, as always. Then, I went and talked to my animals to stop feeling lonely. After talking to them, I went to do some yoga and later play my mom’s piano to relax. Time was just passing by and guess what, I saw it again. This time, I approached it totally. It was a kind of hole in my “neighbour's house” with a small light coming from the bottom. I didn’t want to get involved, so I was about to return to my place when I heard a voice: “Please, save us! We don’t want to live without water!”. “Save us? Live without water?”, I questioned myself about what I just heard. Despite my doubts, I carried on and, without thinking twice, I jumped into that hole. 

It was 2023. I travelled back in time, when there was still water. I knew that destiny wanted me to save our future. I started getting known around the world because I was telling everybody that I came from the future. Nonetheless, people didn’t trust me until I went to a famous news agency to prove it. I talked about what was going to happen to water if we didn’t stop contamination. Additionally, I gave them ways of using water with responsibility. I knew I couldn’t stay longer in 2023 since my hands started blurring. I said goodbye to everyone and closed my eyes to return back home. 

I opened my eyes and turned around. Suddenly, I realized the world did change! There were as many people and animals as before water scarcity. There was water everywhere! “I missed you a lot!” I said to my family and fiancée, which I haven’t seen for so long. I hope everything stays the way it is now.

References:

Travis, M. W., & Staff, T. (2011). What is a story, and where does it come from? TheWrap. https://www.thewrap.com/what-story-and-where-does-it-come-32636/ 

Tale - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms. (n.d.). In Vocabulary.com. https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/tale 

Wikipedia contributors. (2023). Science fiction. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction 

Video (English for Oral Presentations)

[bolanosbrithany]

How did I save water yesterday?

I saved water yesterday in a creative way. I was at the beach with my family. It was all fun in the sand but then we went right into the ocean. We were there for 2 hours I think. Well, after getting out of water, we stepped on sand of course. An uncle told us to go to a bathroom and wash ourselves. I thought it was unnecessary since we didn't have shampoo or soap. Instead, I told them to take a bottle and fill it with sea water so we could wash our feet and then in our houses take a bath. I didn't save too much water but it was still helpful.

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