Budding Authors

This afternoon, I suggested we write some stories together.  The girls narrated and I wrote them down so that they would stay focused on their story rather then give up because it took them too long to write themselves!  We were working hard to think about describing words and how to make the story more interesting to read (as suggested in Jaimee's school report!).

 It was very hard to get the girls to consider actually planning an idea for a story, but once they got started with their narration, their creative juices were flowing as quickly as I could type!

Here are the results:

The Adventure of Rosie and Midge

By Jaimee Trowbridge

Once upon a time there was a cat named Rosie and a kitten, whose name was Midge.  When it was lunchtime, they felt hungry so they decided to cross the road to find some food.  They were so hungry that their tummies were rumbling like a lion!  Actually, they were so hungry that they rushed across the road, quickly looking both ways so that they didn’t get run over!

Midge soon found six fish in a pool, and reached out with her paw and grabbed the quick fish.  Midge kindly shared three fish with Rosie, who was delighted with her baby Midge.  Rosie and Midge ate and ate until they were so full that they just wanted to lie down in the sun and rest.  So they did!

Later, they heard a car zooming past, and they got such a fright that they jumped onto the roof of the car – they were VERY quick!  Luckily, when it stopped at the vet they were able to leap off the car roof and run inside. 

Inside, Midge and Rosie spotted two open cages and ran inside them because they heard another car coming to the vet and it frightened them!  Just then, the vet came along and closed the doors behind them. 

Into the vet walked Jordis (who was a little girl) coming to find two special cats to take home and live with her.  Jordis looked around the room, and her eyes caught sight of the two little cats in the cages.  “They are so cute” she whispered to her mum.  Mum agreed, telling Jordis “We can buy them if you want to”.  “YAY! I want them – thanks mummy!” Jordis shouted happily. 

Jordis and her mum took Rosie and Midge home with them and Jordis carefully patted her two new fluffy, soft cats.  Rosie and Midge purred because they were so happy and content in their new home.

The End.

The Rainbow

By Kate Trowbridge

Once upon a time there was a colourful rainbow with red, yellow, green and blue in it.  While we were looking at the rainbow, our family were amazed because it was beautiful.  Mum touched it and said it felt smooth.  She lifted us up and we were able to slide on the rainbow – it was so much fun!  We spotted a slide and we climbed up so that we could go down again and again.  Them we had to go home because Luke was awake and it was tea time. 

The End.