Assignments

Just in case you needed some entertaining afternoon reading...

The assignment was to write a story using the following vocabulary words

sit ups, jumping jacks, running, jogging, aerobics, swimming

The following is what spewed forth from the imaginations of my students.

"Once upon a time there was a princess in a big palace, but there was no one else in this palace 

because the princess was very fat and she was always angry with others. No one wanted to live with 

her. She wanted to marry someone who is very talented and handsome. One day, a worm stretched 

itself into the princesses garden. It was founded by the princess. She was so boring at the time so she 

asked the worm to do some jumping jacks, sit ups, jogging. The worm cried at last “I suggest you set me

free!” The princess was confused. She said, “why?” It said, “I would help you become slim and find a 

good guy!” She was so happy and she agreed it. The worm said “maybe you should try some aerobics

like running and jogging every day?” The princess frowned but she do so, and she also swam every 

day. At last, she became very slim and very beautiful. One day, a prince passed by. He saw the 

princess, he was so happy and asked the princess “have you thought about to have a boyfriend?” She 

said, “yes of course!” Then they are a couple!"

"Once upon a time there was a fat rabbit who wanted to get in shape. She wanted to be the

most beautiful bride when marry Mr. Rabbit, so she set out to look for advice. She met

the elephant and asked “Mr. Elephant, can you give me some advice about getting in

shape?”

The elephant said “Yes. I suggest you do jumping jacks and sit ups”

The, she met Mrs. Tiger and Mrs. Tiger told her “maybe you should try doing aerobics

and lifting weights” Finally, she met miss monkey and miss monkey answered “have you

thought about going swimming or going running?” The fat rabbit was so happy because

of these useful advice. She made efforts to get in shape according to these suggestions.

Fortunately, she was successful! There is no doubt she and Mr.

Rabbit lived happily ever after."

"Long, Long ago there was a peaceful kingdom. A fat princess was living in there. The

princess was very lazy and she didn’t like to do exercise. One day she was going to her

grandmothers house. On the was home, she found a handsome man was swimming in the

pool. The man saw the fat princess, he laughed at her and said “what a fat girl!” The

princess was very angry. The man continued saying “Don’t be angry I will help you! I am

a strong man, I go swim and do sit ups everyday, it is so great. I suppose you do exercise

with me and lose weight. Maybe you should try to do jumping jacks, running and so on.

Aerobics is very helpful to lose weight. I often lift weights, it makes me so strong as you

can see!” The princess listened to the man’s advice even though she didn’t like to. After

doing exercise, the princess became a slim girl. The man came again, he was a prince! He

told to the princess “have you thought about dancing with me?” The princess was

surprised and they fell in love."

 

“Arthur's happy life” {written by Alan}

Many years ago, Arthur was a very fat boy and he walked so slowly. There is a very famous doctor in 

the world. That is Alan. One day, Arthur went to Alan's office.

Arthur: “Doctor, I have a serious problem.”

Alan: “Whats the problem?”

Arthur:“I’m so fat. I want to lose weight. Could you help me?”

Alan:“Sure! I suggest you do some jumping jacks, sit up and aerobics every day. It may be helpful!” 

Arthur followed Alan's suggestions, but he get fatter than before. Then he came to Alan's office again.

Arthur: "Doctor, I think your suggestions are useless. I’m much fatter."

Alan: "Maybe you should try to go swimming, go running and go jogging."

Arthur: "Are you sure?"

Alan: "I'm not sure. Have you thought about stretching?"

What a foolish patient! What a terrible doctor!