Fable Rough Draft

***Before the child would read this short story, the teacher would explain that they must identify (on EACH page) what “Jean” was doing wrong. On every page there is an example of wrongdoing to the environment. In this story the following issues can be observed: water conservation, air pollution, paper waste, recycling, and energy conservation. The students would then be asked what “Jean” could do differently to conserve and be more environmentally conscious.***

Jean the Silly Human Being

Everyday Jean would wake up and brush her teeth 374 strokes. While she left her sink running she would carefully scrub187 times on her top teeth and 187 brushes for her bottom teeth. She did this because she wanted her teeth to sparkle.

After breakfast Jean would have her mom drive her to school, she NEVER took that awful bus! She hated the smell of the stinky fat bus driver, and she hated sitting in the back of the bus. Plus, Jean thought she looked pretty cool when she arrived to school in her mom’s sporty red car.

In class Jean would use her new blue pen to doodle on page after page of her notebook. When class was over she’d secretly crumple up her 14 pages of pictures, and throw them away so no one would ever see her amazing artistic ability.

At lunch Jean would rip open her brown paper bagged lunch to see what her mom had packed her. Today she had a sandwich (with no crusts) neatly placed in a zip lock baggy, a bag of potato chips, an apple, and last but not least a can of soda to wash it all down. After eating her entire lunch (except for the apple, who likes apples?!) Jean threw away the trash, including the soda can and crumpled up plastic bag, into the big trash bin that stood right next to a small blue one. Jean never really understood why that little blue one was there, no one ever used it, and there were silly white arrows on it.

After recess and a little more school, it was time for Jean to go home… but of course NOT on that stinky bus!

The dinner rule in Jean’s house was: I cook, YOU clean! Since tonight Jean’s mom and brother were making dinner, it was her turn to do the dishes. Jean HATED washing the dishes, so she set the table with plastic plates; now all she’d have to do is throw the plates away!

Following dinner, Jean would again brush her teeth 374 times, put on her pajamas, and get into bed. Before she’d fall asleep Jean would read a chapter in her book, “100 Ways I can help Save the Environment.” Once her eyes became tired, Jean would go to sleep… but she didn’t like to sleep in the pitch black so Jean left her light on ALL night.