Using an idea from famous writer Ernest Hemingway, students learned how to create an emotional experience for the reader. Instead of describing what something is like with an adjective, the students were instructed to write the entire experience so the reader can feel all the emotions themselves throughout the story.

Myra Leung from 4G writes a story that is a spinoff of her previous story, “An Unbelievable Birthday Party”.

“Wake up, Ariana. It’s time for breakfast,” said Ariana’s mum from the speaker. They lived in a three floor condo. Her mum had a backache, she couldn’t walk the stairs often.

“Yes, Mum,” shouted Ariana to the speaker. She quickly changed her uniform and brushed her teeth. Ariana opened her door and already smelled her mom's favorite Hazelnut coffee. She quickly walked down. Her mom prepared her favorite strawberry yogurt, honey cereal, a toast and an omelette with cheese. Ariana’s mouth was full of saliva. She pulled the chair next to her mum.

Her mum was smiled, “Ariana, are you going to bring those books to Heidi?’’ Heidi looked at the table and thought about what should eat first.

Mum pointed to her desk. ‘‘I think Heidi loves science. We’ve got some science books from Auntie Anna. She bought them for your birthday. You can ask Heidi if she’s interested?’’

Ariana's mum was obsessed with cleaning her house. She liked clean and neat. “Yes! Heidi loves science. I can ask her later. Last Saturday, I called Heidi at noon. She told me she was going to Wonka’s birthday party,” mumbled Ariana. Her mouth was full of yogurt and some cereal. She looked at the clock and saw it was 8:00. Ariana quickly ran to her desk to grab her backpack and the science books.

“I packed your lunch box. You haven’t eaten the toast yet. I put the toast in the zippy bag for your recess. I packed one fruit cup for Heidi too,” shouted Mum, from the kitchen. She quickly ran to Ariana and handed her the bag. Ariana kissed her mum goodbye and went to school.

“Good morning, Miss Susan,” said Ariana. Miss Susan was Ariana’s class teacher. Ariana liked her teacher a lot because Miss Susan always tells jokes. “Morning, Ariana. Please go to your seat. We will have the class soon,” while Heidi walked to her seat, she heard Miss Susan mumble why many students hadn’t come to the class yet.

Ariana looked around and saw that Wonka, Heidi, Lucy, Lucus and William’s seats were empty. Ariana wondered why all of them were not here. She hoped to see Heidi soon and talk to her. After recess, all of them still had not arrived to the class. Heidi started to feel worried.

Ariana mumbled, “ Heidi didn’t text me anything after she went to Wonka’s birthday party. She told me she would call me after the party.”

At lunch time, Heidi and her friends still didn’t come. Ariana was so worried and saw everyone in a group eating and chatting. Ariana started missing her friend. She was wondering if Heidi was sick or did something happen to her.

After school, Heidi kept those science books at Heidi’s drawer and quickly went back home. She messaged Heidi but no one replied.

The next day, Ariana arrived at school at 7:50 and was hoping to meet Heidi as soon as possible. She saw Miss Susan wearing black and had a sad face. She even looked down while she walked to the classroom. Everyone gasped and shocked.

“I have some bad news…,” said Miss Susan. “We found that Wonka, Heidi, Lucy , Lucus and William vanished at Wonka’s grandma’s home.” Police are now investigating their whereabouts. I heard the police found a knife and potion. We should pray for them to come back soon.

Ariana couldn’t believe her ears. Her hands and body were shaking. She tried to hold her tears. She had some pictures with Heidi in her handbook. She opened it and saw Heidi's face. She tried to stop her tears from wetting all her pictures and the note card that Heidi made for her.

All the classmates were shocked and cried. They couldn’t believe that would happen in their class.

Miss Susan wrote a note on the blackboard: ‘‘Cherish the present moment before that moment flies and one fine day it becomes a memory. ’’

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