October 15th is Blog Action Day! What does this mean? This means bloggers around the world are writing about the same topic. The goal of Blog Action Day is to bring about a global change. This year's Blog Action Topic is "water". I am excited that the MyEC bloggers can join this global blogging challenge this year! Please write your post and tell your friends.Your Task:1. Start a new blog. Call it "Writing Challenge #24: Blog Action Day"2. Write a "Did you Know?" paragraph about water in your country. Tell us something interesting that we may not know. Imagine your paragraph as a sidebar: a "fun fact" that would appear in a magazine.Here are some ideas for topics:a. How your country conserves waterb. How clean (or unclean) the water in your country isc. Where the drinking water in your region comes fromd. Cultural or religious uses for watere. Changes that need to be made related to water use in your country3. Publish your post. Congratulate yourself for joining the global blogging challenge.4. Come back to this post and share a link to your Writing Challenge #24 blog post.5. Visit other Writing Challenge #24 posts and leave comments for the writers. This step is equally important to step 2!My Example:Did you Know?In Canada, water conservation is most important in the summertime. Some regions have water restrictions in the summertime. You can only water your garden on certain days of the week. People who live on the opposite side of the street have a different watering day. The fines for using water on the wrong day can be steep. If a summer is hotter than usual, a water restriction may be more strict. In 2010, many residents of Ontario were not allowed to water their lawns or gardens at all! There was a full on watering ban. Some people get around this by filling children's pools with water. They dump the water on their flower beds after the kids have enjoyed a dip. In some regions, water use in the home is also monitored. Those who run dishwashers and washing machines at peak times (before and after work hours) get charged more for water usage than those who run their machines through the night.Thanks to BrainPOP for informing teachers about Blog Action Day. Here is a great video about blogging. Check it out! If you are a teacher, show it to your students. What better day to start blogging than on Blog Action Day?
These new blogs are fantastic! Blog action day did not end on October 15th. Please keep your water posts coming. This is such an interesting way to learn about other countries. Thanks for joining! If you make "corrections" based on my Bonus Challenges, please come back to this post and leave a comment.
Thanks dear Tara for your attention ...And thanks a lot for the challenge ...
Grammatically ,I should've asked the question in question word order :
Instead of "So where the water I drink come from ?" ,I should say :"So where does the water I drink come from ?" ...Or at least I should've used "comes" instead of "come"...
Thanks a lot dear Tara for your feedbacks ...
Have a wonderful time
:)
Here is Karenne's post on Blog Action Day. She is a fantastic teacher. Speaking of Did you Know...Did you know Karenne started a Business English Group on MyEC? Join today!
Hello Tara,
I've read your post about water conversation in Canada with great interest. In my country people treat water in a different way. I've told about it here: Blog Action Day
Thanks for interesting Challenge!
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Grammatically ,I should've asked the question in question word order :
Instead of "So where the water I drink come from ?" ,I should say :"So where does the water I drink come from ?" ...Or at least I should've used "comes" instead of "come"...
Thanks a lot dear Tara for your feedbacks ...
Have a wonderful time
:)
Thanks a lot for challenging us again ....Here is my blog ...
Have a nice time
:)
I'm ashamed a little bit.
The following is my challenge. Thanks for creating this topic for us to practice our writing.
http://my.englishclub.com/profiles/blogs/writing-challenge-24-blog-8
This is my link contributing to Blog Action Day, Theme being Water
http://my.englishclub.com/profiles/blogs/writing-challenge24-blog
I've read your post about water conversation in Canada with great interest. In my country people treat water in a different way. I've told about it here:
Blog Action Day
Thanks for interesting Challenge!
That info about China is so interesting to me.Slot machines? I'd love to hear more. Great writing! Thanks for joining!
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