Chinese Thread reach a consensus over one key word or revision . In total it took us over a month and three or four drafts , as well as extensive discussions with Ms . Li to finally integrate our input and transform it into one excellent script .”
It all began with the Drama module of the grade 10 Chinese lesson . Following the intensive reading task of the excerpt from Thunderstorm , the students needed an assessment assignment . Ms . Gao gave her students the freedom to divide into groups and plan their own assignment for the assessment in any form they liked . Each team came up with its own assignment , some in the form of an exam paper ; another as a PowerPoint presentation ; and another showing their understanding and creative adaptation of the script in acting . This led Wang Zitai , grade 10 student , to approach Ms . Pei with an idea to create a full-length play in Chinese . After several rounds of discussion , it was decided that Thunderstorm would be Keystone ’ s first Chinese theatrical performance .
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