Dear Girls,
I hope that you¡¦re taking good care of yourself and your family, and making good use of your time. Revise your books well as there won¡¦t be a lot of time after the Easter holidays.
As for myself, I¡¦m reading a lot and watching lots of DVD (Western movies only). And of course, I miss all of you and hope that classes will resume asap.
Let me come to the point. I meant to tell you about this project but since classes were suspended, I could not do this. As I have mentioned before, we¡¦re (you¡¦re to be exact!) going to put on a play. The details are as follows:
Script: One or two people will write a script based on ¡§The Pearl¡¨, ¡§The Open Window¡¨, ¡§To Kill a Mockingbird¡¨, ¡§The Nightingale and the Rose¡¨, ¡§Lamb to the Slaughter¡¨ (Concentrate on one or two scenes for ¡§The Pearl¡¨ and ¡§To Kill a Mockingbird¡¨; do not attempt to stage the whole book. Also, you could change some of the details and the ending but the focus is that there must be a message or a relevant theme). Or you can create a story of your own but there must be a theme e.g. social injustice, racial discrimination, poverty¡Ksomething we covered in class.
Grouping: 5 to 8 people (no more and no less than this)
Date of performance: the second week after the Easter holidays
Length of performance: Within 20 minutes
Scoring criteria: (30% of the accumulative marks)
1. Production: script, acting, staging (good use of stage), directing, props, costumes, voice, theme
2. Team work (co-operation) and effort: this is not assessed by me, but by the group members and yourself
3. Written reflection: the details will be announced later as this should be done after the performance
Please form your groups these few days and e-mail your name list to Stephanie at hshe@netvigator.com before next Wednesday (10th April, 2003)
If you have any problems, please e-mail me at patriciakwong@hotmail.com