Procedure:
1. Please download or purchase from the photocopier a copy of the extracts we will be working with.
2. Read the extracts over the Christmas holiday and summarize each one (if you have the time), into about 450 to 500 words maximum. Choose the story you like best to perform in class.
After Christmas:
3. Students who would like to participate in this project will give their summaries in spoken form. They will tell the story pretending they are the protagonists. The spoken summaries should not take more the 3 to 5 minutes.
4. The class will vote on the person who best represented the character.
5. Your teacher will present the candidates to the English Department.
6. The English Department will decide which students will take part in the presentation in April.
The Presentation:
7. In April, the author of the book will come to our school to talk about her experience.
This will take place in a public viewing in the auditorium. Those students who have been chosen will then present their character / story publicly.
8. The closing act of the session will be 2-3 students from Saudi Arabia telling their story of leaving Syria and going to Saudi Arabia.