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In Chinese 2, Upper School students became the teachers. After reading each of their assigned storybooks in Chinese, students conducted independent research on new vocabulary and read their favorite parts of the stories aloud to the class. Then, students taught the new vocabulary from their book to their class during presentations.
After having read and analyzed selected works written by Edgar Allan Poe, students solved an in-class mystery that included and involved the characters and circumstances from Poe's short stories and poems. Once all evidence was gathered and case files completed, students were put into teams to prove their cases and prosecute the suspects. They had a great time playing detective and presenting their cases for the judge and jury!
"The one true democracy we have is storytelling,” says Colum McCann, bestselling novelist and Co-founder of Narrative 4 (N4), an organization devoted to helping students deepen their understanding of themselves and their world. Storytelling “goes across borders, boundaries, genders, wealth, race,” McCann says, “everyone has a story to tell."
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