An Exciting Day
This essay was written by a Chinese student of mine, Sarah Zhang, currently in Grade 5.
“Great,” my mother told me, “Linda, Jason and I are going to take part in a play!”
A few days ago, we went to Beijing by car. We felt happy we had seven days to learn drama. Our drama teachers, Durand and his assistant Alice, came from America. They were nice and ebullient. They were funny and good at drama.
Our play’s name was “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Linda portrayed Quince, Jason portrayed Flute, and I portrayed Queen Titania.
The exciting day finally arrived.
The morning of the day we put up our play, we got up, and the first thing we did was to review our dialogue. Everybody did what he had to do. Our teachers were very caring, they wanted us to rest at home that morning.
When noon came, everyone’s hearts were jumping fast. After lunch, Ms Alice put on our makeup, one by one, in accordance with our role's character. She was very careful and diligent, our dresses were different too.
Time passed slowly, the time to start the play was close at hand. Do I feel happy? Excited? Tension? I did not know, I was full of contradictions. Before the play began, we still did some exercises, so we would not hurt our body when we fall.
Soon after the first act was the second act, when I must go on stage. I went up on stage. First, I was scared, I lost a sentence. And then, I felt better. Finally, I was not afraid, and was enjoying it.
After the show, I asked my mother, “Do you know I lost a sentence?”
“I don’t know,” my mother said, “Everyone was good!”
As the play ended, we must finally split from our classmates and teachers. We were not willing. We hugged our teachers, but had to leave at last.
That day was most exciting! I knew how to act in a play, but better than that, I knew what true friendship was!
“Great,” my mother told me, “Linda, Jason and I are going to take part in a play!”
A few days ago, we went to Beijing by car. We felt happy we had seven days to learn drama. Our drama teachers, Durand and his assistant Alice, came from America. They were nice and ebullient. They were funny and good at drama.
Our play’s name was “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Linda portrayed Quince, Jason portrayed Flute, and I portrayed Queen Titania.
The exciting day finally arrived.
The morning of the day we put up our play, we got up, and the first thing we did was to review our dialogue. Everybody did what he had to do. Our teachers were very caring, they wanted us to rest at home that morning.
When noon came, everyone’s hearts were jumping fast. After lunch, Ms Alice put on our makeup, one by one, in accordance with our role's character. She was very careful and diligent, our dresses were different too.
Time passed slowly, the time to start the play was close at hand. Do I feel happy? Excited? Tension? I did not know, I was full of contradictions. Before the play began, we still did some exercises, so we would not hurt our body when we fall.
Soon after the first act was the second act, when I must go on stage. I went up on stage. First, I was scared, I lost a sentence. And then, I felt better. Finally, I was not afraid, and was enjoying it.
After the show, I asked my mother, “Do you know I lost a sentence?”
“I don’t know,” my mother said, “Everyone was good!”
As the play ended, we must finally split from our classmates and teachers. We were not willing. We hugged our teachers, but had to leave at last.
That day was most exciting! I knew how to act in a play, but better than that, I knew what true friendship was!
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