An Unexpected Experience in Activity Period

While the bell is ringing in the hallway, we walk into English and Government teacher Brett Odom’s classroom for the activity period for our summer reading novel The Hound of Baskervilles. Odom welcomed  us with his bright smile as always. Odom told us that we are going to act out some of the plots in The Hound of Baskervilles. Kevin Tran’ 26 is a new student at NCS, and he told Odom that he didn’t read the book during summer. Odom understands the difficulty of summer reading for international students, so he started to guide Tran step by step.  “This activity went way better than I expected,” Tran said, “I was afraid of getting in trouble by not reading the book, but Odom’s behavior made me feel very comfortable about it.” Odom gave Tran the character of Sir Henry, and explained to him what he needs to do in the reenactment. I could see that Tran was overwhelmed in the beginning, but Odom used his passionate performance to make Tran start to enjoy the acting process. He changed from just reading the text to starting to use his body language. Time flies, and the class is over. Tran seems still immersed in the character, and couldn't get out. “I hope we can have another activity like this soon in the future,” Tran said.

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