SIII Unit 6 writing.pptVIP

Revision A story about Tai Lihua Exceptional beauty, extraordinary grace and expert artistry are qualities that have taken Tai Lihua to dance on the great stages of the world in more than 40 countries. Tai was born in a modest family in Yichang City, Hubei Province. She was an especially lovely and intelligent little girl and her parents had high hopes. She had a sweet voice and learned to speak very early. But at the age of two she was stricken with hyperpyrexia and permanently entered a world of silence. Although without hearing, Tai’s spirit prevailed. At age seven, a few minutes after she first entered the doors of a school for the hearing impaired, Tai experienced what would prove a pivotal moment. While her teacher pounded a foot drum upon the floor, she felt the vibrations radiate through her small body. This was a sound that could be felt and it was rhythmic. Tai recalls bending to touch the rough wood planks with her fingertips, her face hot with excitement. “I love it.” she signed to her teacher. With the support of family and the added asset of the school for the deaf and mute, she gained confidence, and managed to cultivate her sense of independence, competence and self-discipline. And it paid off. Later she made a career of it. Today Tai Lihua is the star performer in China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe and she is the only Chinese dancer to be featured at New York’s Carnegie Hall and at Milan’s Theatre Museum at La Scala. Pre-writing Ingredients of story-writing: Story structure: Good stories have a beginning, a middle and an end. Main character: Who is your story about? Setting: Where does your story take place? Start by asking yourself some questions: Where dose the story take place — in space, in China, in your school or someplace completely from your imagination? When does the story take place — in the past, at present or in the future? Has the setting helped develop the