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A Fantastic Literary Panel

NEWS
NEWS
ADANA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH NEWS
REPORT
REPORT
Kathmandu REPORT
30th August 2021

Rato Bangala School Zoom class: A few days ago, geous in the war due to my lavishness.”
on the 18th of August; all the students of Grade which came off as a rather mature and
6 ‘A’ had a literacy panel discussion. The discus- important response. “I felt heartbroken
sion was through Zoom, and the students were because no matter how much I helped the
all dressed as characters. The discussion was on human, he still tried to eat me.” stated the ape.
the book ‘The Cat Who Went to Heaven’. The rea- This was indeed true as even though the ape had
son behind this literacy panel discussion was to helped a man from a life-threatening situation
understand the book and its character develop- in the book, the man still tried to kill the kind-
ments better. The students were all dressed well hearted ape and eat him in the end. However,
and had a proper representation of their charac- contrary to the ape, the ape-traitor replies, “I did
ters. None of the participants hesitated to answer not want to do it, but looking at the circumstanc-
a question. Everyone was very active and excited es, I was forced into the act for the sake of my
during the discussion. survival.”, which was quite a reasonable answer
to a good question. The rest of the literacy panel
The entire discussion was done through Zoom went smoothly, without any disturbances.
since the coronavirus pandemic prevented us
from meeting face-to-face. Each roll-number Adana Rajya Laxmi Shah was the reporter for
asked the other person behind them a question this panel discussion. We read the literacy sensa-
and the next person did the same. Everyone an- tion named ‘The Cat Who Went to Heaven’ by
swered from their own characters’ perspectives. Elizabeth Coatsworth in Grade 6 ‘A’. As the liter-
The discussion went very smoothly. The partici- ary panel continued, the reporter wrote a report
pants of the discussion were all very enthusias- for the entire discussion as it was their job. Some
tic. It was important to have this discussion as we of the participants had even applied make-up to
could have a better understanding of the book, add more flair to their costumes. Of course, some
‘The Cat Who Went to Heaven’. The panel discus- participants got disconnected because of internet
sion helped us understand the different perspec- issues, but overall the literacy panel continued
tives of each character- even the objects in the smoothly. Everyone was having a lot of fun by
book- better. Everyone was having a spectacular studying the book differently. This literacy panel
time learning and enjoying themselves. was a great success. D

Buddha answered the
priest’s question stat-
ing. “My father was very
proud of me for saving
that swan from my cous-
in.”, as anyone would be,
for Buddha displayed a
great act of mercy on the
swan. Everyone spoke
confidently. The war-
horse also gave the swan
a splendid answer say-
ing, “I remained coura-