our encouragement, she stood still in front of class for almost ten minutes without doing anything until maria threatened not to let other students go home until she finished her acting. the little girl then tried to describe the word by lively acts, and luckily one student made a good guess and the shy girl was released to her seat. at the end of the class, maria announced to give the final sentence which according to her, would be very hard, so she needed a volunteer. and what really struck us was that that little shy girl did volunteer to stand in front of the class and gesture!
we were all 