The Quiz Writer
I had never thought of actually giving specific instructions to the Quiz Writer during stories but this morning I got this excellent little set of instructions from Ben Lev (CA) which do exactly that. Thanks Ben. These are going to
Brian on Flying
A repost from 2011: I got the email below from Brian. In it, he talks about the term "flying" that we have been using here lately. It made me think of some old emails from Krashen describing a very similar term
When It Falls Apart
I need a reminder that I am there to teach the structures, not the story. Sometimes we get to focusing on (more like bowing down at the alter of) the story and those myriad details that we need to do. It
Simplicity
This goes under the simplicity banner. Today I: - sent by boss my lesson plans. It took three minutes because they are the same every week. - called Matava for a story because I do that whenever I will be observed that
La's Bio
Hi Ben, This is La from Madison, Wisconsin. Sorry for the procrastination on this and not sending you my bio sooner… Here’s a bit about myself… I am not a “4%,” in fact I was a brat, one of those students that
Jody on Songs
Jody wrote in 2009: I also teach songs. Duh-- (especially with my little ones), but NOT because I actually believe it increases language acquisition very much. That is pretty easy to prove. Stuff from songs very rarely shows up in spontaneous
A Beautiful Story
This is beautiful, from Laurie's blog today: blog.heartsforteaching.com/2011/11/27/a-powerful-example-of-acquisition.aspx
Avoiding Superfluous Details in Stories
In a comment to this post: http://www.benslavic.com/blog/2011/11/22/the-beauty-of-the-three-locations/ John said: "I’m working on Matava’s “Talks Too Much” and “Refrigerator” in my two levels, and the students want to linger on one situation, and come up with all kinds of crazy details. This is great
A Minor in Spanish
Today I met someone who is majoring in Political Science with a minor in Spanish at Metro State University here in Denver. I asked why the minor in Spanish and she explained how useful it would be in whatever career
The Six Spokes of the Fluency Wheel
I always like to have a mindset before beginning a week of comprehensible input - a game plan devoted exclusively to comprehensible input, if you will, that I will not deviate from. I want to spend the week on what