Report from Agen
Yesterday I was walking down the street here in this charming Mediterranean city of Agen, France and ran into Stephen Krashen and Beniko Mason. I
Cartoon-Sized Stories
Stories are best when they are “cartoon-sized”. Like a cartoon episode, they start, have a plot, and wrap up within 25-35 minutes. Using the Story
Compelling – 3
Tina Hargaden said: Using emergent targets, for me at least, has invited much more creativity into my work. I am looking forward to starting the year
Compelling – 2
With emergent targets, the story will be different in every class, so different vocabulary and structures are used. Therefore, a traditional scope and sequence based
Compelling – 1
It may well be that allowing new structures into a story during the story at the very moment when they are needed to drive the story forward will frequently, through
vPQA Links
Here is a link to the PLC vPQA folder: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7fIft4pMHUTfjIzUmZuc1hDcDJmQlA0NlAtVEZCcUxobGU3UkswVXpIXzFXR0Zwb1BBUEU&usp=sharing
Report from the Field – Jen Schongalla
We finally have resolution to the tough year that jen had and it is all great news. Those who have been following along since the gnarly early
The Pool Is Deep
A repost from 2013: Intuitive teaching is about trusting the heart/intuition to bring more to the class than just mere intellectual discussion. Mere intellectual discussion does not
Uninterrupted Flow
This is a repost from some years ago. I feel like I'm swimming upstream on this point in the group. Oh well - I'll keep
Using Calming Music
We should use calming music when we start our classes with silent reading. How does the it work? Our normal heart rate is around 72 beats