Grace

Here’s an Anne Matava script for a level 3 class: (Anne is working on a new collection of story scripts. It would be Vol. 3. There is also a set of scripts just for Houdini. We are working on those. Both will be published as ebooks only, and I should share that I won’t be […]

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The Vacuum Cleaner

Here’s an Anne Matava script for a level 1 class: Doit passer l’aspirateur aspire plus tard je ne sais pas Frank doit passer l’aspirateur.  Sa mère dit, << Frank!  Passe l’aspirateur!>>  Frank ne veut pas passer l’aspirateur.  Il veut jouer au basket.  Il passe l’aspirateur parce que sa mère le dit.  Il aspire le frigo. 

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Do Now Example

Last week there was a discussion about DO NOW over on the forum. I asked Annick Chen if she would share what she puts on her smart board at the beginning of each of her classes and she agreed: Annick Chen’s Ideas of DO NOW & EXIT TICKETS (1)

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Ten Minute Deal 2

I have gotten better at staying in the target language because of the Ten Minute Deal. I have only been doing it for a few weeks, but I am getting some really strong ten minute periods in the TL with only a few short four second clarifications. I can do comprehensible input in the TL

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Staying in the TL

Chris said this in talking about a thread started by Eric Herman about the use of L1 in the classroom: …I’ll just randomly say funny, weird, random things in English which then turn into 1-2 minute random rants or conversations in English that I then have to get away from and get back into Spanish

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Change in Canada

With Chris and Kristen and Charlotte and others in Canada, I feel change is on its way. Like the change in the U.S., the change in Canada is starting in the West. A few days ago I got this letter from a parent in British Columbia (I transferred it from another post to here). It

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