In the post below, Bryce addresses the spontaneous creation of CI as opposed to the standard option that we always have in the three steps. It’s the old question of whether to do stay close to the safety of stories or just roam free with one word images and PQA and the like. Everybody has […]
Grant wrote a question to which I have no response, but maybe someone else does: Q. Ben, I need reminders that the best way to lead others to the light is through making my own teaching better and my own students outstanding rather than being evangelical, boisterous or confrontational. I battle with this on the
Don’t forget this crucial part of circling that Blaine told me last summer, and which I feel we all need to keep in mind during all CI that we try – when the circling saturates on one idea, bring in a new event or character and see where that goes. It works. Try it.
Here is a link to an old blog from 2008 describing how spontaneity can be reached in a TPRS class if we but listen to the kids. I revisit it from time to time. It’s about being open to the moments of potential creativity during the CI. If we make our own luck then we can also make
Here is a story that came out of a simple one word image today. It demonstrates the versatility of that process, which is explained in detail on this site at resources/workshop handouts. The word the kids chose was dog. The kids on first hour had the excellent idea of the dog coming into contact with
Thomas and I want to set up lists of links on our sites so that we can have easier access to each others’ blogs, but we need for you to send in your blog addresses before we can do that. This is all I have so far: tprsthoughts.wordpress.com – Thomas Young http://blog.heartsforteaching.com – Laurie Clarcq
I got an email from a colleague who asked if K really existed or if I was making the entire thing up. She really does exist and she is going to do great things – already is – on this particular planet. Below is her latest thinking on this thread. In it, she has certainly, and
Jason Fritze tells us how we can just open to a page in one of those super sized children’s books and just start talking about it. Totally stress free teaching. The words are so easy to get into the discussion – the visual input sparks discussion like nothing else. We talk about the power of
Warning: this is one long ass blog that I wrote, really to myself, in an attempt to pull out of a downward mid-winter spiral. I’m trying to get a focused high CI week going, because English has worked its way into my classroom more than I want it too lately. Anyone with ideas to add
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I got this great news from Martin Anders in Germany: Ben, The first version of my TPRS website for Germany is now online. It is: http://tprs-for-germany.com All the very best, Martin
I got an email about German books and am posting it below because it could help other German teachers. I know there are Michael Miller’s books, which are fantastic, and I will ask Robert, Anne and Mike to weigh in on this too, since they know a whole bunch on this topic: Ben – I’ve taken the
A colleague wrote: I always come back from workshops thinking, “I’m at least that good! I can organize lessons like these!” And then when I get home to my own classroom, I find that I’m not that good. I react badly to classroom management issues, or I miss some vital sign from one of my
