One Word Images – 7
Elena Overvold, a high school teacher in Portland who uses the Invisibles, has said this:
One Word Images – 1
I am concerned that the term "One Word Image" is being redefined, on other CI sites and at workshops. This eight-part series from A Natural Approach to Stories defines the term in the way I originally intended: We can begin to
Based on Images
Here is a passage from the introduction to my new book, which is entitled The Invisibles - Towards a New Curriculum in Language Instruction. I post it here to let the group know that after all these years I have finally decided that a language curriculum should be based on images, and not on words and ideas. The difference in starting points
Report from the Field – Laura Avila
Laura just returned to her classroom after a family loss. Normally, that would be a tall order, to restore the classroom to prime form after a month of subs and right before a vacation. Here is her report: Hi Ben, I was
OWI 5 Step Process
We want complete buy-in from our students when creating a one word image with them. This requires that we are 100% understood when building the image. Here is one way to accomplish that goal. The process is done in English: (1) First,
OWI – 6 Step Process
5 Step OWI Process We want complete buy-in from our students when creating a one word image with them. This requires that we are 100% understood when building the image. Here is one way to accomplish that goal. The process is done
Gallery
Anne Matava just sent me this image from her classroom in Maine: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMEG8-cYZDW0XDx95rqRMW1El0YPr1_GlitnCd3Du-sVdUZvVRtOwO-HRBdARc4lw/photo/AF1QipMo5afXD0ORgucXBeINMPlNGSlwo3GAsWCZCPDU?key=WlExR1Jrc0ZyMDdBM3pUMllnNC1WVWpxb2k3a0lB Those teachers working with ANATS* (the book that explains One Word Images/Invisibles) are asked to note the following: (1) The gallery is a subtle way to vastly improve class buy-in
Invisibles/OWI
If anyone wants to present on ANATS, Greg shared this with us awhile ago and thanks Greg: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jk0yDZyZS_7RuTS11lybO8hR2awwuc9D1woCaFd98DM/edit#slide=id.g2a2aee8035_0_24
NTCI is a System
The thing about TPRS was that not only were there too many rules, but also it required a certain type of personality. Since there was no real road map, or system, only certain teachers could handle it. On the other hand,
OWI Question
Hey Ben - Q. We made a OWI; the character was a potato. So all through the first questions I asked, Est-elle grande ou petite, etc., because pomme de terre is feminine. Then when we named it it turned