Go Deep! (Patricia va a California, Chapter 3, Part IV)
Bryce ends his four part series on reading with this: Reading more than once is OK. Hearing it more than once is OK. Once is not enough. Reading a text over and over is good. We have to figure out how to
Go Deep! (Patricia va a California, Chapter 3, Part III)
Parallel Stories — Further Explanation When students are given a situation and are allowed to be creative and smart I hear such good lines from them that I can hardly believe that I have not heard them before. Surely a brilliant
Go Deep! (Patricia va a California, Chapter 3, Part II)
Bryce continues: There are many ways of “reading” a novel besides, just, well, reading it. These are some of the techniques I use to add interest and engage the students. Parallel Stories This is Blaine Ray’s method of teaching a novel. You simply
Story Proof: The Science behind the Startling Power of Stories
Ben, It seems as if we always need ammunition to defend TPRS to the next group of skeptical parents, colleagues and administrators. The book Story Proof: The Science behind the Startling Power of Stories, by Kendall Haven is filled with information,
Michele On Laurie's Idea of Embedded Readings
Laurie told us to just play around with her EBR ideas (that thread from a few weeks ago about how they can be used with films in class). Personally, that the kids see their own sentences does make a significant