A repost from the early days of the Invisibles: We should try to teach for true proficiency and for real communication, and not to have our students notice or remember certain parts of the language on an artificial timeline that has nothing to do with the natural order of acquisition. When we do this, we […]
Greg shares: Martina Bex is starting a new Literary E-Zine for students and is looking for contributions. https://martinabex.com/2017/10/09/revista-literal-free-e-zine-for-spanish-students/ Deadline for this issue is Friday 10/20/17 We should contribute our Invisibles and One Word Image stories! It’s a great idea…even though she says it is only for students to read OUTSIDE of class. I am going
A repost from American Embassy School days in 2016: Jack, the creator of one of the first Invisibles, Vampspooder the Spider, is my best student. He is a funny, witty, super-engaged 6th grader and a wonder to have in class during the creation of a story. I went down to the office. He was standing
I just dislocated my thumb w some pretty bad tendon damage, with a leg injury and road rash from hell, on my bike. So send me stuff at benslavic.com if you have anything you want to talk about and I will post it here. There are ten years of discussion to read as well. So I’ll
Russ Albright in Oregon has some deep insights from COFLT (this past weekend) that might reveal why traditional teachers eye the CI camp with such mistrust. He doesn’t mince his words, which I really admire because this is no time for innuendo in this work we are doing together. It is something that fits well
Hi Ben! Thanks to your putting me in touch with Alisa Shapiro, I got to see her classroom in action recently and returned again for a TCI Chicagoland meeting this Saturday. There was an AWESOME demo of story listening by Sean Lawler that I can’t wait to try out tomorrow in class. I also have
Below is what Dana does with her blocks in New Delhi. I like that it is a process (graceful) and not a lesson plan (klutzville). Any single one of these activities can be expanded as long as they remain interesting. The SSR knocks out 15 min. right off the bat (we tell them it’s 10′ but
Big question from Ryann, one of the first, in Washington state, to have strong successes with the Invisibles at the high school level: Hi Ben and Tina, My ADD brain is struggling and I am feeling burnt out. I feel like there are too many options, too many possibilities, and I REALLY need some kind
Ben Lev in CA has just finished his new book on Carlos Santana. He shares: What an education it was for me about taking an idea all the way through the editing and publishing process. Like they say, don’t expect to make money as a writer. I’ll make a few thousand dollars for this, probably
Anne Matava said something to me in a conversation this morning that simplifies things nicely: ……essentially [in this work] a story is driven by a set of structures, a plot, or a character. There are teachers whose stories are driven by a set of structures. The scripts are plot-driven. The Invisibles are character-driven….
OK last ones i am posting now. 2 OWI vids from beginning of year. That is all I have. Will upload more as I go. My channel is unlisted bc I am not totally clear on waivers etc. even though there are no students in the vids. Will shift this maybe when I figure that
Alrighty. Here goes. Vid from last year, but whatev. Star of the day interview around this time last year. 2 others from this year coming. Upload takes 4 ever. Student being interviewed is someone who I’d never expected to be in front of the class (context FYI). I have them unlisted for now bc I
