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Matava Vol. 3
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16 thoughts on “Matava Vol. 3”
Thanks for posting this, Ben. I’m very happy to have this newest volume.
“The Soccer Player” will work great with my ongoing Soccer unit.
Love Matava Scripts! I just got Vols. 2 and 3 from you this summer at iFLT and can’t wait to start using them. I have started with targetless stories, but some of these are just so good that I still want to use them. “Take 2 and Call Me In the Morning” was a hit last year!
When working with a new set of scripts like those in this compilation, can it be assumed that the stories are listed from easier to more complex? Or is there really no such progression of complexity?
Laura, I sometimes have trouble with scripts in term of students not knowing the vocab that is not noted in the beginning of the story.
It would be good to preview them first to get a general idea.
Since, my mantra is less planning in my CI classes, I generally put run the “establishing meaning part” then PQA (if it allows it) then I use the script as a lane on the highway. I may change lanes whenever, exit to personalize briefly, go in the slow lane etc…
I do not follow my scripts to the T as I used to. I am learning to let go and just have fun.
So last week, I did the “goes camping” script from vol. 1. Students already knew “takes” but did not know “is afraid” — that one was not underlined. So, I briefly established meaning and circled little. These decisions get easier the more “in the moment” we get. We read their faces and see their stop signals etc…
I know I am probably preaching to the choir but I hope this helps.
The complex ones are probably the ones for “advanced” students.
Laura, the answer is no, they are not in any particular order.
It is up to the individual teacher to tailor the scripts to meet her students’ needs.
Steven says it very well here.
I would really encourage people to modify the scripts–change phrases, simplify, embellish–do whatever is necessary to make them appropriate for a given group of students.
You know, I wrote some of them in French and some in German, and almost none of them translate perfectly to the other language. I myself have to tweak them all the time. These are by no means carved in stone.
I think the ideal way is for each teacher to write his own, but since not everyone does, I put mine out there to help people along.
All of the scripts assume that students have already acquired the basic phrases from the questionnaire in the appendix.
I’m so bad (boring) at PQA and the beginning of the year questionnaire stuff with my 1s that I just jump in with the scripts. My kids show total comprehension if I go slow and point. Then we read it after I type it out. Parents love to hear the stories.
They are so good that if you tweak them, the kids take you the rest of the way. Start with the top 10. They are so good.
Jeff reveals a hidden truth about CI instruction here:
…my kids show total comprehension if I go slow and point….
It’s all about pacing, how we pace our feet, move around in the instructional space, as well as how we pace our words, how we use our hands to help sculpt comprehension. It’s about, as Hafiz exhorts, finding truth in the lifted corners of the mouths of our students as they listen and understand without effort. It’s not about circling nor is it about anything else that can be packaged and sold. It’s about making ourselves comprehensible. This should serve as a hopeful message to those teachers who have felt that this is a method. It is not a method. It is a practice, one that can never be mastered, but that is always evolving.
Anne, I looked into purchasing your scripts and noticed that the Houdini scripts for example were offered in French or Spanish. I was under the impression that your scripts were normally in English so that everyone could adapt them? I am a German Teacher.
thanks when you have a minute.
Hi Julie,
The Houdini scripts are in French or Spanish, because the book, “The New Houdini” by Carol Gaab, is available in those languages. When I was reading it with my French class, I wrote scripts to pre-teach some of the phrases in the book. Those Houdini scripts aren’t really a book, more a collection of 10 scripts that go specifically with that book. I do not recommend those for you, or for anyone really, since I’ve translated the best of them into English and included them in the 3rd volume of scripts.
Volumes 1, 2, and 3 are in English.
Viel Glück und viel Spaß!
“The New Houdini” is now also available in German – right, Julie ;-)?
I wish! Russian, yes, but not German, unfortunately :/ Looking forward to this new set of scripts, though! I’m interested to see what the advanced ones are like, particularly.
The German version of Houdini will be available shortly!
Danke! Ich habe deine neueste Sammlung (3) schon gekauft. Der neue Houdini kommt bald!
Julie
– Sorry if this seems silly, but where exactly is the 3rd volume available (to either purchase or borrow:))? I searched the blog and I can’t seem to locate the rest beyond the first 12 pages previewed here. I would specifically like to see the story scripts for advanced students. Thanks in advance for someone pointing me in the right direction!
1. Log out of the Blog
2. Click the home link
3. Click Books
4. There are the scripts volumes as well as ben’s books
One of Anne’s stories that for me should go into the TPRS Hall of Fame is “What’s happening in there?” (aka “The rules of the house”). We can’t stop laughing every time we do it AND the kids remember sooo much!