The Most Critical Point about Making Stories
Below is a series of practical steps that allow you to move from tableaux into stories. Remember that tableaux are merely stepping stones to stories. Tableaux
Reviews
Here are some recent reviews of the Ultimate CI training course starting next weekend: Rated 5 out of 5 Marko MAY 18, 2021 “Ben Slavic’s STAR Is The Modern Foreign
You Don’t Have To Be A Desperado Anymore
Embrace the good news that you don’t have to be a TPRS desperado anymore. You no longer have to skate around on the thin ice
On the Syllabus
Q. We have to submit a syllabus for each class, with supplies needed, district tardy and behavior policies, grading policy and classroom behavioral policy, what
Claymation – 5
Julia reports on a student reaction to Claymation: "One of the students working with Invisibles and claymation is giddy because she gets to be crafty for
Claymation – 4
Julia's students have extended the idea of making clay figures out of their individually created characters to do claymation. Below is their first project. When thinking
Claymation – 3
Ben, I can hardly believe how well the Ultimate CI program works. Here are a few highlights I want to share with the group: I walked into
Claymation – 2
More from Julia: I am going to buy clay for the kids today. One of my favorite things about this CI experience has been seeing kids
Ben Slavic on Reading
Q. Hey Ben! I am presenting a PD to teachers of my school on Monday about literacy strategies. I am going to model and have
Another Review
Here is another review of the two new Ultimate CI books, this one by Marko Sanden of Fluency Fox: The StarChart™ Is The Modern Foreign Language
Review
Here is a review of my two latest books. I am very happy: Review of The Ultimate CI Book 1 and Book 2 by Ben Slavic During
The Big Lie
The old idea of "spare the rod and spoil the child" is out of date everywhere and that includes in our profession. It doesn't align
Claymation – 1
Julia's kids have been doing claymation w their characters as per this 2019 report from the field: Hey Ben -Today was way exhilarating. Allowing the kids
Children in Charge?
The slow shift from real adult leadership to adult children being in charge of our schools and much of our government is underway. There seems
Lighten Up
Are we stuck in our minds with our students' attention on the form of the language when we teach? Or are our students experiencing the
Stories Arise from Intution
This article is only for those doing the Ultimate CI approach: Of the six questioning levels used in the Ultimate CI approach, QL5 is always going
BLM
A lot of what we talk about here involves our newly unfolding consciousness that is centered around the Black Lives Matter movement. Schools are
Hafiz – 6
Here is another poem by Hafiz, translated by Dan Ladinsky: DIVIDING GOD The moon starts singing when everyone is asleep and the planets throw a bright robe around their
Danielle’s Artwork
Here is my favorite image from the Ultimate CI trainings last summer: "Two Men Dancing on a Beach". I think what Danielle achieved in this
Hafiz – 5
In a recent exchange with a department head who is trying with mixed success to point her teachers in the direction of CI, she said
Hafiz 4
Here is another poem by Hafiz, this one also from 2009, translated by Dan Ladinsky: DIVIDING GOD The moon starts singing when everyone is asleep and
Testimonial
Here is a cool testimonial from Cynthia Tann: Hi Ben! - I have followed your work for the last 5 years or more. The strategies of CI
Hafiz 3
Here is another poem written by the Persian master Hafiz. The translation from the Persian is by Dan Ladinsky: DROPPING KEYS The small man builds cages for
A Message I Shared with Someone
We must push our profession forward right now. At stake is not just the self-esteem of millions of children (which the traditional ways of language
Hafiz 2
Here is another Hafiz poem, this one published here in 2009, that I tried to connect to our work: SPICED MANNA Someone will steal you if you