In the past few weeks we have discussed nuances of Point and Pause and there may be a few lingering questions. Let’s make it simple so that we don’t get bogged down in semantics. Point and Pause is when you clarify anything that they have never heard before. The use of Point and Pause should be extremely rare, because in an ideal story sequence there is never any new vocabulary being instroduced. Otherwise, it is too hard for the students to grasp what is going on. But, whenever something entirely new to the students does creep into a story, we just go to the board, write it down, pause for about four or five seconds, and then continue on with the story. Whether it is a target structure or just something new doesn’t matter. Anytime we use go out of bounds, we use the Point and Pause skill.
