Laurie continues:
The base story should contain your focus structures IF it is based on a class story. It [can even be] cut it down. Below are two [simpler] options:
1. Il y a un garçon. Il parle trop. Il n’arrête jamais de parler. ll parle à Diana . Il parle trop. Il commence à parler à Jaime. Il parle trop. Tout le monde dit a Max,“Vous parlez trop!”
2. Il y a un garçon. Il parle trop en cours de français. Il n’arrête jamais de parler. ll parle à Diana. Il lui dit, “Je m’en fiche! Max va au cinéma. Il commence à parler à Jaime. Il parle trop. Jaime lui dit de s’arrêter, mais il dit à Jaime, “Je m’en fous!”. Le patron dit a Max, “! Vous parlez trop!”
Like a punch-line, you might want to keep the following line until later in the story….
Max rentre à son cours, en disant à son professeur que il veut apprendre.
Not all readings need to be embedded, and not all versions need to go to 5 versions. Sometimes just versions 1 and 2 are enough! But the best bang for your buck is to up the ante a bit at a time. Jumping from Version 1-5 will make your upper kids happy (and the teacher!) but leave the rest of the group struggling to breathe in the dust.
The Problem with CI
Jeffrey Sachs was asked what the difference between people in Norway and in the U.S. was. He responded that people in Norway are happy and
