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TPRS Bloggers

I’ve pulled together this list of other TPRS bloggers. If you have a TPRS blog send it and we will add it. This list is also on Thomas’ site: Laurie Clarq: blog.heartsforteaching.com Jennifer B: www.profesoraloca.blogspot.com Bess Hayles: mmehayles.blogspot.com Robert Harrell: Michel Baker: mmbaker1.wordpress.com Stephen Valdés: matthewstephen.wordpress.com

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Elegance

Michele sent this from The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, pp 156-160: A thirteen-year-old girl is relating her day in French class. “What’s the point of grammar?” asked Achille . . . “You ought to know by know,” replied Madame Never-mind-that-I-am-paid-to-teach-you. .. ”The point is to make us speak and write well.” I

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Elementary TPRS

Michel has a pretty thought provoking blog entry about some basic premises in elementary TPRS: http://mmbaker1.wordpress.com/ Click on the blog for Feb. 7 although I really like what she wrote on Feb. 11 also about TPRS in general.

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Avoiding Moderation

Robert has figured out something that has been bugging anyone who has tried to reference a url in a comment hon this blog, and we are glad for this information: Hi Ben, I just posted under “TPRS Blogs”, and it’s awaiting moderation. I think I’ve figured out why and how to avoid it in the future. If

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Non-Use Of English

I wrote the following yesterday as a comment to something Mike said, but want to make it a blog here so I can reference it later to see how true it is. For yesterday’s classes, not using English at all was a great shot in the arm, and perhaps a sleeper, not just for me, but

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A Colleague Looks Back

Chill sent me this yesterday: Ben: I recently caught up with a friend who was my mentor teacher when I student taught about 17 years ago. I shared my TPRS story and sent her to your blog. She was a totally dedicated professional and has been a dear friend. She still keeps up with AATF, etc.

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Who Needs A Teacher?

TPRS can function in unique ways once the kids have been trained in playing the game. I got this from Beth Crosby in Maine today. The story here is unique to TPRS – it wouldn’t have happened in any other kind of classroom. Hi Ben! I just thought I’d share an encouraging story. First, a

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I Am A Fool

Diana Noonan is spearheading a three year program in our district to get some hard data on TPRS programs through three years. This would involve articulated TPRS-only programs from middle to high school in Denver Public Schools in which TPRS is the sole instructional approach in the classrooms used. District TPRS teachers who want to be

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