There seems to be some confusion about my new book, TPRS – The Easy Way. I haven’t invented a new version of TPRS.
Rather, I have happened upon a serendipitous combination of things. I tried to explain it to Diana Noonan a few nights ago and it took over two hours. I could tell that she wanted to see if it was really new or not. Yes, there are elements of old TPRS but other new things. Serendipity is in there, the jobs, how I craft the questions, how I don’t target anything, how those things all fit together in an organized whole that people can follow.
I’ll have a chance to demo it this summer at the conferences and coach on how to do it. I must say that in my own experience it is more effective than anything I have every done. Again, Diana expressed a concern that it could work with kids of poverty in large urban classes since I have only tested it with middle school kids of privilege at the American Embassy School in New Delhi this past year. I personally think it can work with anyone.
Tina found some high school teachers who have tested it in Oregon. I guess we will have to wait until the fall to find out if it can work with older kids and kids in larger classes in more urban environments. I’m optimistic about it. It’s powerful and for the first time I can say that I have full confidence in class before starting a story.