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What was I thinking?!
Today, I had a story about a dog that was swimming in a fountain. To my surprise, I had students volunteer to be the dog. For most of the students this was great and I even had them on the floor [we h… more →
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What was I thinking?!
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thomasyoung wrote 1 month ago: Today, I had a story about a dog that was swimming in a fountain. To my surprise, I had students vol … more →
A Stellar Cast
thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: When we first start the year, how do we view our students? Much effort has been made in tprs to real … more →
Students Taking the First Step
thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: Lately, I have been noticing that some of my quieter students have been putting themselves out there … more →
We Have Such an Opportunity
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thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: I have a student named “Larry.” One great thing about Larry is that he is my best actor … more →
Questionnaires and Backward Planning
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thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: Starting last week I took a new direction with Backward Planning. I decided to pair them with the qu … more →
Energy
thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: Most people who know me would say that I have energy in class. Outside of class I am a pretty calm p … more →
When In Doubt Personalize
thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: These last few days have gone so-s0. Today, I really decided to go after it with some of my classes. … more →
How Well Do They Really Know It?
thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: When I first started using tprs I had the idea that if we used a phrase or structure in class, it wa … more →
Prediction Is Needed in Stories
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thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: The other day in class I was setting up a story with the class taking my time with some of the detai … more →
Backward Planning Clarification
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thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about backward planning and tprs. Check it out if you get a chance. … more →
Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the basics of teaching
thomasyoung wrote 2 months ago: Take a look at this Bobby McFerrin clip. Then if you have time watch it again and think about how he … more →
Romantic scenes
thomasyoung wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday I had a few “romantic” scenes in class. Blaine pulls this off really well with … more →
I think I am going too fast
thomasyoung wrote 3 months ago: This summer I had the opportunity to see Jason Fritze teach and he was quite the motivator. There is … more →
Backward Planning, a missing element that was needed
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thomasyoung wrote 3 months ago: This year I have been doing a lot more backward planning from the novels and it has really boosted m … more →
Cognitive breaks
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thomasyoung wrote 3 months ago: Sometimes in TPRS I have felt like I need to go the whole period on a story without stopping. This i … more →
TPR + One Word Image combo
thomasyoung wrote 3 months ago: Now that we are off and running, a lot of my classes are in the TPR phase where we are getting to kn … more →
Backward Planning Ideas
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thomasyoung wrote 3 months ago: I have been thinking about backward planning a lot lately as a main focus for this year. It makes se … more →
Catching the Editor's Eye & Escaping the Slush Pile
Ms. Patricia Babbitt wrote 5 months ago: Here are some things that I have gathered and now post that will affect the quality of your story wr … more →
Catch their attention immediately
thomasyoung wrote 7 months ago: This week I learned that you have to catch their attention immediately. You can’t waste time w … more →
