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Showing posts with label PQA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PQA. Show all posts
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Persona Especial - Observer

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So the other day (I want to say it was two weeks ago), the teacher next to me has resource lab with students that have special needs in cert...
Thursday, September 8, 2016

Persona especial - happenings

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I've been at the "la persona especial" activity for the last 4 weeks in my classes. I have been using it in Spanish 2 (more on...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Trying something new - La Persona Especial

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So for years I have done the following to start my year in Spanish 1. See PQA day 1 post . See PQA after day 1 post. In Spanish 2 a few ...
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How to start the year with TPRS (part 2) - PQA - after day 1

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Ok, so as I mentioned in this previous post , for the last 5 years, I have started with PQA on the first day. Naturally, in my 3rd school, w...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

How to start the year with TPRS (part 2) - PQA - day 1

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*I meant to post this a long time ago. It is part two of this post * So if you saw my part one post with TPR, then you should have an idea...

NTPRS - my own private conference with Bryce Hedstrom!

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So I lucked out in leaving the hotel super early that morning.  Some strange antics ensued at the airport as my socially awkward self tried...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Responses to Comment - Pacing and Lessons

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The following is part two of a response to a comment. Someone recently asked on a comment: Hola Jeremy - this is really funny and I...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

PQA, TPR and TPRS oh my!

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Well, our school year started last week on Wednesday and we're currently on the day 3 rotation (due to block scheduling). My Spanish 1...
Monday, October 6, 2014

TPRS year 5 - Cultural reading - los niños no acompañados

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I realize that for our students, things that are novel are more interesting.  I'm also aware that one of the best experiences I had with...
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Monday, September 22, 2014

TPRS year 5 - Mi mascota es _____.

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Here's a video/song to get you to talk about your students' pets and also get a little brain-break and music all in one. While it ...
Monday, October 7, 2013

TPRS Year 4 - Conjugation

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Something many of us TPRS / CI teachers come across is the belief that what we are doing is silly or a waste of time or simply an over-use o...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

TPRS year 4 - why PQA is worth it in the long run

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The following is something that happened in class today, which proves why I believe so strongly in PQA as a vessel to start the year, especi...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

TPRS year 4 - block schedule (revisited)

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So I proposed a question, very unsure of myself before school started.  I now work in a school with a foreign language department that consi...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

TPRS Year 4 - Block Scheduling...?

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So I am going to be teaching at a school this year where they use block scheduling.  It alternates each day to the other set of classes.  So...
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Friday, November 9, 2012

TPRS Year 3 - Planning backwards from novels

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I think I mentioned in a previous post that I was going to be trying out teaching this year by planning out the year with first choosing the...
Saturday, September 8, 2012

TPRS year 3 - yay for Friday and positive comments

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My first week on Friday, I was quite sad (see previous post) because of some negative comments about my class. I appreciate the kind comme...
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Monday, August 27, 2012

TPRS Year 3 - Days 1 and 2

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Well, school just got back into full swing as we returned to having students on Tuesday.  My goals this year are to worry less about the act...
Friday, January 21, 2011

Día 96 - music day

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So you've probably figured out by now due to my numerous entries on music that my students have been enjoying it this year.  Part of it ...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Día 37 - Take that, band trip!

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So I teach in this miniscule school.  Perhaps we could call it a minischool .  Sure, I'm a language nerd.  That's probably why I li...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Día 23 - PQA

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If I haven't explained PQA in depth very well, it's because I am not very good at this thing called TPRS quite yet.  If I were to h...