Category Archives: TPRS

The effects of Reading in WL class

Posted on May 14, 2017 by

If you want to see how effective reading can be in the world language classroom, just ask your students. As our year is winding down, I had students fill out a google survey to get some of their feedback and … Continue reading →

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Tone Reading

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

The following is another CI activity that you can use with a chapter reading or with random sentences using a targeted structure. This activity gets in extra reps of the phrases in an engaging and fun manner, which is really … Continue reading →

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Justo o Injusto

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

While reading the Fluency Fast novel Esperanza by Carol Gaab, one of the main themes is la injusticia. While I know that some teachers use this book in high levels (2/3), I use it with my level 1 students in … Continue reading →

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Sorting Activity for Class Reading

Posted on April 23, 2017 by

If you are reading a novel in your world language class, this activity is a great way to make sure students take away the most important events. Similar to a Yellow Summary, where students highlight the most important, this activity … Continue reading →

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FVR Printable Novels

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

After implementing Free Voluntary Reading (FVR) in my class this year, I’ve been looking for ways to add comprehensible readings for my novice level students. I originally started by adding our class stories to a binder. But something about a … Continue reading →

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Lectura Libre

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

I finally started “FVR” or Free Voluntary Reading time with my students this last week. For an idea on what FVR is, check out this post by K.Placido, “Sustained Silent Reading in Language Class“. Our first day we spent 5-6 … Continue reading →

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Creating Listening Activities

Posted on December 18, 2016 by

In the TPRS classroom, creating your own listening activities can be super easy. You can utilize this approach to create your own cloze cloze activities or record your own audio of a story. The process is simple. Every computer has

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Yellow Summary

Posted on December 6, 2016 by

Yellow Summary: A reading strategy for TPRS to get students to re-read with a purpose. Continue reading →

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Celebrity Face Masks

Posted on November 15, 2016 by

Oh my god, you guys!! Look who visited my class today!  I had my fan girl moment as Juanes was part of our class story. We’ve also had visits previously from Beyonce (not Bey-doce or Bey-trece), John Cena, Cristiano Ronaldo, … Continue reading →

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Verb Shout: TPRS Reading Activity

Posted on November 7, 2016 by

We just finished up our La Llorona Unit, which was our first story in Spanish 1 that we introduced in the past tense. Our prior stories this year were all present tense. Our Llorona story featured the background of the … Continue reading →

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