I think I may be doing something right! The TCI/TPRS storyasking approach seems to be complementing my Project-Based Learning approach nicely, as students become more familiar with the vocabulary and structures we’re working with, and they are engaging more easily in interpersonal discussion as a class. Here’s how it’s gone Read more…
I want to combine the principles of PBL and TPRS, so I have written a story about trash in preparation for a unit on saving the Earth. Students will be working in groups to make a plan to reduce the impact of one material that negatively affects the environment (you Read more…
To earn a slot on the Governor’s Teacher Network, I need to propose units I want to develop. This could be my big chance to promote projects that not only make language truly relevant but that make students lives better. So I took another look at the North Carolina Essential Standards (novice, Read more…
We’re all over the news for our impending transition. OK, we have an article in the Hickory Daily Record. But the switch is drawing closer and closer, and we’re feeling a little like beheaded poultry. Recruitment for next year is already underway, and we don’t have a lot of answers Read more…