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Welcome to 2018 National TPRS Conference in Danvers, Massachusetts! Below you will find our OFFICIAL PROGRAM.

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8:00am EDT

Impress Your Admin with Educational Technology Tools for Assessment in the TPRS Classroom

You now teach with TPRS and you are losing sleep reading Blaine Ray books, but you forgot that your school wants to see you using technology! Your colleagues’ students are having fun with grammar websites, games and other activities which would give Bill VanPatten a heart attack. What do you do? How do you integrate technology in a TPRS classroom in a way that still stays true to the principles of language acquisition? How do you use tech in a way that will make your administrator’s jaw drop? Bring your laptop to this session to be coached on how to create a variety of follow up activities for story-telling, MovieTalks, and novels. Learn how to use audio-video recorded student retells, online quiz games for comprehension checks, social media for character analysis, digital storyboards and more!

Here's the link to this presentation: https://tinyurl.com/edtech-ntprs18 If you were not present at the session, please note that all of the purple underlined words are hyperlinks to online resources. Feel free to email me with any questions.

Speakers

Sonja Thrush

Spanish Teacher, Carmel Catholic High School

Teacher of Spanish & ESL with a focus on creating lessons that are compelling, empowering, & promote unity using CI & TPRS to facilitate acquisition.

Thursday July 12, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Newburyport

60-minute Session

Audience Beginning TPRS Teachers, Intermediate TPRS Teachers
Level Elementary, Middle, High School, College/University
Target Language All
AV Requested Speakers

8:00am EDT

TLC (Tender Love & Care) the Gateway to Acquisition

The emotional well being of a student, the creation of a safe space, and a consistent routine is a bridge to delivering your TPRS curriculum. When we demonstrate compassion, respect, and a sincere interest in our students, the students will begin to model the same behavior. Thus, it will create a relationship and an environment that is conducive to instruction and learning.

Speakers

Ulises Castaneda

Alejandra Santos

Department Chair, Dunn School

Thursday July 12, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Gloucester

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level High School
Target Language All
Topic Developing Community/Respect/Love/Discipline in a TPRS classroom

9:15am EDT

Beyond the Novel

Perhaps reading a class novel is not an end goal but a vehicle for something bigger. I challenge you to improve your end-of-novel game. How can you make deeper connections? How can you permeate culture rather than skimming it? How can you utilize Common Core and ELA standards to make students better readers and deeper thinkers?

Speakers

Christine Aguiar

Spanish Teacher, White Hill Middle School

This is my sixth NTPRS conference (nine years of using TPRS/CI so far!), and I love being part of this cooperative, supportive community! I am the department head of a middle school near San Francisco, California. We have designed our curriculum around novels, and I love using them... Read More →

Thursday July 12, 2018 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
Ipswich

60-minute Session

Audience Intermediate TPRS Teachers, Advanced TPRS Teachers
Level Middle, High School
Target Language All
Topic Using Novellas

9:15am EDT

Laying a Foundation for the AP Exam

The AP Language Exam is no longer a grammar test! The new exam tests our students for proficiency. Teaching with Comprehensible Input is a key way to prepare our students for this test starting as early as Level 1. This session will give practical strategies to use in the lower levels that will build proficiency and lay a foundation for AP Exam success.

Speakers

Michelle Kindt

French teacher, Sharon Middle School

I'm a wife, mother, teacher of students who want to learn French. I'm fascinated by how people learn languages! I'm passionate about helping teachers incorporate comprehension-based instructional strategies into their teaching practice.

Michelle Kindt NTPRS 2018 Presentation Slides pdf

Thursday July 12, 2018 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
Marblehead

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Middle, High School
Target Language All, French
Topic Backwards Design
AV Requested Speakers

9:15am EDT

Spinning a Story on your Feet

Asking a story from just a skeleton, targeting structures and weaving in personalized information reduces preparation time and increases personalization. This session will include shortcuts to personalization, a template for a story skeleton, a brief demo and a lot of practice spinning multiple stories from small sets of personalized information. (This could easily be a double session)

Speakers

Karen Rowan

Featured Speaker, Founder, Lead Educator, Author, Fluency Fast Language Classes

Karen Rowan is a teacher, author and speaker on TPRS® (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling, formerly known as Total Physical Response Storytelling). Her presentations are based on the research and teachings of Dr. Stephen Krashen, co-creator of the Natural Approach... Read More →

Thursday July 12, 2018 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
Gloucester

60-minute Session

Audience Intermediate TPRS Teachers, Advanced TPRS Teachers
Level Middle, High School, College/University, Adult Education
Target Language All
Topic Asking a Story

11:30am EDT

Do you want to teach a novel...and maybe don't know how?

Does teaching a novel intimidate you? Together we will look at three different ways to incorporate novels into your curriculum: FVR (the baby step), Whole Class Novels (the big kid step), and Lit Circles (the strut). We’ll break these down so you feel confident implementing novels with ease into your curriculum.

Speakers

Christine Aguiar

Spanish Teacher, White Hill Middle School

This is my sixth NTPRS conference (nine years of using TPRS/CI so far!), and I love being part of this cooperative, supportive community! I am the department head of a middle school near San Francisco, California. We have designed our curriculum around novels, and I love using them... Read More →

CAguiar WannaTeachNovelDontKnowHow pdf

Thursday July 12, 2018 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
North Shore A

60-minute Session

Audience Beginning TPRS Teachers, Intermediate TPRS Teachers
Level Middle, High School
Target Language All
Topic Using Novellas

11:30am EDT

Reader's Theater for Any Novella

Reader's Theater helps students see pictures in their heads instead of reading and translating and decoding. The steps for successful Reader's Theater and any level with any novel. Selecting a text, pre-teaching for higher comprehension, coaching actors for high impact reader's theater and killer techniques for making reading come to life.

Speakers

Karen Rowan

Featured Speaker, Founder, Lead Educator, Author, Fluency Fast Language Classes

Karen Rowan is a teacher, author and speaker on TPRS® (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling, formerly known as Total Physical Response Storytelling). Her presentations are based on the research and teachings of Dr. Stephen Krashen, co-creator of the Natural Approach... Read More →

Thursday July 12, 2018 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
North Shore B

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Elementary, Middle, High School, College/University, Adult Education
Target Language All
Topic Lesson Design

2:00pm EDT

3 Simple and Easy Speaking Assessments - No Muss, No Fuss, Lots of Success

As language teachers, we all dread speaking assessments. They take too long and take even longer to grade. Not anymore! In this presentation, you will walk away with 3 simple and easy speaking assessments that can be done in one class period and truly measure interpersonal and presentational language proficiency using clear and simple rubrics.

Speakers

Scott Benedict

owner, teachforjune Workshops

I started teaching Spanish in 2001 and almost immediately found TPRS on my own and started using it exclusively. I have taught high school and middle school Spanish and work hard to make my students feel loved as they have fun and learn the language. I work with teachers from all... Read More →

Thursday July 12, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Newburyport

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Middle, High School, College/University, Adult Education
Target Language All
Topic Grading/Assessment/Managing a TPRS Classroom
AV Requested Speakers

2:00pm EDT

Appropriate Scaffolding: Pathways to Literacy

What are we doing about comprehensibility when it comes to reading? Literacy begins with accessible texts that learners read in volumes. When learners are not reading, often it is because the texts are not appropriately scaffolded for their proficiency level. Let’s fix that.

Speakers

Mira Canion

Author, Teacher, Canion Creations LLC

Laurie Clarcq

Spanish teacher, presenter, consultant, coach curriculum writer., Hearts For Teaching

Teacher at heart. Always looking to encourage, support, and befriend other teachers! Languages are acquired and Comprehensible Input+Love are the powerful keys to acquisition and growth. Love to talk about reading, curriculum, music and reaching kids' hearts. Also how to connect with... Read More →

Thursday July 12, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Grand Ball Room 4

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Middle, High School, College/University, Adult Education
Target Language All
Topic Embedded Reading

2:00pm EDT

Interactive-ish Notebooks

Participants will learn how to use interactive-ish notebooks in a TPRS classroom to create a input-based resource for students. The presenter will discuss logistics, management, and quick, painless assessment. Participants will leave with tools to implement interactive-ish notebooks in their own classroom.

Speakers

Elicia Cárdenas

Middle School Teacher & SOMOS Curriculum Mentor, McGillis School

I am entering my sixth year as a TPRS/CI teacher. Come find me in the Coaching room at NTPRS or in the Language Lab at IFLT and I would love to meet you! Or, if you prefer digital connections, I spend a lot of time in the SOMOS Collaboration group on Facebook (check out the SOMOS... Read More →

Interactive ish notebooks handout pdf

Password collector pdf

Supplement for SOMOS curriculum users pdf

Notebook Unit planner pdf

assessment rubric docx

Word count graphs pdf

Thursday July 12, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
North Shore B

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Elementary, Middle, High School
Target Language All
Topic Literacy Building
AV Requested Speakers

3:15pm EDT

Integrating Culture in Comprehensible and Compelling Ways

"Learn the culture, accept the people." (Katya Paukova, NTPRS 2016) How do we integrate culture in relevant and personalized ways? How can we keep the conversations engaging and the readings comprehensible? This session discusses the characteristics that make culture comprehensible and compelling, and the CI tools used to integrate them so that students enjoy learning the language and making cultural comparisons of products, practices and perspectives.

Presentation: bit.ly/2utnGCf

Speakers

Sydney Munson

Spanish Teacher and Coordinator, Trinity Valley School

I started my TPRS/CI journey in 2007 and have loved to continue learning and trying new tools and tips from fellow teachers throughout the years! I currently teach 8th grade, but have taught young children in Mommy and Me Spanish classes, as well as Levels 1-4 and AP Spanish Language... Read More →

Thursday July 12, 2018 3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT
North Shore A

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Middle, High School, College/University
Target Language All
Topic Culture
AV Requested Speakers

3:15pm EDT

Technology for enhancing engagement with CI

Nearpod, Flipgrid, Gimkit, Quizzizz... and of course, Quizlet, Kahoot, and more! Let’s play together for an hour!

If your school is 1 to 1 with electronic devices, I would like to show you some fun resources, websites, etc. you can use to help enhance the engagement level of your students! We'll go through some fun games, activities, learning apps, and more! These things will make your classroom engaging and fun, guaranteed! I will give you demonstrations of how I use each of these in my Level 1 Spanish classroom - with suggestions for how to adapt them to your own language classroom, no matter what language or what level!

Speakers

Tricia Miller

Middle school Spanish 1, Spring Lake Park, MN

Tricia Miller has been teaching for 15 years, with 3 years as a CI teacher. She is passionate about teaching middle school, building relationships with students, and having fun in the classroom!

Thursday July 12, 2018 3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT
North Shore B

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Middle, High School
Target Language All
Topic Technology
AV Requested Speakers

9:15am EDT

Identify and integrate cultural activities that maximize comprehensible input

Identify and integrate some celebrations of festivals, holidays and special events in school year into activities in the language classroom is another fun way of applying CI and allows students to experience the all cultures. Examples include Chinese Lantern Festival, Halloween and Spirit Week

Speakers

Pu-mei Leng

Maximize CI in Cultural Activities Pu mei Leng pdf

Friday July 13, 2018 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
Ipswich

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level High School, College/University
Target Language All
Topic Culture
AV Requested Speakers

9:15am EDT

Jump-start your language program as a new TPRS teacher!

Looking for practical strategies to hit the ground running with TPRS? Need to revitalize numbers and enthusiasm in your language program? Learn from one teacher’s successful experience energizing a struggling French program, motivating reluctant learners, and reaching international students as a new TPRS teacher in 2017-2018 using innovative personalization techniques.

Speakers

Marie Old

Friday July 13, 2018 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
North Shore B

60-minute Session

Audience Beginning TPRS Teachers
Level Middle, High School
Target Language All
Topic Putting It All Together
AV Requested Speakers

9:15am EDT

Using Literature Circles to Develop Independent Readers

This session will address the creation of literature circles for use with classroom novels in higher levels. The presenter will describe the steps of implementing lit circles: choosing novels, organizing groups, defining student roles, developing accountability and moving discussions to focus on student opinion and real-life situations.

Speakers

Michelle Kindt

French teacher, Sharon Middle School

I'm a wife, mother, teacher of students who want to learn French. I'm fascinated by how people learn languages! I'm passionate about helping teachers incorporate comprehension-based instructional strategies into their teaching practice.

Michelle Kindt NTPRS 2018 Presentation Slides pdf

Friday July 13, 2018 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
Marblehead

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Middle, High School
Target Language All, French
AV Requested Speakers

10:30am EDT

Creating Curriculum Designed to Foster Social Consciousness

Learn how to create timely lessons that address important social issues and invite students to reflect and discuss potential solutions in an affirmative environment. Experience firsthand how positive intention-setting, guided meditation in the target language (as input flooding), and unique lessons that promote social consciousness can be used to create an affirmative classroom environment in which important social issues and possible solutions are discussed and explored. Participants will participate in positive intention-setting and guided meditation as an introduction to the session. Then we will look at a unit comprised of several lessons designed to promote social consciousness. The presenter will share her materials with attendees. Lessons are designed for intermediate to advanced classes, however, can be adapted to beginner levels as well.

Access my slideshow at https://tinyurl.com/mindfulNTPRS and use the embedded hyperlinks to acess the individual lessons. Please feel free to email me with any questions at msthrush26@gmail.com.

Speakers

Sonja Thrush

Spanish Teacher, Carmel Catholic High School

Teacher of Spanish & ESL with a focus on creating lessons that are compelling, empowering, & promote unity using CI & TPRS to facilitate acquisition.

Friday July 13, 2018 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Ipswich

60-minute Session

Audience General
Level Middle, High School, College/University
Target Language All
Topic Higher Order Discussion Techniques
AV Requested Speakers