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"Reading these scripts as I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to really push my upper level classes to the next level in the upcoming year is like finding an oasis.  These are amazing texts, and I think I can actually do it.  I just finished my second year of full-time TPRS, and while I have now got my level one class extremely solid and my level two class running smoothly, my upper level class is just getting by.  Part of that is a function of getting increasing amounts of students that are native to TPRS as I move along, but the big part is that I didn't really know how to introduce this type of grammar well.\nAnd the point of introducing the grammar is not to just satisfy AP readers, but now they have something else in their toolbox.  In the multiple passes to doing the story I see echoes of Laurie's Embedded Readings, and in the context of looking back at a past life I see a powerful hook that is compelling enough to make students want the grammar that can help them get it.\nI'm taking serious notes here.  Now I just need to just chase down more contexts that match up well with the grammar tools I'm trying to give them.  I stumbled across one of them last year when I encountered a story about stupid criminals (a local woman stayed in a car and hit people with rocks out  of a blowgun because \"I liked to hear them say ouch\").  As I was prepping a basic version of it, I realized how much they would need passive voice to make it work.   The next two weeks were a steady stream of stupid criminals stories and we had passive down."
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