AfroFranco Book Club Round 3???
Once again, Friday's discussion of Une Si Longue Lettre was a dream come true. I could not be more thrilled about this group, and all of...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
On Deck for AfroFranco...
Checking in, hoping that this summer is finding teachers in a restful, rejuvenating place. I wanted to keep you posted on a few cool...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
And Our Next Read Shall Be...
Ah! The people have spoken! By a narrow margin, Une Si Longue Lettre de Mariama Bâ will be our next collective read and discussion for...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Jul 2, 2021
- 1 min
Next Up for AfroFranco Book Club?
Today's discussion was truly a dream come true for me. I cannot offer enough thanks to all who participated. And I know that there were...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Jun 23, 2021
- 1 min
AfroFranco Book Club & Level 1 Curriculum Coming Soon!
I used to make fun of myself for always getting toward the end of the school year, barely surviving with nothing left in the tank, only...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Using CI for Interdisciplinary Connections
What I enjoy most, and that which is most fundamentally aligned with my teaching philosophy is the idea of using my classroom to support...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
2 Simple Tricks to Boost Literacy in the Language Classroom
As the world for which we prepare our students continues to evolve, our instruction also has to be nimble and agile so as to meet the...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
FlipGrid Retells / Le Pagne Noir by Bernard Dadié
Not too long ago, I began having students do a daily retell on FlipGrid as their primary homework assignment and they absolutely love it....
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Benjamin Tinsley
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
Wellness in the CI Classroom
If I'm being entirely honest, I'm feeling pretty frustrated. I'm feeling frustrated with what I believe is an inordinate amount of time,...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
Les Berbères & Using Authentic Sources in the CI Classroom
For all that I love about comprehensible input in the classroom, there are definitely some challenges that it presents along the way. In...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
Wordless Books
I love teaching French, and I really have little interest in ever leaving the language classroom. My Master’s degree is actually in...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
Musique Talk (?)
Here's a super short clip of a cool listening activity in our music unit. We've studied different styles of music that are from different...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Apr 24, 2021
- 2 min
Comprehensible Confessions
I believe that I’m a good teacher and that I’ve always been pretty good at this. Teaching has always been, in my view, more a divine...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
Map Talk RD Congo
Being 100% honest, I'm exhausted. This is a time of the year that is always a struggle. Add to it that we've been hybrid (I, personally,...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
La Biguine - La Musique des Antilles
One of my level 3 classes had a cool discussion today about different styles of music from the Black Francophone world. To scaffold...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Apr 12, 2021
- 1 min
Sénégal Map Talk Retell
I cannot begin to tell you how proud I am of this group. I’ve begun having students do a FlipGrid retell just about everyday where they...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Map Talk : Le Sénégal
As part of a unit we are working on about La Musique, today we started an introductory exploration of Senegal in the form of a Map Talk....
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
Les Communautés - Le Peuple Lenni Lenape
I PROMISE YOU that you can teach culture, and have "difficult conversations" in French class from early on. Here we are in the beginning...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
Literacy Tools in the French Classroom
Fun fact: My Master's degree is in Literacy and I'm a certified Reading Specialist. While I have absolutely NO desire to ever actually...
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Benjamin Tinsley
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Le Créole et Les Langues Maternelles
Here is a snippet of a review I did with my seniors from a unit we are doing on other native languages among Black francophone peoples. I...
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