List of TPR Storytelling resources
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This is a list of teaching materials developed for use with TPR Storytelling. They are divided up into TPRS manuals, TPRS textbooks, textbook supplements, easy readers, and audio books.
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TPRS manuals
These are teaching manuals for TPR Storytelling, and may contain information on methods, skills, and language acquisitionSecond language acquisition
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Year | Author(s) | Title | Publisher | Notes | Ref. |
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2008 | Blaine Ray, Contee Seely | Fluency through TPR storytelling: Achieving Real Language Acquisition in School, 5th Edition | Command Performance Language Institute | A general introduction to TPR Storytelling | ISBN 0-929724-21-6 |
2008 | Ben Slavic | TPRS in a Year! | Blaine Ray Workshops | A guide to working on various TPRS skills | |
Ben Slavic | PQA in a Wink! | Blaine Ray Workshops | A guide to working on the skill of PQA |
TPRS textbooks
These are textbooks with lesson plans for use with TPR Storytelling. TPRS lesson plans usually take the form of story scripts, with suggestions for how to use them in class. They will also typically have illustrations that go with each story.Year | Author(s) | Available languages | Title | Publisher | Resources | Notes | Ref. |
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Blaine Ray | English, Spanish, French, German | Look, I Can Talk! | Sky Oak Publications | Student text, student workbook, teacher's guide, extended readings, overhead transparencies, vocab lists and tests, activity masters | Level 1 textbook | ISBN 1-56018-459-0 | |
Blaine Ray | English, Spanish, French, German | Look, I Can Talk More! | Sky Oak Publications | Student text, student workbook, teacher's guide, extended readings, overhead transparencies, vocab lists and tests, activity masters | Level 2 textbook | ISBN 1-56018-489-2 | |
Blaine Ray | English, Spanish, French | Look, I’m Really Talking! | Sky Oak Publications | Student text, student workbook, teacher's guide, extended readings, overhead transparencies, vocab lists and tests, activity masters | Level 3 textbook | ||
Blaine Ray | English, Spanish, French, German | Look, I'm still talking! | Sky Oak Publications | Student text, student workbook, teacher's guide, extended readings, overhead transparencies, vocab lists and tests, activity masters | Level 4 textbook. The German version is for level 3. | ||
Amy Catania | English, Spanish, French | Fantastic Stories | Good Teaching Stuff Publishing | Teacher edition, student edition | Level 1 and level 2 books available | ||
Elizabeth Skelton, Denise Milligan | English, Spanish | Putting It Together | Student book, teacher's guide | Aimed at ESL learners | |||
Anne Matava | English | Story Scripts Vol. I | Teacher's guide | A collection of story scripts | |||
May and Kimura | Japanese | Japanese in Action | Student book, teacher manual including picture cards | Level 1 textbook | |||
Michael Miller | German | Sabine und Michael | Teacher's book, blackline masters, student workbook, a CD of songs, an easy novel. | Available for levels one and two. | ISBN 978-0-9743522-1-3 | ||
Michele Threlkeld | French | Contes Historiques : A Collection of T.P.R. Stories | Teacher's Discovery | Teacher's guide | Level 3 textbook for teaching French history. | ||
Carol Gaab | French, Spanish | Hi Kids! | Teacher's notes, reproducible student pages, transparencies, illustrations | Aimed at students from kindergarten to 3rd grade elementary | |||
Valeri Marsh, Christine Anderson, Carol Gaab | English, French, Spanish | Tell Me | C. W. Publishing | Games and activities manual, test materials, overheads, blackline masters, daily readings, music | Introductory. Aimed at 5th grade elementary and younger. | ||
Valeri Marsh, Christine Anderson, Carol Gaab | English, French, Spanish | Tell Me More | C. W. Publishing | Games and activities manual, test materials, overheads, blackline masters, daily readings, music | Introductory. Aimed at 7th grade and up. | ||
Valeri Marsh, Christine Anderson, Carol Gaab | English, French, Spanish | Tell Me Even More | C. W. Publishing | Games and activities manual, test materials, overheads, blackline masters, daily readings, music | Level 2. Aimed at 8th grade and up. | ||
Jalen Waltman | English, Spanish | Complete Lesson Plans for TPRS (2005 ed.) | Teacher's guide | Level 1a, 1b | |||
Jalen Waltman | Spanish | Complete Lesson Plans for TPRS (2009 ed.) | Teacher's guide | Levels 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b | |||
2002 | Carol Gaab, Kristy Placido | Cuéntame Más!: TPR Storytelling (3rd ed.) | TPRS Publishing | ISBN 9789990155150 | |||
2005 | Carol Gaab, Kristy Placido | The New Cuentame Mas! | Varsitybooks | ISBN 9789990155150 | |||
2005 | Todd McKay | English, Spanish, French | TPR Storytelling | Sky Oaks Productions | Teacher's manual, student book, testing packet, video demo, TPR cards, transparencies | Level 1-3. Aimed at elementary to middle school students. | ISBN 1-56018-034-X |
Textbook supplements
These are supplements for traditional textbooks so that they can be used with TPR Storytelling.Year | Author(s) | Language | Textbook | Publisher | Notes | Ref. |
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Jason Fritze | Spanish | En Español | McDougal Littell | Levels 1-3 | ||
Spanish | Exprésate | Holt | Levels 1-3 | |||
Schmidt and Polito | Spanish | Navegando | EMC / Paradigm | Levels 1-3 | ||
Karen Rowan | Spanish | Paso a Paso | Prentice Hall | Levels 1,2 | ||
Piedad Gutierrez | Spanish | Avancemos | McDougal Littell | Levels 1-3. The supplement is named "TPRS Avancemos". | ||
French | C'est a Toi | EMC / Paradigm | Levels 1-3 | |||
French | Discovering French | McDougal Littell | Level 1 |
Easy readers
These are easy reading material in the language that is being learned. Teachers may use them in class for reading lessons, for free voluntary reading, or for homework reading. They are a kind of graded reader that have been made specifically for use with TPR Storytelling.Year | Author(s) | Language | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
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2007 | Blaine Ray | English | Poor Ana | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-51-8 |
1999 | Blaine Ray | Spanish | Pobre Ana (Poor Ana) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-47-X |
2000 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | French | Pauvre Anne (Poor Anne) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-54-2 |
2001 | Blaine Ray | German | Arme Anna (Poor Anna) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-62-3 |
2007 | Blaine Ray | English | Patricia Goes to California | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-65-8 |
2001 | Blaine Ray | Spanish | Patricia Va a California (Patricia Goes to California) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-50-X |
2002 | Blaine Ray | French | Fama va en Californie (Fama Goes to California) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-63-1 |
2003 | Blaine Ray | German | Petra Reist Nach Kalifornien (Petra Goes to California) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-81-X |
2007 | Veronica Moscoso | English | The Eyes of Carmen | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 1-60372-020-0 |
2005 | Veronica Moscoso | Spanish | Los Ojos de Carmen (The Eyes of Carmen) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-92-5 |
1998 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | Spanish | Casi Se Muere Casi se muere Casi se muere is an novel by Lisa Ray Turner and Blaine Ray, written in Spanish. It is the sequel to Blaine Ray's novel Poor Ana. The story depicts Ana's homestay in Chile and her experiences in her Chilean school. This book was written for beginning language learners, and has a small vocabulary.... (He Almost Dies) |
Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-43-7 |
2002 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | French | Presque Mort (He Almost Dies) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-70-4 |
2003 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | German | Fast Stirbt Er (He Almost Dies) | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-75-5 |
2000 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | Spanish | El Viaje De Su Vida | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-49-6 |
2001 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | French | Le Voyage De Sa Vie | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-58-5 |
2003 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | German | Die Reise Seines Lebens | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-78-X |
2000 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | Spanish | Viva El Toro | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-48-8 |
2002 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | Spanish | Donde esta Eduardo? | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-69-0 |
2005 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | French | Ou est passe Martin? | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-91-7 |
2003 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | Spanish | Mi Propio Auto | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-74-7 |
2004 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | French | Ma Voiture, a Moi | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-90-9 |
2004 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | German | Mein eigenes Auto | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-89-5 |
2008 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | Spanish | El Viaje Perdido | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-59-3 |
2002 | Lisa Ray Turner, Blaine Ray | French | Le Voyage Perdu | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 0-929724-68-2 |
Spanish | La maldición de la cabeza reducida | TPRS Publishing | |||
Kristy Placido | Spanish | Robo en la noche | TPRS Publishing | ||
Mira Canion, Carol Gaab | Spanish | Piratas del Caribe y el mapa secreto | TPRS Publishing | ||
Mira Canion, Carol Gaab | French | Pirates français des Caraïbes | TPRS Publishing | ||
Carol Gaab | Spanish | El nuevo Houdini | TPRS Publishing | ||
Mira Canion | Spanish | Rebeldes de Tejas | TPRS Publishing | ||
2010 | Carol Gaab | Spanish | Problemas en paraíso | TPRS Publishing | |
2009 | Karen Rowan | Spanish | Las aventuras de Isabela | Command Performance Language Institute | ISBN 0-9824687-0-9 |
2009 | Patricia Verano, Verónica Moscoso, Blaine Ray | Spanish | Pobre Ana bailó tango | Command Performance Language Institute, Blaine Ray Workshops | ISBN 978-0-929724-45-4 |
Audio
The following are TPR Storytelling lessons in audio format.Year | Author(s) | Language | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
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2007 | Ben Slavic | French | Bucky Va à Paris! (Bucky goes to Paris) | ||
2010 | Ben Slavic | Spanish | ¡Bucky Va a Mexico! (Bucky goes to Mexico) |