TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) is a language-teaching method that has taken the world language scene by storm over the last few years. Although it's been around for decades, this tried and true method is once again picking up steam and with good reason: it works!

Using engaging, unique, original, and quirky stories, the narrator (you!) repeats crucial structures to their class while co-creating a narrative with students as contributors and even actors. The high volume of Comprehensible Input (CI) leads to genuine acquisition of the target language rather than simply memorization.

This 23-page guide book is a fantastic place to start if you're looking to get your feet wet with this tremendous pedagogical approach. With a step-by-step list, templates, exemplars, ideas, activities, and a glossary for TPRS jargon, you'll be ready to start writing your own stories in no time.

This guide book is in English to accommodate a larger consortium of world language educators, with supporting activity templates in Spanish.

Included in this guide book are these fundamentals:

• TPRS "crash course"
  • A brief introduction to TPRS.

• TPRS jargon glossary
  • A quick reference for deciphering all of the jargon that accompanies TPRS.

• Steps to Story Asking
  • This list breaks down how to use this guide book and its templates to get started on your first story.

• Pre-reading PQA activity
  • Introduce new structures with this high-input method.

• Circling guide
  • What is circling? Practice with your own structure using this template with examples that explain how to do it.

• Circling example
  • This example from a story I use in my class in the Realidades 5A unit gives a clear idea on how to circle statements while story asking.

• Story graphic organizer
  • Organize your thoughts and ideas for your story in one place before you get started!

• Story statement graphic organizer
  • Use this to break down how each statement will be circled as you tell the story and to jot down any distractors you come up with so you don't have to think of them on the spot.

• Final draft organizer
  • Once your story has been created by your students and yourself, the final draft version goes here with the new details. You will use this to retell the story with actors.

• Cognate brainstorm list
  • Make your story comprehensible and fun for novice learners using a number of cognates. This cognate list has ideas for people, places, nouns, and adjectives for your story.

• Question brainstorm list
  • Dive deeper into your story's plot with these prodding questions. Perfect for intermediate learners and more advanced groups!

• Post-reading activity ideas
  • Analyze and digest the story you just told with some of these post-reading activities that will get your students reading, writing, speaking, and listening!

• Four post-reading activity templates
  • These post-reading activity templates are included to get you started. They are also sold separately in my store.
    • True or false?
    • Comic strip
    • Story map
    • Two truths and a lie

This comprehensive guide will certainly set you down the right path as you start out implementing TPRS in your classroom. Enjoy!