The transformation of a classroom to comprehended input is exciting, yet a cause of anxiety at the same time. Acquisition doesn’t happen in a linear fashion and may not even seem structured at times. Try a few routine activities like Calendar Talk, Self Directed Reading, or Discipulus Illustris. Establish meaning around tasks or reading to create novelty for learners while also providing structure for students to know what to expect from the next class. And keep reading and learning. Refine your classroom management pedagogy to keep the focus on input. Find must read books to influence your work.
Vocabulary Activities
Pre-Reading Activities
During Reading Activities
Post-Reading Activities
Language Tasks
Below are blogs I frequently visit. Management of your own energy flow is an essential skill for this work. Teachers, often, lament that they cannot do CI or TPRS because it takes too much energy. The energy flow IS different. I find that careful thought toward routines with a sprinkling of new activities aides the management of energy effectively. Use these resources as these teachers share a lot of great stuff!
Magistra Arnold – Resources all in one place! I’m so thankful for the organization and availability of so many CI resources.
Magister Toda – Find many activities under his CI Reading Strategies page. Keith also explains his process toward comprehensible input in an authentic way that has helped me as I make the transition.
Magister Patrick – A place for big ideas and quite a few posts about specific activities that you can try right now.
Magister Piantaggini – Magister P tackles many of the tough spots of switching to a comprehension based philosophy. Grading, management and continued focus on comprehensible input are found throughout his site.
Indwelling Language – Justin Slocum-Bailey offers a mammoth amount of resources. My favorite are his creative no prep activities to keep the input flowing.
Comprehensible Classics – Andrew Olimpi has published many fantastic novellas. He also published a year’s worth of lessons. Notice the routines embedded in his year in F7.
The Comprehensible Classroom – Martina Bex is a Spanish teacher who has a magic hat full of awesome activities. Some of them take some prep but many can at least be altered to require little prep.
Bryce Hedstrom – Bryce is also a Spanish teacher. His focus is TPRS. He offers a lot of routine type activities and free resources, sometimes even translated into Latin.
My Generation of Polygots – Mike Peto’s ideas about Free Volunteer Reading which I call Self Directed Reading in my program are a wonderful place to start. The site also has some nice videos to demonstrate certain activities, especially with upper level courses.
Comprehensible Antiquity 
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