Author Archives: bryankandel

Thoughts on effort vs. performance

Posted on March 28, 2013 by bryankandel

Recently, I had an interesting conversation with a student regarding her grade in another class.  It illustrates the mindset that I am trying to change as I move towards more performance based assessments.  More on my assessment ideas and goals … Continue reading →

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Story Script – Nunca te olvidaré

Posted on March 26, 2013 by bryankandel

Nunca te olvidaré encontró a su alma gemela –  he/she found his/her soulmate tuvo que irse – he/she had to leave “nunca te olvidaré” – I will never forget you PQA ideas: What did you have to do yesterday? (Tuve … Continue reading →

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Circumlocution game – La silla caliente

Posted on March 22, 2013 by bryankandel

Here’s a good game to work on circumlocution.  It’s a simple game, but there are several possible variations.  I work circumlocution early in the year and use this game at that time, but I also pull it out throughout the … Continue reading →

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9 weeks evaluation – Day 2: Reading, Listening and Writing

Posted on March 21, 2013 by bryankandel

Day 2 of the evaluation consisted of reading, listening and writing.  Here’s what we did: Listening: I had my wife help me record two conversations – one for level 2 and one for level 3.  Much of the content was … Continue reading →

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9 Weeks Evaluation – Day 1: Interpersonal communication

Posted on March 20, 2013 by bryankandel

Yesterday we began the “9 weeks evaluation” in Spanish two and three.  There will be four parts to the evaluation – Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.  The evaluation will take two days.  Day 1 was dedicated to the speaking section. … Continue reading →

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Basura-ball

Posted on March 17, 2013 by bryankandel

Here’s a game we played recently.  It’s a favorite for many classes.  I “created” this game a couple years ago after watching a similar version on an episode of the Ellen show (It was a snow day, and my wife … Continue reading →

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Wideo

Posted on March 13, 2013 by bryankandel

Wideo.co is a website for creating simple animations.  I finally had some time tonight to play with it a bit, and this is what I came up with.  I spent way too much time on this:  

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Impressed and reminded of the value of TPRS

Posted on March 12, 2013 by bryankandel

I was reminded of two key points recently: 1. TPRS develops students who can use language 2. Students should be assessed in the way they are taught Last week, we spent some time using Movie Talk and the paperman video. … Continue reading →

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Story script: La muñeca

Posted on March 10, 2013 by bryankandel

La muñeca comía la comida con mucha grasa – used to eat fatty food / was eating fatty food apareció una muñeca – a doll appeared (desapareció – disappeared) “Tú no debes comer eso” – You shouldn’t eat that (+ … Continue reading →

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Paperman screenshots for Movie Talk

Posted on March 8, 2013 by bryankandel

We did Movie Talk with the paperman video today.  I created a Power Point with screenshots of the video to use for discussion after watching it.  In each class, we watched the video first and then went through the slides … Continue reading →

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