Category Archives: Classroom activities

Makebeliefscomix

Posted on May 15, 2013 by bryankandel

Makebeliefscomix.com is a website for creating comic strips.  I’ve used it to create short dialogue-based readings and as a student activity.  It was a homework option for one of the quarters this year.  We used it today in Spanish 2. … Continue reading →

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Don’t wake up in a roadside ditch

Posted on April 22, 2013 by bryankandel

Here’s a fun activity that can be used to practice second person POV and advice, suggestions or commands.  About a year ago, Direct TV ran a series of ads about what happens to you when you have trouble with your … Continue reading →

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Using screencast-o-matic for an absent day

Posted on March 4, 2013 by bryankandel

I was out of class on Friday for a professional day, and I decided to use screencast-o-matic in my place.  It was a nice way to include some input on a day without the usual source of input (me).  Based … Continue reading →

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A few new twists on reading

Posted on February 21, 2013 by bryankandel

We did reading activities in all classes today, and I tried a different strategy with each level. Teacher Draw and Student Retell This was not much different from what I’ve done before.  I sometimes have students draw details of a … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Ads – Freeze Frame

Posted on February 5, 2013 by bryankandel

I was using Movie Talk with the Super Bowl commercials today, and I was getting frustrated at constantly moving back and forth from my computer to pause it.  I also felt like we were wasting some time by re-watching every … Continue reading →

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Movie Talk – Super Bowl Commercials

Posted on February 4, 2013 by bryankandel

I did some Movie Talk activities in a few classes with Super Bowl Commercials.  Some were better than others based on the content, dialogue, images . . . etc. Here is the Power Point I made with links to most … Continue reading →

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Movie Talk – Dog Commercial

Posted on February 3, 2013 by bryankandel

I tried “Movie Talk” for the first time on Friday.  It was a light version just to get a feel for it.  There is a tutorial for movie talk here.  I tried it in two sections of Spanish 2.  Basically, … Continue reading →

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Chain Reaction

Posted on January 30, 2013 by bryankandel

I got this idea from martinabex.com.  I’ve been wanting to try it out, and today I was able to use it in Spanish 3.  I created seven cards with questions and answers.  I chose seven because all of my sections … Continue reading →

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