{"id":165,"date":"2016-04-19T23:35:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T23:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2016-04-29T19:09:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T19:09:44","slug":"before-and-after","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/?page_id=165","title":{"rendered":"Before and After"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve included here a couple of examples of student assignments which have been tweaked from their original (&#8220;before&#8221;) to what I believe is a more effective format for both the student and the teacher (&#8220;after&#8221;). The &#8220;before&#8221; version is on the left side of the page and the &#8220;after&#8221; version is on the right side.<\/p>\n<p>The first example below is of an assignment regarding a cooking task in Spanish. The second example, following the first, involves student abilities.<\/p>\n<p>The before and after versions are half-size in order to visually compare them side by side. To see each version &#8220;full size&#8221;, click on it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spanish Cooking Assignments, Before and After:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFORESpanishCookingProject.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-180 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFORESpanishCookingProject-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"BEFORESpanishCookingProject\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFORESpanishCookingProject-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFORESpanishCookingProject-768x994.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFORESpanishCookingProject-791x1024.jpg 791w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFORESpanishCookingProject.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERSpanishCookingProject_Gudelines.doc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-181\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-181 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERSpanishCookingProject_Gudelines.doc-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"AFTERSpanishCookingProject_Gudelines.doc\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERSpanishCookingProject_Gudelines.doc-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERSpanishCookingProject_Gudelines.doc-768x994.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERSpanishCookingProject_Gudelines.doc-791x1024.jpg 791w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERSpanishCookingProject_Gudelines.doc.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spanish Cooking Assignment, &#8220;After&#8221; Rubric:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERRubricforSpanishCookingProject.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-191 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERRubricforSpanishCookingProject-1-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"AFTERRubricforSpanishCookingProject\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERRubricforSpanishCookingProject-1-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERRubricforSpanishCookingProject-1.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Student Abilities, Before:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Assignment: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Result:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/?attachment_id=167\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-167\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-167 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFOREIntroSongAssignment-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"BEFOREIntroSongAssignment\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFOREIntroSongAssignment-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFOREIntroSongAssignment.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/?attachment_id=176\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFOREstudentexample-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"BEFOREstudentexample\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFOREstudentexample-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BEFOREstudentexample.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Student Abilities, After:<\/p>\n<p>Assignment: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Result:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERMe5.0StudentAssignmentSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-168\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-168 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERMe5.0StudentAssignmentSheet-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"AFTERMe5.0StudentAssignmentSheet\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERMe5.0StudentAssignmentSheet-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERMe5.0StudentAssignmentSheet.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/?attachment_id=177\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERStudentExample-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"AFTERStudentExample\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERStudentExample-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.amysymons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AFTERStudentExample.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve included here a couple of examples of student assignments which have been tweaked from their original (&#8220;before&#8221;) to what I believe is a more effective format for both the student and the teacher (&#8220;after&#8221;). 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