Lesson Plans 
 

Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Lección 1 - Lecturas: 2-Semester System
(8 days. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 2

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Ask students what they know of Pablo Neruda. Direct their attention to Sobre el autor (p. 4).
  2. Ask students to read Poema 20 aloud (pp. 4–5). After lines 10, 20, and 32, have students summarize the poem’s content.
  3. Work through Después de leer activities 1, 2, and 3 (p. 6) for Poema 20 with the class. Have students use the personification charts they completed to aid in answering activity 2.
  4. Put students in pairs and have them complete Después de leer activities 4 and 5 (p. 6).
  5. Work through the Antes de leer section for Aqueronte (p. 7). Do the Conexión personal questions with the class. Have students read the Contexto cultural. Present Análisis literario and Estrategia de lectura.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study the Vocabulario (p. 7).
  2. Read Aqueronte (pp. 8–11).
  3. Complete the mood chart in Análisis literario (p. 7).
  4. Prepare Después de leer activities 1 and 2 for Aqueronte (p. 12) for the next class.
  5. Continue preparing the Literatura activity from the VENTANAS web site to be submitted electronically by the end of class on Day 4.