Lesson Plans 
 

Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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

Day 1

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Ask for volunteers to read aloud their paragraphs discussing the view of religion depicted in either the quote or the painting on the Literatura section opener for Lección 8. Use the suggestions found in Additional Teaching Suggestions for Lecturas in the Instructor’s Resource Manual to direct/expand the discussion. Ask students how the quote and picture tie into the lesson theme, La religión y la política.
  2. Present the vocabulary list, modeling the Spanish words and expressions.
  3. Have students discuss the Conexión personal questions in Antes de leer in small groups. Encourage students to use the vocabulary just presented. Have students read the Contexto cultural.
  4. Present Análisis literario and Estrategia de lectura.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study the Vocabulario for Masa.
  2. Read Masa.
  3. Paraphrase the last line of each stanza in different ways. Refer to Análisis literario and Estrategia de lectura.
  4. Prepare the Después de leer activities for Masa for the next class. Do activity 5 in writing.
  5. Go to the VENTANAS web site and prepare the Literatura activity to be submitted electronically before class on Day 4.