Lesson Plans 
 

Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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

Day 5

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Ask students to tell you about Rubén Blades.
  2. If possible, play some recordings by Blades.
  3. Work through Después de leer activity 1 for Perfil: Rubén Blades with the class.
  4. Put students in pairs and have them do Después de leer activity 2 for Perfil: Rubén Blades. Extend the activity by using the suggestions in the anno in the IAE.
  5. Begin the Antes de leer section for La nostalgia de Dios. Present the vocabulary list, modeling the Spanish words and expressions. Discuss the Conexión personal questions with the class.
  6. Collect and correct the articles that students wrote for Atando cabos step 2.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study the Vocabulario for La nostalgia de Dios.
  2. Read the Contexto cultural and La nostalgia de Dios. Write a short paragraph explaining the meaning of the last paragraph.
  3. Prepare the Después de leer activities for La nostalgia de Dios for the next class. Do activity 4 in writing.
  4. Go to the VENTANAS web site and prepare the Cultura activity to be submitted electronically before class on Day 8.