Lesson Plans 
 

Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Lección 10 - Lecturas: 2-Semester System
(8 days. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 3

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Discuss with the class the Conexión personal questions in Antes de leer for Continuidad de los parques. Encourage students to use the vocabulary for the reading in their discussions.
  2. Direct students’ attention to Sobre el autor. Ask students what elements of “fantastic realism” they see in Continuidad de los parques.
  3. Follow the anno for Análisis literario in the IAE to have students work in groups to discuss the effects of the images in Continuidad de los parques. Have each group summarize their answers to the questions about the imagery.
  4. Work through Después de leer activities 1 and 2 for Continuidad de los parques with the class. Follow the anno in the IAE to ask students if the fantastic elements of the story are believable.
  5. Put students in pairs for Después de leer activity 3 for Continuidad de los parques. Have pairs summarize their discussion for the class.
  6. Ask for volunteers to read aloud the paragraphs they wrote for Después de leer activity 4 for Continuidad de los parques.
  7. Collect and correct the paragraphs students wrote for Después de leer activities 3 (item 2) and 4 for Continuidad de los parques.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Read and prepare Atando cabos in preparation for the next class.
  2. Read Conexión personal in Antes de leer for Perfil: Wifredo Lam. Use the library or the Internet to prepare responses to the questions. Bring in examples of your favorite Hispanic artist’s work.
  3. Finish preparing the Literatura activity from the VENTANAS web site to be submitted electronically before the next class.