Lesson Plans 
 

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Lección 11 - Lecturas: 2-Semester System
(8 days. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 1

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Ask for volunteers to read aloud their paragraphs explaining their feelings about/opinions on either the quote or the painting on the Literatura section opener for Lección 11. 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 tecnología y la ciencia.
  2. Present the vocabulary list for Primer encuentro, modeling the Spanish words and expressions.
  3. Have students work in small groups to discuss the Conexión personal questions and complete the chart in Antes de leer. Ask students to consider why extraterrestrials are usually depicted as unsightly. Ask each group to summarize their discussion for the class. Encourage students to use the vocabulary just presented.
  4. Read Contexto cultural with the class.
  5. Present Análisis literario and Estrategia de lectura.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study the Vocabulario for Primer encuentro.
  2. Read Primer encuentro.
  3. Decide whether the ending was a surprise or not. List the details that made the surprise ending logical and a consistent outcome (Análisis literario) or list the details and conventions that helped you predict the ending (Estrategia de lectura).
  4. Prepare the Después de leer activities for Primer encuentro for the next class.
  5. Go to the VENTANAS web site and prepare the Literatura activity to be submitted electronically before class on Day 4.