Lesson Plans 
 

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Lección 1 - Lengua: 2-Semester System
(8 days, including 1 for testing. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 7

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Check comprehension of the Actualidades reading (pp. 32–33) by asking students about the situations presented under each heading of the strip.
  2. Use Después de leer question 1 (p. 33) as the basis for a class discussion of the nature of friendship. Encourage students to use vocabulary from Lección 1 in their discussion.
  3. Solicit volunteers to answer Después de leer question 2 (p. 33).
  4. Put students in pairs for Después de leer questions 3 and 4 (p. 33).
  5. Announce the quiz on Lección 1 to be given during the next class and explain what material will be covered.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study for the quiz on Lección 1.
  2. Finish steps A–C of Manos a la obra (p. 31) and bring the resulting poster to the next class.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS
  1. Prepare the Escritura section on the VENTANAS CD-ROM.
  2. Provide students with the Práctica exercises from the Additional Activities for Lengua found in the Instructor’s Resource Manual.