Lección
1 - Lecturas: Quarter System (12 days. Each class = 50 minutes.)
Day
7
IN-CLASS
ACTIVITIES
Present the painting
and quote on the Cultura section opener (p.
14).Use the suggestions found in Additional
Teaching Suggestions for Lecturas in the
Instructor’s Resource Manual.
Present the vocabulary
list (p. 15), modeling the Spanish words and expressions.
Present the profile
on Carmen Lomas Garza and do the Conexión
personal questions (p. 15) in Antes de leer
with the class. Have students compare the party
depicted in Lomas Garza’s painting with their
own birthday parties. Encourage students to use
the vocabulary just presented.
Have students read
and discuss the Contexto cultural (p. 15)
in Antes de leer.
Show the video
Momentos de estación again and have
students complete VideotecaDespués
de ver el corto activity 4 (p. 25) in groups
of three.
Collect and correct
the letters students wrote for Atando cabos
step 3 (p. 13) and the paragraphs students wrote
for VideotecaDespués de ver el
corto activity 3 (p. 25).
ASSIGNMENT
Study Vocabulario
(p. 15).
Read Perfil:
Carmen Lomas Garza (pp. 16–17) and prepare
the Después de leer activities (p.
18) for the next class.
Go to the VENTANAS
web site and prepare the Cultura activity
to be submitted electronically before the end of
class on Day 12.
