Lesson Plans 
 

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Lección 6 - Lecturas: Quarter System
(12 days. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 7

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Present the painting and quote on the Cultura section opener. Use the suggestions found in Additional Teaching Suggestions for Lecturas in the Instructor’s Resource Manual. Ask students to read aloud their paragraphs about either the picture or the quote and its concept of nature.
  2. Present the vocabulary list, modeling the Spanish words and expressions.
  3. Present the profile on Mauricio Purto and do the Conexión personal questions in Antes de leer with the class.
  4. Read Contexto cultural with the class. Ask students if they practice any high-risk sports. What do they see as the attraction of such sports? What type of people are drawn to high-risk sports?
  5. Have students read aloud the first two paragraphs of Perfil: Mauricio Purto. Ask them to describe Mauricio Purto’s character.
  6. Collect and correct the descriptions of the ideal future world that students wrote for Atando cabos step 2.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study the Vocabulario for Perfil: Mauricio Purto.
  2. Read Perfil: Mauricio Purto and prepare the Después de leer activities for the next class.
  3. Go to the VENTANAS web site and prepare the Cultura activity to be submitted electronically before class on Day 12.