Lesson Plans 
 

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

Day 9

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Present the vocabulary list for El futuro de la Amazonia, modeling the Spanish words and expressions.
  2. Put students in pairs for Conexión personal. Have each pair share their results and use the board to record the class’s actions to protect the environment.
  3. Use a map to show students the extent of the Amazon Basin and the six countries that either border the river or have tributary rivers that flow into the Amazon.
  4. Begin reading El futuro de la Amazonia aloud with the class. After each paragraph, have students summarize the main idea. Does Santander’s description of the importance of the Amazon Basin relate in any way to the descriptions of the ideal future world that students wrote for Atando cabos?
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Read El futuro de la Amazonia.
  2. Prepare the Después de leer activities for El futuro de la Amazonia for the next class.
  3. Continue preparing the Cultura activity from the VENTANAS web site to be submitted electronically before class on Day 12.