Lesson Plans 
 

Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Lección 11 - Lecturas: Quarter System
(12 days. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 8

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Ask students to tell you about Jeff Bezos’s life and career.
  2. Work through Después de leer activities 1 and 2 for Perfil: Jeff Bezos with the class. Put students in pairs for activity 3; have each pair share its ideas with the class.
  3. Put students in small groups for Después de leer activity 4 for Perfil: Jeff Bezos. Follow the anno in the IAE to ask students to determine what will be the main motivator for their business. Ask each group to share their business idea with the class.
  4. Begin the Antes de leer section for Pioneros en busca de un gen. Present the vocabulary list, modeling the Spanish words and expressions, and have students discuss the Conexión personal questions in small groups.
  5. As a class, discuss how the distribution of economic resources affects the quality of life and the role of scientific research in this issue (see the anno in IAE).
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study the Vocabulario for Pioneros en busca de un gen.
  2. Read Contexto cultural and Pioneros en busca de un gen.
  3. Prepare the Después de leer activities for Pioneros en busca de un gen for the next class. Do activity 4 in writing.
  4. Continue working on the dialogs for Videoteca Después de ver el corto activity 6. Be prepared to present them to the class on Day 10.
  5. Continue preparing the Cultura activity from the VENTANAS web site to be submitted electronically before class on Day 12.