Lesson Plans 
 

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Lección 3 - Lengua: Quarter System
(12 days, including 1 for testing. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 8

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Have students work in small groups to prepare questions and answers about past events (from childhood, high school, last year, last week...). Remind students to use the preterite or imperfect tense, as appropriate. Encourage them to use adverbs and adverbial expressions. Have the various groups interview each other using the questions they have prepared.
  2. Check comprehension of the Actualidades reading (pp. 92–93) by asking students about the product being advertised and what role it plays in the lives of Mili and Sergio.
  3. Work through Después de leer question 1 (p. 93) with the class. Expand the discussion by asking students to describe the types of people they would expect to see in ads for other products, such as cars, shampoo, or the latest technological gadget.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Read Manos a la obra (p. 91) and prepare step A.
  2. Study the Vocabulario (p. 94).
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS

  1. Prepare the Escritura section on the VENTANAS CD-ROM.