Lesson Plans 
 

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

Lección 8 - Lengua: Quarter System
(12 days, including 1 for testing. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 4

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Have students present their campaign posters for Tere Zamora. Have students discuss how convincing each poster is.
  2. Review Estructura 8.1 by having students restate in the passive voice the sentences you say in the active voice.
  3. Work through the Práctica activities for Estructura 8.2 with the class. Students will work in pairs for activity 4.
  4. Present Estructura 8.3.
  5. Read the Exploración selection on Costa Rica with the class. Ask students what they know about Costa Rica and if they would be interested in visiting the country.
  6. Ask students the comprehension questions found in the Additional Teaching Suggestions of the Instructor Resource Manual for this Exploración selection.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study Estructura 8.3.
  2. Prepare the Práctica y Comunicación activities for Estructura 8.3 for oral work during the next class.
  3. Read the second Exploración selection and be prepared to discuss the Coméntalo questions.
  4. Go to the VENTANAS web site, prepare the corresponding activity for the second Exploración selection, and submit it electronically before the next class.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS
  1. Do the corresponding exercises for Estructura 8.3 in the workbook section of the Student Activities Manual.
  2. Do the corresponding exercises for Estructura 8.3 in the lab manual section of the Student Activities Manual in conjunction with the Lab Audio CD or MP3 Files Audio CD-ROM.
  3. Do the corresponding Exploración activity on the VENTANAS CD-ROM.