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 9

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Review the Vocabulario for Lección 8 by having students create campaign statements. Have students create statements for a far right candidate, a far left candidate, a pacifist, a militarist, a candidate who is trying to regain voters’ trust, etc. Encourage students to use constructions with se and conjunctions.
  2. Put students in groups of three and have them read and discuss each other’s paragraphs on the connections between physical appearance and political success. Encourage students to use the grammar and vocabulary from Lección 8 in their discussion.
  3. Have each group present the results of their discussion to the class.
  4. Collect and correct students’ paragraphs.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Review Fotonovela and imagine another or alternate episode with these characters, using the vocabulary and grammar presented in Lección 8. Replace Tere Zamora with a well-known U.S. politician.
  2. Continue to prepare steps A & B of Manos a la obra for Day 12.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS

  1. Take the Quiz on the VENTANAS CD-ROM and review any problem areas.