Lesson Plans 
 

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

Day 5

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Review Estructura 12.2 by providing students with a noun, an infinitive, and a tense and having them construct a sentence in the indicated tense.
  2. Have students begin Comunicación activity 5 for Estructura 12.2 individually, then work in pairs. Put students in pairs for activity 6 and in small groups for activity 7.
  3. Work through the Práctica activities for Estructura 12.3 with the class. Ask students to explain their choice of mood and tense for each sentence.
  4. Have students work in small groups and read the Exploración selection Culturas precolombinas together.
  5. Ask students the comprehension questions found in the Additional Teaching Suggestions of the Instructor Resource Manual for this Exploración selection.
  6. Have students discuss the Coméntalo questions. Encourage them to describe their own experiences that relate to these issues. Have each group present their responses to the questions to the class.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Refine the reasons for your event order for Comunicación activity 5 for Estructura 12.2 and add any events that you feel are of similar importance.
  2. Expand the dialog for Comunicación activity 6 for Estructura 12.2 by having the visitor to the fortune-teller be a famous person. Finalize the dialog and be prepared to present it to the class.
  3. In preparation for A conversar, make a list of everything you write during the course of a day.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS
  1. Do the corresponding exercises for Estructura 12.1 and 12.2 on the VENTANAS CD-ROM.