Lesson Plans 
 

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

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

Day 8

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Have students present the situations they thought of for step C of A conversar and have the class come up with solutions.
  2. Follow the suggestion in the anno in the IAE to brainstorm as a class the socio-political circumstances that define each period in Comunicación activity 5A for Estructura 12.3. Then put students in pairs and have them work on the activity.
  3. Check comprehension of the Actualidades reading by asking students what the EZLN is and who Subcomandante Marcos is.
  4. Have students discuss the Después de leer questions. They should use their research in their discussions of questions 1 and 3.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Finalize the dialogs for Comunicación activity 5A for Estructura 12.3. Be prepared to present them for the class.
  2. Do Comunicación activity 5B for Estructura 12.3 in writing.
  3. Write a newspaper article about one of the events in Comunicación activity 7 for Estructura 12. 2.
  4. Read Manos a la obra and prepare a presentation on the history of independence of a Hispanic country for Manos a la obra step B. Be prepared to make the presentation to the class on Day 12.
  5. Do step C of Manos a la obra in writing for Day 12.
  6. Study the Vocabulario.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS

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