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Lección 1 - 2 Semester System
(9 days, including 1 for testing)

Day 1

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
1. Present the Communicative Goals for Lección 1. Use the lesson opener photo to orient students to the topic of greetings, farewells, and courtesy expressions as suggested in PREVIEW in the Instructor's Annotated Edition (IAE).
2. Introduce the Preparación section by circulating around the room greeting students, making introductions and encouraging responses as described in SUGGESTION in the IAE.
3. Present the vocabulary using the Overhead Transparency and the illustrations and lists in the student text, modeling correct pronunciation for student repetition.
4. Have small groups create conversations based on the pictures, as suggested in EXPANSION in the IAE.
5. Go over the VARIACIÓN LÉXICA in the IAE.
6. Have students do A escuchar activities 1, 2 and 3 in conjunction with the Textbook Audio CD.
7. Have students do A practicar activity 5 in pairs adding at least two lines when they act it out as suggested in SUGGESTION in the IAE.
8. If there is time, have students do activity 6 in pairs or in teams as suggested in TEACHING OPTION in the IAE.

ASSIGNMENT
1. Have students complete activity 4 from A practicar.
2. Have students prepare A conversar activity 8 for the next class by brainstorming who the people in the photos are and what they are talking about.

ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS
1. Have students complete the exercises for Preparación in the Workbook section of the Workbook/Video Manual.
2. Have students do the exercises for Lesson 1 Preparación in the Lab Manual in conjunction with the Lab Audio CDs or MP3 Files Audio CD-ROM.
3. Have students work through the Preparación section for Lesson 1 on the Interactive CD-ROM.