Lesson Plans 
 

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

Lección 1: 2-Semester System
(10 days, including 1 for testing. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 3

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Review Expresiones útiles (p. 7) by asking students questions using the expressions.
  2. Have students do Práctica activity 1 for Estructura 1.1 (p. 16) in pairs. Work through Práctica activities 2 and 3 (p. 16) with the class.
  3. Work through Comunicación activity 4 for Estructura 1.1 (p. 17) with the class. Have students do activity 5 in pairs.
  4. Work through the Práctica activities for Estructura 1.2 (p. 20) with the class.
  5. Have students do Comunicación activities 4 and 5 for Estructura 1.2 (p. 21) in pairs. Then have them write out their answers to Comunicación activity 6, part A, and work in groups of six for part B.
  6. Present the painting and quote on the Lecturas section opener (p. 32). Use the suggestions found in Additional Teaching Suggestions in the Instructor’s Resource Manual.
  7. Explain to students how they should approach reading a literary work in Spanish. Preview and explain the purpose of the Análisis literario, Estrategia de lectura, and Vocabulario subsections in Antes de leer for Poema 20 (p. 33).
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study the Vocabulario for Poema 20 (p. 31).
  2. Read Antes de leer for Poema 20 (p. 31).
  3. Read Poema 20 (pp. 32–35).
  4. Complete the personification chart in Análisis literario (p. 31).
  5. Prepare the Después de leer activities for Poema 20 (p. 36) for the next class. Write a paragraph for activity 4.
  6. Continue preparing the activities for Enfoques from the ENFOQUES web site, to be submitted electronically before class on Day 5.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS
  1. Do the exercises for Estructura 1.1 and Estructura 1.2 on the ENFOQUES CD-ROM.