Lesson Plans 
 

Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Lección 2
(8 days, including 1 for testing. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 4

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Present the vocabulary list for Idilio (p. 73), modeling the Spanish words and expressions.
  2. Discuss the Conexión personal (p. 73) questions in Antes de leer with the class. Encourage students to use the vocabulary just presented.
  3. Have students summarize the story after lines 5, 10, 15, and 24 (pp. 74–75).
  4. Direct students’ attention to Sobre el autor (p. 74). Ask them how they think Benedetti’s life experience is reflected in Idilio. Ask students to discuss what they think is the moral lesson of the story (Análisis literario, p. 73) and Benedetti’s purpose in writing the story (Estrategia de lectura, p. 73).
  5. Work through Después de leer activities 1 and 2 for Idilio (p. 76) with the class.
  6. Put students in groups of three and have them peer correct each other’s paragraphs for Después de leer activity 4 for Idilio (p. 76). As a class, discuss television’s effects on viewers and the implications of those effects.
  7. Put students in pairs and have them work through Después de leer activity 3 for Idilio (p. 76).
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study Estructura 2.3 (pp. 62–63) and Estructura 2.4 (pp. 66–67).
  2. Prepare the Práctica and Comunicación activities for Estructura 2.3 (pp. 64–65) and Estructura 2.4 (pp. 68–69) for oral work during the next class.
  3. Complete the activities for Exploración from the FACETAS web site, to be submitted electronically before the next class.
  4. Begin preparing the Lecturas activities from the FACETAS web site to be submitted electronically before class on Day 8.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS

  1. Do the corresponding exercises for Estructura 2.3 and Estructura 2.4 in the workbook section of the Student Activities Manual.
  2. Do the corresponding exercises for Estructura 2.3 and Estructura 2.4 in the lab manual section of the Student Activities Manual in conjunction with the Lab Audio CD or MP3 Files Audio CD-ROM.
  3. Prepare the Composición section in the workbook section of the Student Activities Manual and do the corresponding activities.