Lesson Plans 
 

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Lección 5
(10 days, including 1 for testing. Each class = 50 minutes.)

Day 4

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Present the vocabulary list for Biografía, modeling the Spanish words and expressions. Discuss the Conexión personal questions in Antes de leer with the class. Encourage students to use the vocabulary just presented. Have students fill out the chart and then work in pairs to compare their answers and to determine why they follow orders from some people and give orders to others. (See the anno in the IAE more details on this extension.)
  2. Direct students’ attention to Sobre el autor. Ask them to which period of Celaya’s career they would expect Biografía to belong.
  3. Ask students to divide Biografía into four stanzas. Have them identify the main subject of each stanza. Have students discuss the speaker’s attitude toward each set of commands (Análisis literario) and ask them to compare their own attitudes and reactions to the commands (Estrategia de lectura).
  4. Work through Después de leer activity 1 for Biografía with the class. Then put students in pairs to complete activities 2 and 3.
  5. In small groups, have students complete Después de leer activity 4 for Biografía. Have each group write their commands on the board and peer correct the commands.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Study Estructura 5.3 and Estructura 5.4.
  2. Prepare the Práctica and Comunicación activities for Estructura 5.3 and Estructura 5.4 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.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS

  1. Do the corresponding exercises for Estructura 5.3 and Estructura 5.4 in the workbook section of the Student Activities Manual.
  2. Do the corresponding exercises for Estructura 5.3 and Estructura 5.4 in the lab manual section of the Student Activities Manual in conjunction with the Lab Audio CD or MP3 Files Audio CD-ROM.