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Lección 9
(7 days, including quiz given on seventh day)


Day 1

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
  1. Warm up by chatting with the class using previously learned vocabulary, phrases, and structures.
  2. Present the Lección 9 Communicative Goals. Use the lesson opener photo to orient students to this lesson’s theme, using the A primera vista annotation in the IAE as a guide.
  3. Present the Contextos vocabulary. Use Transparency #36 for visual appeal. You should also point out to students the vocabulary contained in the Más vocabulario boxes and in the Relaciones personales box. In addition, you may want to point out and discuss the information contained in the Variación léxica box.
  4. Using the Textbook Activities CDs, work through Práctica Activity 1 with the class.
  5. Have students work through your choice of the remaining Práctica activities.
  6. Then have them work through your choice of the Comunicación activities.
  7. Preview the Fotonovela by completing the Video Recap.
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Have students read the Fotonovela and familiarize themselves with the Expresiones útiles.
  2. Have students prepare one or more of the Reacciona a la fotonovela activities so you can go over them orally during the next class session.
  3. As an ongoing project, have students read this lesson's Panorama section as they work through the lesson. Tell them that they will turn in their written answers to the ¿Qué aprendiste? activity on test day.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS
  1. Have students complete the activities in their Workbook/Video Manual, Lab Manual, and Interactive CD-ROM as they are referenced in the Recursos boxes of the Student Text. Advise them that they will be responsible for turning the written activities in on the last day, before the test. For today, they should be completing the Contextos activities in those ancillaries.
  2. Have students complete the Exploración activity on the companion website.