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 ¿Adónde van?, pp. 14–17
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
OBJECTIVES
Review vocabulary: places where you go.
Practice ir + a + place.
Review the lesson vocabulary in context.
TEACH
¿Adónde van?, paragraphs A–F, pp. 14–15.
Repaso: ir + a + place, p. 16.
PRACTICE AND APPLY
Práctica, Activities 12–13, p. 16. Have students work in pairs on activity 12.
Práctica, activity 14 in pairs.
ASSESS AND RETEACH
RB pp. 12-14 acts. 1, 2, 4, 1
 ¿Cómo estás, pp. 18–21
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
OBJECTIVES
Practice using tener, ser, and estar to describe people.
Review and practice vocabulary used to describe how you feel.
TEACH
Para y piensa, p. 17. Assess that students can express where they and others are going.
¿Cómo estás?, pp. 18–19
Notes over tener frases
PRACTICE AND APPLY
Play TXT CD 1 track 10 to do ¡A responder!, p. 19
Práctica, Activities 17-19, p. 20
ASSESS AND RETEACH
RB: pp. 15-16
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
TEACH
Repaso: Ser or estar, p. 21
Notes: ser vs. estar
PRACTICE AND APPLY
Ser vs. estar worksheet.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 Go over the worksheet
 Charades: review all vocab phrases
RB p. 17
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
¿Qué haces?, pp. 22–25
OBJECTIVES
 Review vocabulary: activities and places to go.
 Practice the regular present-tense verb forms.
 Practice the present-tense of stem-changing verbs.
TEACH
 ¿Qué haces?, pp. 22–23
 Repaso: Regular Present-tense Verbs, p. 24
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 Play TXT CD 1 track 12 to do ¡A responder!, p. 23.
 Activities 22–23, p. 24. Do activity 23 in pairs. Use reading, writing, and speaking skills
listed next to the activity.
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 conjuguemos.com—submit 2
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
TEACH
 Repaso: Stem-changing Verbs, p. 25
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 Activities 24–25, p. 25. Use reading, writing, and speaking skills listed next to the activity.
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 RB pp. 18-21
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
¿Qué vas a hacer?, pp. 26–28
OBJECTIVES
 Review vocabulary to talk about friends’ plans.
 Check for recognition.
 Practice ir a + infinitive using lesson vocabulary.
TEACH
 ¿Qué vas a hacer?, pp. 26–27.
 Repaso: Nota gramatical, p. 28
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 Play TXT CD 1 track 14 to do ¡A responder!, p. 27.
 Activities 26–28, p. 28. Play TXT CD 1 track 15 for activity 26. Have them walk around the
classroom to do activity 28.
 Activity 28, p. 21. Have students work in pairs.
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 RB: 22-23
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
En resumen, Repaso de la lección, pp. 29–31
OBJECTIVES
 Review lesson grammar and vocabulary.
TEACH
 En resumen. Assess which vocabulary terms need more practice and encourage students to
form sentences with each.
 Repaso de la lección, pp. 30–31. Have students form two questions to ask classmates.
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 Repaso de la lección, Activity 1, p. 30. Play TXT CD 1 track 16 while they do Activity 1.
Complete activities 2–4, pp. 30–31.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Review the chapter
 classzone
 conjuguemos
Spanish 2
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 (50 min.) Lesson Test, On-level Assessment, pp. 7–12.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17—early out
Unit and Lesson Opener, Presentación y práctica de vocabulario, pp. 32–38
OBJECTIVES
 Introduce lesson theme: ¡Vamos de viaje!
 Culture: plan a trip to a foreign country.
 Present and practice vocabulary: items needed for travel, airport terms, and language for
getting around town.
TEACH
 Lesson 1 Opener, pp. 34–35. Read Comparación cultural. Have students view the
photograph and respond to the ¿Qué ves? questions.
 Presentación de vocabulario, pp. 36–37, paragraphs A–E. Read the paragraphs.
PRACTICE AND APPLY
Define vocab
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18—late start
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 classzone vocab acts.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Vocabulario en contexto, pp. 39–40
OBJECTIVES
 Understand and practice using active vocabulary in context.
 Practice using ver with people and things.
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Práctica de vocabulario, Activity 1, p. 38.
Telehistoria escena 1. Have students read the dialog out loud. Ask them whom they think
Natalia is talking to as the scene opens.
Nota gramatical, p. 40. Remind students that while they know a as “to” or “at”, when
acting as the personal a it does not have a direct translation.
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 Comprensión del episodio, Activity 4, p. 40. Listen to TXT CD 2 track 3. Call on students to
complete the sentences.
 Activity 5. Demonstrate how the personal a follows the same rules for other verbs. Expand
the activity by asking students to say they are looking for three things and three individuals
in the classroom.
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 Homework: cuaderno pp. 30-31
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 Vocab quiz
 conjuguemos verb review
Spanish 2
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
 Presentación y práctica de gramática 1, pp. 41–43
OBJECTIVES
 Review direct object pronouns and their use.
 Practice using direct object pronouns to describe travel plans and trips.
 Culture: Costarrican artist Adrián Gómez.
TEACH
 Presentación de gramática, p. 41: Notes over direct object pronouns
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 Práctica de gramática, pp. 42–43. Act. 6-7
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 Homework: Cuaderno, pp. 32-34
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 Direct object pronoun worksheets/overhead practice
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 Worksheet
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
 Gramática en contexto, pp. 44–45
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OBJECTIVES
Practice direct object pronouns in context.
Recycle daily activity vocabulary, p. 10.
Compare pronunciation of the Spanish l and ll.
TEACH
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Watch the telehistoria escena 2
o Do pp. 83-84 Video acts. And go over
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 P. 45 act. 11 w/ partner
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 Para y piensa, p. 45. Have students answer questions with the correct direct object pronoun.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Presentación y práctica de gramática 2, pp. 46–48
OBJECTIVES
 Present indirect object pronouns.
 Practice using indirect object pronouns.
 Culture: nature in Costa Rica.
TEACH
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Notes: indirect object pronouns. Presentación de gramática, p. 46.
PRACTICE AND APPLY
 Práctica de gramática, pp. 47–48. Act. 12, 13 and Act. 15
ASSESS AND RETEACH
 Para y piensa, p. 48. Have students use indirect object pronouns to complete sentences.
 Homework: worksheets
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27