Chapter 3
Lesson Plans
Oct. 31 – Dec. 9
Friday/Monday, Oct. 31/Nov.3
 Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Culture:
Día de los Muertos: Discovery Ed Site (50 minutes)
Read Picture Book with Power Point: Tío Fernando
Discuss pages 76-79 of textbook: Geocultura de Texas/A conocer Texas
Tuesday/Wednesday, Nov. 4/5
Objective: Talking about what you and others like to do.
Review: Bell work page 82 (put in Chapter 3 notes to project)
Chapter opener: pp 80-81
Using the photo, p. 80
Nota Cultural (p84): Latin American high schools typically do not sponsor organized
sports teams. Students who may want to take a more active part in sports can do so by
joining clubs and associations outside of school.
Introduce new vocabulary pp. 82 & 83
Core instruction:
1. Review “Me gusta(n) and ¿Te gusta(n)? by asking and answering questions with
vocablary from Chapter 2.
2. Introduce the new vocabulary. Model the pronunciation of each expression using
“A mí me gusta” as I point to the appropriate pictures.
3. Continue by saying “A mí me gusta” with one of the new expressions. Call on a
volunteer to act out the expression. Continue with all of the new expressions.
4. Call on students or pairs of students to act out expressions as you say “A él / ella
le gusta” or A ellos/ellas les gusta(n)… etc.
Page 84: Do exercises 1 (L/C), 2, & 3 (Round Robin)
Page 85: ¡Exprésate! box: To ask and answer what a friend wants to do.
Round Robin: page 85: Ex. 4 & 5.
Homework: Vocabulario y Gramatica pp 25, 26, & 27.
Vocabulario 1 Quiz on Wed/Thurs Dec. 12/13
Know: Vocabulary and expressions from pages 82-85.
Wednesday/Thursday, Nov. 12/13
Corrijen paginas 25, 26, 27
Bell work, page 86 (3.2)
ExpresaVisión
Quiz: Vocabulario 1
Gramatica 1: page 86
Gustar with infinitives
Core Instruction:
En inglés
In English, infinitives do not have any special endings, but they almost always have the
word “to” in front of them.
to play to run
to write
In Spanish, infinitives always en in –ar, -er, or –ir.
jugar correr
escribir
1. Go over En ingles with students. Have volunteers write examples of English
sentences using the infinitive on the board.
2. Write a few sentences with Me gusta plus a noun on the board. Then add the
sentence Me gusta comer below them.
3. Go over point three.
Pages 86 & 87: Round Robin: Exercises 7, 8, & 9
Page 88: Pronouns after prepositions
Core instruction:
1. Go over ¿Te acuerdas? With students.
2. Go over point 1. On the board, create a chart with ten rows. Title the first
column: Subject pronouns and have students list the pronouns they would use
with the verb ser. Title the second column “Pronouns with gustar.” Have
students add these pronouns to the chart. Remind them that these are the
pronouns they would use to tell what various people are like.
3. Go over point 2. Add a third column to the chart: “Pronouns after prepositions”
4. Go over points 3 and 4. Have students copy the pronoun chart into their
notebooks leaving space to add columns as they learn more pronouns.
Round Robin: Pages 88 & 89
Give students time to figure out which word they would use in Ex 11, then share with
class.
Page 89, Ex. 12 & 13
Friday/Monday, Nov. 14/17
No classes Nov.10 and 11.
Bell work page 90 (3.4)
Present tense of querer with infinitives
Core instruction:
1. Review the use of ser by having students give example sentences using all the
subject pronouns.
2. Introduce querer by giving examples using several pronouns. Go over point 1
with students. Do students see any simlarities between the endings of the forms
of ser and the endings of the forms of querer?
3. Tell students “Quiero leer una revista. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué quieres hacer? Have several
volunteers tell what they would like to do, using querer. Then go ove point 2 with
students.
Round Robin: pp 90 & 91
Ex. 15, 16, 17, & 18 (L/C)
Project querer conjugation
Homework: Vocabulario y gramatica page 28, 29 & 30
Gramatica 1 Quiz: Tuesday/Wednesday, Nov. 18/19
Know: preposition “a + pronoun”, the verb “gustar”, the verb “querer”, writing sentences
using “gustar” and “con”, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Nov. 18/19
Corrijen p 28, 29 & 30
Bellwork, p 94 (3.5)
GramaVisión
Gramatica 1 Quiz
Pages 94 & 95
Introduce the new vocabulary and expressions
Core Instruction:
1. Model the pronunciation of the new vocabulary and expressions
2. Model the expression, “¿Qué te gusta hacer los fines de semana? And some
possisble answers: Me gusta bailar. Me gusta r a lo piscina. Then ask students,
¿Qué te gusta hacer los fines de semana?
3. Repeat the process with the questions ¿Qué te gusta hacer cuando hace buen
tiempo? ¿Qué te gusta hacer cuando hace mal tiempo? etc.
Round Robin: Page 96, Ex. 20 & 21
Present phrases in blue box on page 96
Round Robin, Page 97, exercises 22, 23 (2) and 24(L/C)
Ex. 25: Write on borrad and do in pairs: ¿Qué te gusta hacer los fines de semana?
Cuando hace buen tiempo me gusta/quiero….
Cuando hace mal tiempo me gusta/quiero…..
Homework: Vocabulario y gramatica: pp 31 & 32 33
QUIZ: Vocabulario 2: pp 47 & 48: Thursday, Friday, Nov. 20/21
Know vocab and expressions from pages 94, 95, & 96
Thursday, Friday, Nov. 20/21
Corrijen paginas 31, 32 & 33
Quick review of vocab and expressions on pages 94-96
ExpresaVisión
Quiz: Vocabulario 2
Present tense of regular –ar verbs. (page 98)
In English, most verbs have only two forms in the present tense so subject pronouns can’t
be left out.
I sing
we sing
you sing
you sing
he sings
they sing
In Spanish, the verb ending tells you who the subject is.
(yo) canto
(tú) cantas
(él/ella/Ud) canta
Core instruction:
1. Go over point 1 with students. Ask them to suggest other verbs that they have
learned, and write the infinitives on the board.
2. Go over point 2 with students. Model the pronunciation of each form of cantar
for students. Then ask a volunteer to conjugate one of the infinitives on the
board, using a given pronoun. Continue until every student has provided at least
one form of a verb.
3. Project: Have students write the forms of cantar in their notes.
Round Robin: Pages 98 & 99: Exercises 26, 27, & 28
Present tense of “ir” and “jugar” page 100
Core Instruction:
1. Go over point 1 with students. Ask if they remember the other irregular verb they
have learned (ser). Have students copy the forms of “ir” into their
notebooks/computers (notes/verbs)
2. Practice the forms of “ir” by asking students how often they go places (al parquet,
a la picina, al colegio, etc.)
3. Go over point 2. Project: Have students copy the forms of “jugar” into their
notes/verbs. Then practice the forms by asking and answering questions about
how often they play various sports.
4. Go over point 3 with students.
Monday/Tuesday, Nov. 24/25
Round Robin: Page 100 and 101: Exercises 30, 31, 32, & 33
Weather expressions: Page 102
Core Instruction:
1. Go over point 1 and explain “hace” and weather expressions.
2. Go over point 2 with students: the verb llover/llueve, nevar/nieva
Round Robin: Page 103: Ex 35 (L/C), 36, and 37.
Telenovela: Read pages 104 & 105:
1. Have students scan the pictures of the Novela. Without reading the text, have
students predict what they think is happening in the episode. Have them give
reasons to support their prediction.
2. Play the video stopping after scene four. Ask comprehension questions. Were
any of the student predictions correct? Are students surprised at the plot?
3. Play the rest of the video. Ask comprehension questions. In what ways did the
plot take on a twist that the students had not inferred from the text images?
4. In pairs, have students discuss the answeres for the ¿Comprendes? Questions on
page 105. Discuss their answers in class.
Homework: Vocabulario y Gramática: pp 34, 35 & 36
Grammar 2 Quiz: Wednesday/Monday, Nov. 26/Dec. 1: Know: Weather expressions,
“ir a” with definite articles, know how to conjugate “ir” and “jugar”, how to conjugate
regular –ar verbs, listening comprehension and reading comprehension. (pp. 49, 50, 51
& 53.)
Wednesday/Monday, Nov. 26/Dec. 1
Wednesday, Nov. 26: Early dismissal (Maroon Day)
Thursday/Friday, Nov. 27/28: Thanksgiving break
Corrijen Vocabulario y Gramática pp 34, 35, & 36.
Review: GramaVisión
Grammar 2 Quiz
Writing Project: To be presented to class
Write a paragraph about three things you do when the weather is nice and three things
you do when the weather is bad. Also tell how often you do each activity and with
whom.
Typed, double-spaced, 2 copies
Due next block
Tuesday/Wednesday, Dec. 2/3
Presentations
Review for Chapter 3 Test
Chapter 3 Test on Thursday/Friday, Dec. 6/7
Thursday/Friday, Dec. 4/5
Chapter 3 Test
Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Translate pg 106 Los Cuatro Elementos
Monday/Tuesday, Dec. 8/9
 Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Introduce Chapter 4: Featured country: Costa Rica
Geocultura pp 114- 117