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| Unit 1
Multiple Access Strategies
Accessing Concepts
Help students point to and identify the
characters. Ask these questions:
¿
Quiénes conversan en los diálogos?
(
Pilar, Anna, Tomás
y Charlie) Who are talking in the dialogues? (Pilar, Anna,
Tomás, and Charlie)
Accessing Content
Ask these questions:
¿
Qué palabras usan para saludarse? (buenos días, hola)
What words are used for greetings? (good morning, hello)
¿
Qué palabras usan para despedirse? (adiós, hasta luego)
What words are used to say goodbye? (goodbye, see you
later)
Accessing Critical-Thinking Skills
Ask these questions:
¿
Qué hacen los niños? (Visitan las pirámides.)
What are
the children doing? (They’re visiting the pyramids.)
¿
Quién es Pilar? (la guía)
Who’s Pilar? (the guide)
México • Week
1
Read
INTERPRETIVE
Las pirámides
Warm-up
Ask students if they know what pyramids are. Display
the
Tarjeta fotográfica
that shows a
pirámide
.
If time allows, do some of the suggested activities on the back
of the card.
•
Have students turn to page 14. Ask volunteers to read the
title. Then read the title and have the class repeat after you.
•
Explain to students that there are pyramids in several areas of
México, and that the pyramid shown here is in Chichén Itzá,
which is located on the Yucatán Peninsula.
Echo Read
•
Read the dialogues and have students follow along. Then read
them again, having students chorally repeat after you.
•
Conduct an echo read of the dialogues, having students
gradually repeat words, phrases, and then sentences after you.
Good to Know!
PRODUCTS AND PERSPECTIVES
Las
pirámides
son antiguos monumentos. La gente
construyó pirámides en distintas partes del mundo,
como Egipto y México. Las pirámides se construyeron para
ceremonias religiosas y como tumbas.
Pyramids are structures built by ancient peoples
in several parts of the world, such as Egypt and México.
Pyramids were built for religious ceremonies or as burial
grounds.
DAY
2
14
Unidad 1
Las pirámides
Buenos días. Yo soy Pilar.
¡
Hola! Yo soy Anna.
Adiós, Pilar.
Yo soy Tomás.
Hasta luego.
¡
Gracias por visitar las pirámides!
áItz
Pirámide de Chichén