Spanish III class meets every other day for 90 minutes. The scope of the entire newspaper project is explained in class. The handout explaining the due dates of activities is distributed so students can see the big picture. Review of command forms in a lecture format. Practice of command forms using an activity in which students orally give commands to each other.
Students spend time working on creating an ad.
Warm up with command forms in which students practice giving commands as if they were the teacher. Presentation of review material in the present tense presented in lecture form. Practice of present tense in pairs. Sutdents write descriptions of large photos and then present what they have written to the class. Warm up with the present tense.