Cognados= Cognates (in English)

Do you know these words?How so?

Think-Pair-Share(Pensar-Hablar-Compartir?)

• What are some words that you already know or have heard of in Spanish?

Wordsplash - IDEAS

Cognates…• Words in two

languages that share a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation.

• While English may share very few cognates with a language like Chinese, 30-40% of all words in English have a related word in Spanish.

Goals for TodayEQ: What are cognates and how can they assist me while learning Spanish? Learning Targets:1. I can recognize similarities and

differences of English and Spanish cognates.

2. I can identify characteristics of cognates, such as similar spelling or pronunciation.

Evaluation Criteria - What will the teacher be looking for or measuring today?

• --The student can describe a cognate and give an example.

• --The student can explain why identifying cognates is useful in language learning.

• --The student can demonstrate the use of cognates and context clues to understand a word or sentence in Spanish.

What do these words means?

¿Qué es?matemáticas

• What does this word mean? How do you know?

• There are many words in Spanish that look like words we know in English. These are called COGNATES.

• Additional examples: aplicación, basquetbol, fruta

¿Qué es?

recordar (verb)• What does this word mean? How do you know?• Where you thinking it meant to record? Well, it actually

means to remember.• When a word sounds or looks like a word in English but has

a different meaning, we call this word a false cognate.

• Additional examples: asistir = to attend, atender = to assist, chocar = to crash (not to choke), embarazada = pregnant (not embarassed)

Stop n’ Check

•What is a cognate? •What is a false cognate?

¿Qué es?

tiburón• What does this word mean? How do you know?• Sometimes pictures or other context clues

within a sentence can help us figure out what an unfamiliar word means.

¿Qué es?

blanco• What does this word mean? How do you know?• Where you thinking it meant blank? Well, it actually

means white, like the color.• Is there a connection in English we can make between

blank and white? • Are they synonyms sometimes in English?• Therefore, sometimes words may have similar

meanings or usage, but different definitions. This is often due to a shared Latin root.

What about these words?

patio

• Sometimes words in English are “borrowed” from Spanish and vice-versa.

• Many borrowed words arrive in a new place from migration.

• As people move places, they like to take their language with them.

• Eventually, people start using words from other languages as they move around the world.

rodeo plaza

Collaborative Groups

• 1 – Explain what a cognate is.• 2 – Explain why paying attention to pictures or

context clues is important while learning a new language.

• 3 – Explain what a false cognate is.• 4 – Does your group have any questions? If so,

you will report these questions to me at the end of the task.

Working Period• Activity #1 – survey• Activity #2 – class display

Closing: Reflectionreflección

• How do you think you will be able to figure out the meanings of Spanish words and phrases this year without having an English translation?

Extra Time?

• Rate yourself using today’s evaluation criteria on a scale of 1 to 5.

1= I can’t <––––––––––> I can = 5. • --I can describe a cognate and give an example.• --I can explain why identifying cognates is

useful in language learning.• --I can demonstrate the use of cognates and

context clues to understand a word or sentence in Spanish.