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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4, 5, 6 |
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| Subject: | ESL/ELL (English Language Learning) |
| Topic: | Cognates, Vocabulary |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will notice cognates that exist in English and Spanish. These are words that are both visibly and audibly similar, and have the same meaning.
What should students know before this activity?
Be prepared with a list of cognates as a reference.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Read and discuss the sample comic.
- Display several pictures that have cognates in both English and Spanish, e.g., fruit/fruta, family/familia, elephant/elefante.
- Explain that in English and Spanish some words look and sound alike, and they can also mean the same thing.
- Have students work with a partner to think of other words that have cognates in both English and Spanish.
- Join pairs together to discuss their ideas. Then, have groups share their list aloud. Record student responses on chart paper.
What will students do?
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic in which they:
- Explain what a cognate is.
- Give at least three examples of cognates in English and Spanish.
- Challenge students to write sentences in both languages that use their chosen cognate.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students present their comics to a partner, a small group, or the whole class.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Allow students to add cognates to their comic as they are learn throughout the school year.
- Explore cognates within other languages as needed.
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