Today we learned all about cognates and completed the following activity…
Aim: How can cognates help us in understanding Spanish better?
Do Now: How much Spanish you can undertand this far? Do you think you can translate a whole paragraph? I bet you can! Translate the following paragraph in your notebook.
Hola,
Me llamo Sonia. Me gusta escuchar música. Me gusta tocar el piano. También me gusta usar la computadora y montar bicicleta. Finalmente, me gusta mucho ver televisión, hablar por teléfono y comer chocolate.
Once you are done, underline the words that were easiest to translate.
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For more information on cognates go to:
http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/userfiles/112/Spanish%20Cognates.pdf
