Using Spanish to Access Brazil & Portuguese

By F. Valderramos June 13-16, 2016

Workshop: Somos Nós: Diverse Brazil 2016 Institute

Target Audience: 9 - 12

RELATED CONTENT AREAS
Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American Studies, History, Language Arts
INSTRUCTIONS
Overview / The purpose of this lesson is to expose students to the concept of cognates and for them to learn Portuguese vocabulary related to the home and family through the learning of Spanish.
Standards / Language Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Objectives / Students will be able to:
Identify vocabulary words regarding family and the home in Spanish and Portuguese
Be able to identify cognates in Spanish and Portuguese / Materials / Textbook, Power Point, computer
Time / 1 - 55 minute lesson / Vocabulary / Spanish and Portuguese vocabulary words dealing with the home and family
PROCEDURE
  1. The topic of this lesson is “My house, my community” and follows the EMC textbook,Aventura, Level 2, Chapter 6 titled, “Hogar, Dulce Hogar”; however, this lesson can be used with any lesson that reviews household/family vocabulary terms.
  2. The instructor should then review the concept of cognates with students (see Cognate worksheet). As an extension exercise, the instructor can ask students to identify Spanish and English cognates to help students extend their Spanish vocabulary using English (5 – 10 minutes)
  3. The instructor should activate each student’s background knowledge of Spanish household/family vocabulary using the vocabulary from the text that have corresponding cognates in Portuguese (review the worksheet of related vocabulary and Instructor PowerPoint on Google Docs as a guide. It might be useful for instructors to create their own Power Points of their own families and communities to engage students). (10 – 15 minutes)
  4. After reviewing the Spanish vocabulary, the instructor will then present visuals of household items and give the students the Portuguese word and have them identify what the correct word would be in Spanish. (For pronunciation assistance, the instructor can review the videos in the Extension Activities section before presenting the lesson). (15 minutes)
  5. The instructor will then review the correct answers with students as a whole class. (5 minutes)

EVALUATION
Students will research 5 verbs associated with family, home and community in Portuguese and Spanish in small groups and share with the class. (10 minutes)
EXTENSION ACTIVITES
Portuguese vocabulary for the house

Portuguese pronunciation video for vocabulary of the house

Portuguese pronunciation video for vocabulary for family

Photos of Brazilian neighborhoods

Vocabulary

el español / O Português / English
La casa / A casa / The house
la casa / a casa / The house
el jardín / o jardim / The garden
la cocina / a cozinha / The kitchen
el garaje / a garagem / The garage
la piscina / a piscina / The pool
la puerta / a porta / The door
el apartamento / o aparatamento / The apartment
La familia / A família / The Family
la bisnieta / a bisneta / The great-granddaughter
el bisnieto / o bisneto / The great-grandson
la cuñada / a cunhada / The daughter-in-law
el cuñado / o cunhado / The son-in-law
la esposa / a esposa / The wife
el marido / o marido / Spouse/husband
la nieta / a neta / The granddaughter
el nieto / o neto / The grandson
la madrastra / a madrasta / The stepmother
el padrastro / o padrasto / The stepfather
la prima / a prima / The female cousin
el primo / o primo / The male cousin
la suegra / a sogra / The mother-in-law
el suegro / o sogro / The father-in-law
la tia / a tia / The aunt
el tio / o tio / The uncle

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