9.1: Vocabulario - Celebrations!
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Los Días Festivos
Sustantivos
el Año Nuevo New Year
el aniversario anniversary
el/la anfitrión/a host/hostess
el baile dance
el banquete banquet
el carnaval carnival
la ceremonia ceremony
el champán champagne
el confeti confetti
la coronación coronation
el/la cumpleañero/a person having a birthday
el cumpleaños birthday
la decoración decoration
el desfile parade
el Día de Acción de Gracias Thanksgiving
el Día de la Independencia Independence Day
el Día de los Muertos Day of the Dead
el Dìa de San Valentin Valentines Day
el día festivo holiday
la feria fair
la fiesta party
la fiesta de bienvenida welcome party
la fiesta de despedida farewell party
la fiesta sopresa surprise party
la fotografía/la foto photograph/photo
los fuegos artificiales fireworks
el globo balloon
la grabación de vídeo video recording
la guirnalda garland
la invitación invitation
el/la invitado/a guest
el karaoke karaoke
la música music
la úsica en vivo live music
la Navidad Christmas
la parrilla BBQ
la Pascua Easter
el pastel cake
la piñata piñata
la pista de baile dance floor
el regalo gift
la tarjeta de felicitación greeting card
la tradición tradition
la tradición navideña Christmas tradition
la vela candle
verbos
bailar to dance
brindar to toast
cantar villancicos to sing Christmas carols
celebrar to celebrate
comer to eat
decorar to decorate
felicitar to congratulate
recibir to receive
regalar to give as a gift
Práctica de Vocabulario
Read the vocabulary words out loud. Then, answer the following questions.
1. Which words have you heard before?
2. Which are the three most useful new words?
3. Which are the three words that are the most fun to say?
4. Which word is the most difficult to pronounce?
5. Which word are you most likely to use?
6. Which word are you least likely to use?
7. Which words have written accent marks?
8. Which word with a written accent mark will be the easiest to remember? Why?
9. Which word with a written accent mark will be the most difficult to remember? Why?
10. Cognates look the same in two languages. For example, hospital is spelled the same in English and Spanish, but it is pronounced differently. Are there cognates in this list? If so, what are they?
11. A false friend is a word that looks the same in two languages, but does not have a similar meaning. For example, the Spanish word embarazada looks like the English word embarrassed, but it means pregnant. Embarrassed in Spanish is avergonzada. Are there false friends in this list? If so, what are they?
12. It is helpful to think of mnemonic devices to remember words. For example, to remember the verb llegar which means to arrive, you can remember “Yeah! They got here!” What mnemonic device can you think of for words in this list?
Definitions. Pick five words and write definitions to describe them.
For example, Bien is the opposite of malo.
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Questions. Pick five different words and write questions for your classmates with them.
For example, ¿Te gusta comer tacos?
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Práctica de Vocabulario
Read the vocabulary words out loud. Then, answer the following questions.
1. Which words have you heard before?
2. Which are the three most useful new words?
3. Which are the three words that are the most fun to say?
4. Which word is the most difficult to pronounce?
5. Which word are you most likely to use?
6. Which word are you least likely to use?
7. Which words have written accent marks?
8. Which word with a written accent mark will be the easiest to remember? Why?
9. Which word with a written accent mark will be the most difficult to remember? Why?
10. Cognates look the same in two languages. For example, hospital is spelled the same in English and Spanish, but it is pronounced differently. Are there cognates in this list? If so, what are they?
11. A false friend is a word that looks the same in two languages, but does not have a similar meaning. For example, the Spanish word embarazada looks like the English word embarrassed, but it means pregnant. Embarrassed in Spanish is avergonzada. Are there false friends in this list? If so, what are they?
12. It is helpful to think of mnemonic devices to remember words. For example, to remember the verb llegar which means to arrive, you can remember “Yeah! They got here!” What mnemonic device can you think of for words in this list?
Definitions. Pick five words and write definitions to describe them.
For example, Bien is the opposite of malo.
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3.
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5.
Questions. Pick five different words and write questions for your classmates with them.
For example, ¿Te gusta comer tacos?
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Práctica de Vocabulario
Read the vocabulary words out loud. Then, answer the following questions.
1. Which words have you heard before?
2. Which are the three most useful new words?
3. Which are the three words that are the most fun to say?
4. Which word is the most difficult to pronounce?
5. Which word are you most likely to use?
6. Which word are you least likely to use?
7. Which words have written accent marks?
8. Which word with a written accent mark will be the easiest to remember? Why?
9. Which word with a written accent mark will be the most difficult to remember? Why?
10. Cognates look the same in two languages. For example, hospital is spelled the same in English and Spanish, but it is pronounced differently. Are there cognates in this list? If so, what are they?
11. A false friend is a word that looks the same in two languages, but does not have a similar meaning. For example, the Spanish word embarazada looks like the English word embarrassed, but it means pregnant. Embarrassed in Spanish is avergonzada. Are there false friends in this list? If so, what are they?
12. It is helpful to think of mnemonic devices to remember words. For example, to remember the verb llegar which means to arrive, you can remember “Yeah! They got here!” What mnemonic device can you think of for words in this list?
Definitions. Pick five words and write definitions to describe them.
For example, Bien is the opposite of malo.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Questions. Pick five different words and write questions for your classmates with them.
For example, ¿Te gusta comer tacos?
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2.
3.
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5.
Working with the vocabulary.
Each person can work alone or in a group.
Cada persona puede trabajar solo o en grupo.
Each project should include, at least, ten of the vocabulary words from the list.
Pick one of the following four activities.
1. Write and sing a song.
2. Write and present a dialogue.
3. Create and present a drawing.
4. Write and read a short story or poem.
Before getting started, it is necessary to read the vocabulary list and to pick a variety of words.
This can be a very useful way to learn and practice new vocabulary words.
I hope that this is a fun and useful experience!

