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9.1: Vocabulario - Celebrations!

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    IMG_9766 (3).jpegLos 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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    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.

    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?

    1.

    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?

    1.

    2.

    3.

    4.

    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!


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