Achieve3000 Lesson Plan Using Cognates

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Sample English-Spanish Cognates

NOTE: The cognates in boldface are dictionary words from the independently read article
“Dear Diary,” so be sure to distribute these strips as part of step 1 so that students have
additional exposure to these cognates.

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Words that are less similar but share the same root: e.g.,
sport/deporte
Words that sound alike even though the spellings vary: e.g.,
pleasure/placer
See the figure below for an example of how your graphic organizer
might look after completion with student input.

TYPES OF COGNATES

Words that are Words spelled

Words spelled Words spelled
less similar but differently but with
exactly the same similarly
with same root same sound

animal declaration/ sport/ pleasure/

atlas declaración deporte placer
colonial contamination/ dozen/docena peace/paz
decimal contaminación
past/pasado equal/iqual
metal corrosion/
hospital corrosión family/familia initials/iniciales
diary/diaro
dinosaur/
dinosaurio
human/humano
acid/ácido
evidence/
evidencia

Warn about multiple-meaning words and false cognates using the

Beware! graphic organizer.

BEWARE!

Multiple-Meaning False
Words Cognates

letter/letra coma/coma

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The Bald Eagle

The bald eagle is a North American bird of prey. It is our

national bird and a symbol of the United States. The bald eagle
has played a prominent role in our nation's history. The founding
fathers liked to compare the new republic to that of Rome, in
which images of the eagle were often used. They chose to
include the bald eagle in the design for the Great Seal of the
United States, and it appears on most of the government's
official seals and on several coins. In those images, its head is
usually turned toward an olive branch held in the right claw,
symbolizing peace. The left claw clasps several arrows,
symbolizing war.
The bald eagle's significance to our land predates the U.S.
Declaration of Independence, however, to pre-colonial
civilizations. Some Native American cultures consider the bird
sacred, and its feathers are central to many of their religious and
spiritual customs.

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