1. Day 5 Lesson
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2. Patada/ Kick-off Instrucciones:
Finish your cognates worksheet, if you did not yesterday. If you did finish, take out your Frases útiles sheet, and list 5 cognates that you see from that sheet.

3. Daily Agenda Patada: Cognates review activity
¿Cómo te llamas? = What is your name?
Nicknames behind the names
Stress and Accentuation rules
Remind sign-up
Introduction to greetings, farewells, and expressions of courtesy
Written stress and accentuation practice

4. EQ What are some common names and nicknames in the Spanish language?
What are the rules for proper pronunciation and accentuation in Spanish?
What are some of the most common ways that I can greet, say farewell, and express courtesy in Spanish?

5. Standards & Learning Objectives
MLI.CCC3B Recognize basic sound distinctions and their effect on communication.
MLI.IP2C Demonstrate Novice-Mid proficiency in oral and written exchanges.
Learning Objective:
I can recognize true and false cognates.
I can remember and correctly pronounce my new Spanish name.
I can recognize and correctly use the pronunciation and accentuation rules in Spanish.
I can use some common greetings, farewells, and expressions of courtesy in Spanish.

6. Cognates continued
Let’s discuss a few more types.

7. ¿Cómo te llamas? = What is your name?
One essential part of participating in a foreign language class is that you choose a name to go by in that language.
*Pronounce the names that you consider choosing because you will have this name for the whole year.
Let’s create a name for ourselves!
Name sheets

8. What’s in a nickname? We’ll consider some common ones in English.
David becomes
Dave.
Bradley becomes
Brad.
William becomes
Will.
Katherine becomes
Kate.
However, there are some that aren’t similar to the original name.
James becomes
Jimmy.
William becomes
Bill.
Robert becomes
Bob.
Roberta becomes
Bobbie.
Now let’s look at some similarly unpredictable Spanish ones.

9. First, what is a syllable?
Syllable = A syllable is a single unit of a written or spoken word, an unbroken sound used to make up words.
How many times does your chin touch your hand when you say the word?
For example:
Dog = 1 syllable
Pa-per= 2 syllables
E-le-phant= 3 syllables
What about ‘people,’ or ‘sacrifice’?
The words in red are to be written in our Grammar Notebooks

10. Rules for Stress and Accentuation
There are 4:
1. vowel, n, or s = stress on 2nd to last syllable
2. all consonants except -n or -s = stressed on the last syllable
3. written accents are used for words that naturally don’t follow the rules
4. accents show the difference between 2 words that are pronounced the same
Remember, Spanish is always pronounced as it sounds, unlike English. (Think of the words through, tough, and trough).

11. Stop, Check, and Remind
Spanish nicknames may seem weird to us, but we have weird nicknames too.
There are 4 stress and accentuation rules. Look over them.
Remind codes:
Simply text the appropriate class code to
Go to and enter the appropriate class code there.
P.2, español
P.3, español
P.5, español
P.6, español
P.7, español

12. Stress and Accentuation
Step 1.Write each of the following words.
Step2. Underline each syllable.
Step 3. Then, write how many syllables there are.
Step 4. Lastly, circle the syllable on which the stress is placed in the word. (All of these words come from our Frases útiles sheet.)
Ejemplo: ga to 2 syllables
Sí Puedo
Perdón Significa
Baño Comprendo
Necesito 9. Gracias
Ayuda Discúlpame

13. Conversación Básica
We are going to learn a little bit about basic conversation.

14. Grammar Notebook 8/11 8/12 Idiom Noun Verb Adjective Cognate Syllable
4 stress and accentuation rules