3 Palabras
Carolina Alonso
Parte 1: Instrucciones:
In this activity you will learn new words from a Spanish speaking person.
- Find a Spanish speaking person (a family member, a friend, neighbor, etc.) If you cannot find someone, use one of your social media applications to locate a person, or ask you instructor to help you locate someone. Ask them the following question and write their answers on a paper.
Parte 2: Preguntas
Answer the following questions.
- ¿Cuál es tu palabra favorita en español o una palabra que crees que es divertida, hermosa* o interesante?
- Escribe el significado de la palabra: ________________________________________
- ¿Esta palabra tiene el mismo* significado* para todos los hablantes de español, o crees que varía* en diferentes dialectos (una forma específica del lenguaje propia de una región o grupo social)?
hermosa beautiful mismo same significado meaning varía varies
Parte 3: Lets Get Creative!
Instructions:
- Do something creative that represents, symbolizes, or explains the word you just learned.
- Look at the examples below to get some ideas.
Fort Lewis College student Taylor Sinclair learned the word escalofríos. She decided to create an image similar to that of the Mexican lotería to show a skeleton with escalofríos, or chills.
Student Aidan Call talked leaned the word pescar (to fish). He wrote this poem about what pescar means to him:
Un Poema de Pescar
Camino en el río
Los peces me miran
Los miro
Miro hacia las montañas
Escucho a la agua
Pescar es vivir
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Parte 4: Para Finalizar
Instructions:
- Choose 3 words presented by your classmates and write 3 sentences with them.
Ejemplos: Yo tengo escalofríos cuando miro películas de terror.
Mi mamá y mis hermanos pescan en el río.