SPN2 U3 Hábitat para la Humanidad

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Hábitat para la Humanidad Internacional

Reading Comprehension

Did you know? Throughout the Spanish-speaking world, students are involved in volunteer activities and organizations. In many private schools, students are encouraged to serve their community for two to three hours per week to help them learn responsibilities that will make them good citizens.

Lesson objectives

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Cognates

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Learners can:

• read about an international volunteer organization
• use cognates to increase comprehension
• identify benefits of volunteer work

• Annually, more than 2 million volunteers build and raise awareness about the global need for shelter
• Many celebrities and politicians, including Garth Brooks, Rachel McAdams, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and Cher have helped to build Habitat for Humanity homes..

• Volunteers work locally and internationally to assist low-income populations with their housing needs.
• Future Habitat homeowners take classes to learn how to manage a home and finances.

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Habitat for Humanity

HOW

Una mujer trabaja en el proyecto de construcción.

WHY

• Habitat for Humanity is a well-known community service organization that helps families access affordable housing to help build strong communities.
• The organization builds, repairs, and rehabs (rehabilitates) low-cost homes that focus on energy efficiency and other sustainable building techniques and materials.

What

¿Qué es Hábitat para la humanidad?

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Reading

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Lee este artículo sobre una organización que hace proyectos de construcción en muchos países del mundo. Press on the image to make it fullscreen. Then press the blue button below for the next page of the article. página 2 If this is too small, go to the next page!

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Explore

cognates

Los cognados

In this lesson, you will read a Spanish text. Recognizing cognates has helped you understand many of the readings in the Spanish course. This lesson's reading on Habitat for Humanity is no exception. Look at the cognates below and determine their English equivalents.

members

donations

private

communities

Press on the Cognates button at the top of the page to learn more.

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Reread the Text

Visualize

Figure out the Keywords

Read It Aloud

Use Context Clues

Activate Prior Knowledge

brush up on your skills

Strategies

Reading Comprehension

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know what to look for

¿Cuál es el objetive de Hábitat?

¿Qué es Hábitat y qué hace?

Según los voluntarios, ¿cómo es la experiencia?

¿De dónde viene el dinero para construir las casas?

¿En cuántos países está Hábitat?

Preview

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Before you read, preview these questions to keep an eye out for what you

¿Cuántas casas en total construyó Hábitat?

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Show what you know!

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Preguntas

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What are Cognates?

Remember, cognates are words that look like what they mean! They have the same origin/root. Be careful of false cognates-- words that look like one thing, but mean something different!