SPN2 U3 Hábitat para la Humanidad

Hábitat para la Humanidad Internacional

Reading Comprehension

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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

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.

Lectura

cognates

Background Knowledge

Habitat for Humanity

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¿Qué es Hábitat para la humanidad?

What

• 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.

WHY

• 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.

HOW

• 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..

Una mujer trabaja en el proyecto de construcción.

Lectura

Cognates

Background Knowledge

lectura

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Lectura

Reading

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

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Cognates

Background Knowledge

Explore

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Los cognados

cognates

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.

donations

members

communities

private

Lectura

Cognates

Background Knowledge

brush up on your skills

Comprehension Questions

Reading Comprehension Strategies

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Reading Comprehension

Strategies

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Activate Prior Knowledge

Figure out the Keywords

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Use Context Clues

Visualize

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Read It Aloud

Reread the Text

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Cognates

Background Knowledge

know what to look for

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¿Qué es Hábitat y qué hace?

Questions

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¿Cuál es el objetivo de Hábitat?

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¿En cuántos países está Hábitat?

¿Cuántas casas en total construyó Hábitat?

¿De dónde viene el dinero para construir las casas?

Según los voluntarios, ¿cómo es la experiencia?

Lectura

Cognates

Background Knowledge

Show what you know!

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Preguntas

questions

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!