Cognates Teacher Resources

Young scholars analyze what information would one expect to find in a weather report. They list in Spanish weather conditions for today in their community. Students visit Chile and locate it on a map.

Seventh graders discover the variety of French Speaking Countries worldwide. They discover, compare and contrast some distinguishing features of those areas. Students complete several worksheets within this lesson.

Students use on-line resources to research their own name, determine its language origin and meaning. They take an on-line quiz to determine their "naming-style."

Students practice using new vocabulary on the dining practices of Cameroon. Using classification techniques, they put words into different categories. As a class, they review and discuss the answers.

Pupils examine and read advertisements related to cars. Using the ads, they recognize prices, telephone numbers, content and the target audience of the ad. They create their own advertisement using appropriate vocabulary and share them...

For this word search worksheet, students search for a set of 25 words related to tephra. Page is labeled grade levels 5 through 12. 

This lesson focuses on cognates, or words from other languages that have similar spellings, pronunciations, and meanings. This means that if you know, or are studying, another language, you may recognize an English word simply because...

This lesson focuses on cognates, words from different languages that have similar spellings, pronunciations, and meanings. It shows ways that people who are in foreign countries can function by finding similar signs and words.

In this lesson you'll learn about different types of cognates, words that sound or look alike from one language to the next. You'll learn how leveraging cognate knowledge helps you figure out unfamiliar words in English. When you combine...

This strategy guide introduces an approach for making students aware of cognates (words that have a similar spelling, pronunciation, and meaning across languages) in content-area texts. This guide includes an introductory section about...

In this lesson, you will focus on English and Spanish cognates. You will learn tips for identifying cognates, (words from other languages that have similar spellings, pronunciations, and meanings) and for using cognates to improve your...

Use your knowledge of cognates from other languages to help you understand unfamiliar words.

Use your knowledge of cognates from other languages to help you understand unfamiliar words.

Recognize similarities between several English and Spanish words in this alphabetical list of cognates. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

Learn French vocabulary for leisure time and sports with this tutorial. Click on each section and subsection to complete practice activities. Each activity has an assigned point value. A link to vocabulary flashcards is included in the...

This lesson plan features the Latin roots NAT = be born; TRACT = pull, draw; SEQU/SECU = follow. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a vocabulary word...

Apply previous lessons, (1) Linguistic Roots and Affixes, (2) Denotation and Connotation, (3) Origins and Meanings of Foreign Words, (4) Cognates, and (5) Reference Materials, to improve fluency and comprehension.

Lessons on roots and affixes, denotation and connotation, context clues, origins and meanings of foreign words, cognates, and reference materials help determine word meanings. These lessons told you HOW to use these word discovery tools....

In this third unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn to have a written conversation with someone about the weather and their locations, to communicate about seasons, to speak about themselves, use clothing and other...

A map of Babylonia, in current Iraq, before the Semitic (Chaldaean) Conquest, about 4000 B.C. This map shows the early territories of Makan and Melucha between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, with the Makan capital Ur inhabited by the...

Contains a pie chart that illustrates how wergeld was to be distributed among family members.