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Elementary Spanish/Autumn

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Goals

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By the end of this lesson, you will know words for autumn.

Lesson

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Let's begin with some vocabulary building excercises.

Exercise 1: Word matching

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Word match activity

This is an interactive lesson where your goal is to select the word that best matches the phrase at the top of the screen. If you click on the wrong phrase it will gray out and you can click again to choose another phrase. If you want to start the lesson over just reload the page.

Exercise 2: Audio lesson

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Audio lesson activity

This is an audio lesson. You can either listen online and read the transcript as you go, or you can download the lesson and listen to it on your phone or music player.

Exercise 3: Example dialogue

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Synopsis

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In the following dialogue a mom and daughter talk about the cold autumn weather. They imagine the cold for Halloween and the cold for Thanksgiving.

Watch out for the word "muy". It means "very." Notice "de" and "el" are combined to form the word "del." "Va ha" is a helping verb See if you could figure out what "pavo" means.

Dialogue

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Hija: ¡Tengo frío!

Mama: Como quisiera el calor del verano persistente, pero no paso así este ańo. Es una noche muy fría.

Hija: Si, mami, y solamente es septiembre.

Mama: Imagínate como va estar de frío en noviembre para día de acción de gracias.

Hija: Pero el pav va estar bien caliente.

Mama: Entonces ¿vas a hacer un PAVO en octubre para dia de los disfrases?

Hija: ¡No! Quiero hacer una princesa.

Vocabulary words

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  • September - septiembre
  • October - octubre
  • November - noviembre
  • chilly night - noche fría
  • long night - noche larga
  • lingering summer heat - el calor del verano persistente
  • Thanksgiving- acción de gracias