Spanish Language Arts.4.3.D

The student is expected to

identify, use, and explain the meaning of idioms, homographs, and homophones such as abrasar/abrazar; and

Artes del lenguaje y lectura en español.4.3.D

Se espera que el estudiante

identifique, use y explique el significado de modismos, homógrafos y homófonos, tales como abrasar/abrazar; y

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.

Distribuya un texto que incluya homófonos. Asígneles a los estudiantes la tarea de identificar los homófonos y describir el significado de cada uno. Luego, pídales a los estudiantes que escriban una o dos oraciones usando los homófonos en el contexto apropiado.

Homófonos que puede usar son:

  • casa/caza
  • as/haz
  • bah/va
  • barón/varón
  • Asia/hacia
  • bello/vello
  • hola/ola
  • losa/loza
  • he/eh


Further Explanation

Esta evaluación requiere que el estudiante use claves de contexto para determinar el significado de los homófonos. Como los homófonos suenan igual, los estudiantes no se pueden apoyar en la pronunciación para encontrar significado. Los estudiantes deben usar el contexto de la oración, junto con el conocimiento previo y la exposición a las palabras, para determinar el significado. La exposición frecuente a los homófonos conducirá a la automaticidad para reconocerlos.

Los estudiantes se pueden beneficiar al mantener una lista de homófonos en sus cuadernos de escritura o lectura. Crear una ilustración que acompañe el uso de homófonos apoyará a quienes aprenden visualmente.

Students need to determine what elements of idioms, homographs, and homophones are parallel to the context in which they are being used to understand why they were included and explain why they are being used.
Students should be able to distinguish and correctly use words that have the same written form, but a different meaning (homographs), such as cara (face), and cara (feminine adjective that expresses that something is expensive).
Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but have different spelling and meaning, as botar (to bounce) and votar (to vote).
An important aspect of understanding the Spanish language is to recognize when words and phrases are purposefully placed out of context for effect. Idioms are statements that on first reading might not appear to be related to the idea being discussed because they often use figurative rather than literal language to communicate a complex idea (e.g., Tener algo en la punta de la lengua). Similarly, homographs and homophones require the reader or listener to use context to determine the intended meaning to understand the message in a text.
Idioms are statements that on first reading might not appear to be related to the idea being discussed because they often use figurative rather than literal language to concisely communicate a complex idea (e.g., Hablar hasta por los codos).
Students should have a thorough enough knowledge of idioms, homographs, and homophones to be able to incorporate them into their written and oral communications. They should be able to provide adequate context to support the intended use of the idiom, homograph, or homophone to avoid creating confusion.