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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As A Second Language
Lesson 10
Grade 7 - Grade 12
Extension Activities
Administer the Assessment for this unit.
• Provide the students with illustrating materials and supplies. Each student should then create
a detailed outline of his/her home - the outlines should show all of the rooms of the house, doors,
windows, etc. When the students’ artwork is finished, each student should mount his/her drawing
on a sheet of black paper. Then, the students should create labels, using the key vocabulary
from this unit, on small strips of white paper. The students should glue the labels on the black
paper, around the drawings. The students should then glue lengths of yarn from the labels to the
parts of the home that they represent. Display the students’ work in the classroom or hallway.
• Provide the students with writing paper and pens/pencils. Select ten vocabulary words from
units developed previously. Conduct a dictation with the students, using the ten words. The students
should write the words as you say them. When the dictation is over, have individual students
take turns writing the words on the chalkboard (one student for each word). The students
should mark/correct their spellings.
• Introduce the dialog for this unit to the students. Begin by saying the “a” parts; the students
say the “b” parts. Later, switch these and the students say the “a” parts and you say the “b”
parts. Divide the class in half and have the two groups practice the dialog. When the students
learn the dialog, have individuals in the class practice the dialog with one another.
• Use the Dialog Activity Page from the Student Support Materials to review the dialog with the
students.
• Prepare a set of sight word cards for the students so that each student has one card. Call a student’s
name; that student should try to say a complete Tlingit/haida/Tsimshian sentence using
the sentences/vocabulary words from previous units. Continue until each student has had an
opportunity to create a sentence of his/her own. Understandably, the sentences may be very
basic for those students who do not understand or speak Tlingit/haida/Tsimshian. Accept any
sentences that make sense; if a student makes a grammatical mistake, merely repeat the sentence,
making the change(s) so that the sentence is grammatically correct.
Place all of the sight words from this unit in a box or envelope, labeled “Grades 7 - 12;” these words
can be used periodically throughout the school year for review purposes. You may wish to keep the
matching vocabulary illustrations in a separate box or envelope.
One review activity would be to dump all of the sight words on a table. Group the students around
the table. Each student should take one of the vocabulary illustrations and then try to find its sight
word on the table.
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