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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.
• Before the lesson begins, obtain information related to the different land and water animals
introduced in this unit. Arrange the students in groups; assign an animal to each group. Provide
each group with the information related to its animal; the students in each group must read the
information that you provided and then, they must make a life-sized cut out of their animal, using
mural paper. Provide the students with rulers, measuring tapes, illustrating supplies, etc. When
the life-sized animals are ready, display them in the classroom or hallway.
• 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 to practice the dialog with the students.
• Give each student a sheet of white photocopy paper and a piece of chalk. The students
should cover their papers with the chalk. When a student’s paper is covered with chalk, he/she
should then cover the entire page with different colors of crayons. When the students’ pages
are covered with crayon, each student should lay another sheet of white paper over the first
page. Staple the two pages together for each student. Then, the students should use ball point
pens to illustrate land/water animal scenes on the top white page. The students should fill-in
details of their illustrations. When a student’s illustration is finished, separate the two pages for
a positive/negative effect. Display the students’ art in the classroom or hallway.
• 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
sentences and 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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