Download - Sealaska Heritage Institute

Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 2
Grade 7 - Grade 12
Basic Listening
• Flashlight Find
Mount the vocabulary illustrations on the walls, chalkboard, win dows, etc. Have a student stand in the center of the classroom with a flashlight.
Say one of the vocabulary words and the student must find the illustration for the vo cabulary word you said using the light of the
flashlight. This activity may also be conducted in team form. In this case, have two flashlights available. Have a player from each team
stand in the center of the classroom. When you say the vocabulary word, each player must attempt to find the correct illustra tion with the
light of his/her flashlight. The first player to correctly identify the il lustration for the vocabulary word you said wins the round. Repeat until
all players have played.
Basic Speaking
• The Disappearing Illustrations
Mount five or six illustrations on the chalkboard, vertically. Point to the il lustration at the top and the students should name it. Con tinue in
this way until the students have named all of the illustra tions from top to bottom. Then, remove the last illustra tion and re peat this process
- the students should say all of the vocabulary words, including the name for the "missing" illustra tion. Then, re move another illustration
from the chalkboard and the stu dents should repeat this process. Continue in this way un til the students are say ing all of the vocabulary
words from a blank chalkboard or until the stu dents cannot remember the "missing illus trations."
• What's The Date
Before the activity begins, collect an old calendar or calendars of differ ent years. Say the name of a month to a student. The stu dent should
then say a date within that month. Look on the calen dar to see which day the date rep resents. If the date represents a day between
Monday and Friday, the stu dents should identify a vocab ulary illustration you show or he/she should repeat a sentence you said at the
beginning of the round. However, if the date named by the student is a Saturday or Sun day, the student may "pass" to another player.
Repeat until many stu dents have responded.
• Balloon Volleyball
Group the students into two teams. The two teams should stand, facing one another. Toss a round, inflated balloon to the members of
Team One. The members of Team One must then bounce the balloon to the members of Team Two. The players should con tinue to bounce
the bal loon back and forth in this way until a team loses the balloon. You may wish to establish the rule that players may not move their
feet during the activity. When a team loses the balloon, show them a vocabulary il lustration and all team members in that team must say
the vocabulary word for it. Repeat until players in both teams have re sponded a number of times.
• Stick of Chance
Before the activity begins, obtain four or five popsicle sticks. Break the pop sicle sticks into different lengths. Hold the popsicle sticks in
your hands so that they all appear to be the same length. Have individual stu dents remove the sticks from your hands. The "winner" is the
student who receives the longest stick; he/she must then identify a vocabulary illustration you point to or, repeat a sentence you said at
the beginning of the round. Repeat this pro cess until many students have responded in this way. Of course, the ac tivity may be switched
- the student who receives the short est stick should respond.
104