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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 2
Kindergarten - Grade 3
• Locomotive
Basic Listening
Have the students stand in a straight line in the center of the room.
Each student should place his hands on the shoulders of the student
in front of him/her. Mount an illustration on each of the four
walls in the classroom. Tell the students that when they hear one of
the four vocabulary words (for the four illustrations on the walls),
they should step in that direction - while still holding onto the shoulders
of the players in front of them. Say the four words a number of
times; the students should step towards the illustrations as they are
named.
• Stretch
Place the vocabulary illustrations on the floor, in a scattered form.
The il lustrations should be quite close together. Have a stu dent
stand beside the illustrations. Say a vocabulary word for one of the
illustrations. The student should place his/her left foot on that illus -
tration. Then, say other vocabulary words and the student must
identify the correct illustrations with different parts of his/her body.
You may wish to have two students partici pate in this pro cess at the
same time for added motivation.
• Auditory Location
Have a student stand at the front of the classroom. Blindfold the
student or have him/her close his/her eyes. Whisper a vocabulary
word or sentence (which contains a vocabulary word) to a student
in the classroom. That student should then repeat the word/sentence
orally. The blindfolded student must then point in the direction
from which the word or sentence came. Repeat with other students.
• Confetti Pick-Up
Lay the vocabulary illustrations on the floor at one end of the classroom.
Have two students stand at the other end of the classroom.
Place a handful of confetti on the floor in the center of the classroom.
Say a vocabulary word. The students should then rush to the
confetti. Each student should pick up one piece of confetti using the
thumb and index finger of one hand. When a player has picked up
a piece of confetti, he/she must then place it on the illustration for
the vocabulary word you said. The first player to do this correctly
wins the round. Repeat with other pairs of players.
• Locomotive
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Basic Listening
Have the students stand in a straight line in the center of the room.
Each student should place his hands on the shoulders of the student
in front of him/her. Mount an illustration on each of the four
walls in the classroom. Tell the students that when they hear one of
the four vocabulary words (for the four illustrations on the walls),
they should step in that direction - while still holding onto the shoulders
of the players in front of them. Say the four words a number of
times; the students should step towards the illustrations as they are
named.
Basic Speaking
• Illustration Concentration
Prepare a photocopied set of vocabulary illustrations. Cut the photocopied
illustrations in half. For this activity, you may wish to prepare
extra copies of the vocabulary illustrations. Glue the halves to
sheets of construction paper. Mix all of the cut up illus tration halves
on the floor, face down. Group the students around the illus tration
halves. Call upon a student to turn over one of the illus tration
halves. The student should show that illustration half to the other
students. Then, he/she should turn over another illus tration half. If
the two halves go together to produce a vocabulary illustration, the
student should identify the illustra tion by its vo cabulary word and
then keep the two halves. However, if the two halves do not go
together to produce a vocab ulary illustration, the stu dent should
replace both halves in their original locations on the floor. Con tinue
in this way until all of the illustration halves have been correctly
matched. The winning stu dent or students are those with the greatest
num ber of halves collected.
• Follow That Light!
Mount the vocabulary illustrations on a sheet. Have two students
hold the sheet vertically so that the other students can see the illus -
trations. Stand be hind the sheet with a flashlight. Say one of the vo -
cabulary words. Then, turn the flashlight on and hold it next to the
sheet. Move the flashlight around the surface of the sheet. The stu -
dents should re main silent until the light of the flashlight shines
through the illustra tion for the vocabulary word that you said. At that
time, the students should say the vocabulary word. Depending
upon the readiness of your students, you may wish to have them
watch for two or three vocabulary illustrations. This activity may
also be done in team form. In this case, the first player in each team
should watch the light of the flashlight care fully as it moves across
the sheet. The first player to respond cor rectly when the flashlight
shines through the correct vocabulary illustra tion, wins the round.
Repeat until all players have played.
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