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Grade 7 - Grade 12
Extension Activities
Administer the Assessment for this unit.
• If possible, obtain samples of traditional Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian clothing; introduce the items to
the students and have them compare and contrast them with the clothing worn today. It is important
that the students realize that traditionally, the Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian people had to rely on
materials that were available from their environment. Draw the students’ attention to details in the
traditional clothing samples - e.g., materials used, stitches, etc.
• Provide each student with illustrating materials and supplies. Each student should then create
an advertisement poster that advertises clothes. You may wish to have the students do their
posters on full sheets of tagboard. The advertisements should be labeled with the key words
introduced in this unit. Display the completed posters 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 Sheet from the Student Support Materials to review the dialog.
• 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.
Other SHI Resources
Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Beginning Tlingit Lesson 1
Lesson 10
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