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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 5
Grade 7 - Grade 12
Basic Reading
Sight Recognition
• Win, Lose, Or Else!
Give one sight word card to each of two students. The students should stand in front of the chalkboard. They should then illustrate the
sight word they have, using chalk on the chalkboard. When a student’s illustration is finished, have the other students identify it. Repeat
with other pairs of artists, until all of the students have participated.
• Checkers In The Blind
Prepare an outline on a piece of paper that contains twenty sections. Number each box in the outline. Write sight words in selected boxes
in the outline. Call a student's name. The student should say a number between 1 and 20. If the box with that number contains a sight
word, say "Bingo!" Show the student the sight word card for the word that is in the box on the chart. The student must read that word orally.
If the box named by the stu dent does not contain a sight word, say "Pass." Continue until all of the sight words have been identified in
this way.
• Running Story
Mount the sight words on the chalkboard. Tell a "running story" to the students. As the vocabulary words are called for in the story, point
to them on the chalkboard. The students should say the words as you point to the sight words. Repeat this process until all of the sight
words have been said a number of times by the students.
• Configurations
Before the activity begins, print the sight words on an overhead transparency sheet (fill the transparency with words). Place the transparency
on an overhead projector and project the sight words onto the chalk board. Review the sight words with the students. Then, outline
each of the sight words on the chalkboard with chalk. When a configuration has been created for each sight word, turn the overhead
projector off. Then, point to one of the configurations and call upon a stu dent to identify the sight word for the configuration. Continue in
this way until all of the sight words have been correctly identified. You may wish to turn the projector on momentarily to verify a student's
re sponse.
• Deal!
Before the activity begins, obtain two decks of playing cards. Give all of the cards from one deck to the students (if possible, ar range it so
that all students have the same number of cards). Mount the sight words on the chalkboard. Hold a playing card from the other deck of
cards against one of the sight words on the chalkboard. The student who has the matching playing card must identify the sight word. When
the student has done this correctly, he/she should place that playing card to the side. Continue in this way until a student or students have
no playing cards left in their hands.
• Activity Sheet
Select an activity sheet from the Student Support Materials.
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