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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimpshian As a Second Language
• Find The Other Half
Lesson 8
Grade 7 - Grade 12
Basic Reading
Decoding/Encoding
Give two students each a flashlight. Cut each of the sight words in half. Mix the word halves together and
attach them to the chalkboard in a scattered form. Stand between the two students with a flashlight. Shine
the light of your flashlight on a word half. When you say "Go," the two students must turn on their flashlights
and find the other half of the word for the word half your light is shining on. The first student to do this correctly
wins the round. Repeat until all students have played.
Basic Writing
• Alphabet Code
Assign a number to each letter of the Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian alphabet. Write the letters across the top of the chalkboard, and write the
numbers for them underneath (one number for each letter). Provide each student with writing paper and a pen. Spell one of the sight
words, using the numbers for the letters rather than the letters themselves. The students should write the numbers you say on their sheets
of paper. Then, when the word has been spelled in this way, each student should write the word you spelled, using the letters for the numbers
dictated.
• Wrong!
Provide each student with writing paper and a pen. Write the sight words on the chalkboard, purposely misspelling some of them. The students
should write only those words that are mis spelled, correcting the errors as they write the words. After wards, review the students'
responses.
• Numbered Illustrations
Mount the vocabulary illustrations on the chalkboard and number each illustration. Provide each student with writing paper and a pen. Call
the number of an illustration. Each student should write the vocabu lary word for the illustration represented by that number. Repeat until
all vocabulary words for the illustra tions have been written. Review the students' responses.
• Overhead Configurations
Before the activity begins, write the sight words on an overhead transparency sheet. Place an overhead projector on the floor, facing the
chalkboard. Lay the overhead transparency sheet on the screen of the projector and turn the projector ON. The sight words should be projected
onto the chalkboard. Then, use chalk to draw configurations around each of the sight words. When a configuration has been drawn
for each sight word, turn the overhead projector OFF. Call upon a student to use chalk to fill-in one of the configurations with its sight word.
You may wish to have more than one student participating in this process at the same time.
• Activity Sheet
Photocopy an activity sheet from the Student Support Materials. Provide each student with a copy of the activity page.
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