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• Find The Parts
Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 7
Grade 7 - Grade 12
Basic Reading
Decoding/Encoding
Before the activity begins, prepare a page that contains the sight words. Provide each student with a copy of the page. Each student should
then cut out the letter/syllables of the sight words. When a student has cut out all of the letter/syllables, he/she should lay them on his/her
desk, in a scattered form. Say one of the sight words. The students should then find the necessary let ters/syllables to create the sight word
you said. Continue until all of the sight words have been developed in this way. Later, the students can glue their encoded sight words on
blank sheets of paper.
• Right Or Wrong
Provide each student with writing paper and a pen. Spell a sight word orally. If you spell the sight word correctly, each stu dent should make
a checkmark on his/her paper. However, if you mis spell the word, each student should make an "X" on his/her paper. Con tinue until all
sight words have been spelled in this way. Af terwards, review the students' responses. This activity may also be done in team form. In this
case, group the students into two teams. Write a sight word on the chalkboard (either spelling it correctly or incorrectly). When you say
"Go," the first player from each team must rush to the chalkboard and indicate whether you spelled the word correctly or incor rectly. For
cor rect, the players should make a checkmark on the chalk board; for incorrect, the players should make an "X" on the chalkboard. The
first player to respond correctly, wins the round. Repeat until all players have participated. Use a different sight word for each round of the
activity.
• Find The Parts
Before the activity begins, prepare clozure word cards for the sight words being studied. Also, prepare letters/syllables cards for the letters/syllables
you left out of the sight words. Mount the clozure word cards on the chalkboard. Lay the letters/syllables cards on the floor,
under the chalkboard. Group the students into two teams. Say a sight word to the first player in each team. When you say "Go," the first
player in each team must rush to the letters/syllables cards and identify the missing let ters/syllables for the sight word you said. The first
student to do this correctly wins the round. You may wish to say a different sight word to each of the two players so that each player has
the opportunity to respond correctly. Repeat until all players have played.
• Activity Page
Select an activity page from the Student Support Materials. Provide each student with a copy of the activity page.
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