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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 8
Grade 7 - Grade 12
Basic Reading
Decoding/Encoding
• Find The Other Half
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.
• Writing Relay
Basic Writing
Group the students into two teams. Say one of the vocabulary words. When you say "Go," the first player from each team must rush to
the chalkboard and write only the FIRST letter of the word. He/She should then run to the back of the team and the next player should
rush to the chalkboard to add the SECOND letter, and so on. The winning team is the team that correctly completes the spelling of the
word first. Repeat using other key vocabulary words.
• The Other Half
Cut each of the sight words in half. Give each student a sheet of writing paper, a pen and one of the word-halves. Each student should
glue the word-half on his/her writing paper and then complete the spelling of the word. You may wish to have enough word-halves prepared
so that each student completes more than one word. Af terwards, 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.
• Meshy Words
Write a "meshword" on the chalkboard. To create a meshword, use two word halves (from different words) together. Provide each stu dent
with writing paper and a pen. The students should look at the meshword you have written and attempt to identify the words from which
the halves were chosen. Each student should then write those two sight words on his/her sheet of paper. Repeat this process with other
meshwords.
This activity may be conducted in team form by writing a mesh word on the chalkboard and having players from different teams attempting
to write the sight words used to create the mesh word. Repeat until all players in each team have had an opportu nity to participate.
• Activity Sheet(s)
Refer to the students’ activity sheets for Basic Writing activities.
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