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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As a Second Language
Lesson 10
Grade 7 - Grade 12
Extension Activities
Administer the Assessment for this unit.
• If possible, take the students on a short outing to collect samples of the plants introduced in this
unit. If this is not possible, try to collect a sample of each plant for the students before the lesson
begins. Provide the students with sheets of art paper and illustrating supplies. Each student
should glue one plant on each sheet of paper. When the sheets of paper are full, the students
should staple the left side of their papers to produce a plant booklet (you may wish to have the
students leave a blank page on the top to serve as a cover. The students should label all of the
plants in their booklets, with the names of the plants.
• Introduce and practice the unit’s dialog with the students. Be certain that the students understand
the meanings of the sentences. Practice the dialog with them in choral, group and individual
forms. To begin with, you say the a parts and the students say the b parts. Later switch parts
(the students say the a parts and you say the b parts). Eventually, have individual students practice
the dialog with one another.
• Use the dialog activity page from the student activity sheets to review the dialog with the students.
• As an alternative to the first Extension activity, provide the students with leaves from the different
plants, glue, art paper and pencils/pens. The students should glue the leaves to their papers,
using their art supplies to create the stems, blossoms, etc. Each student should attempt to create
one of each of the plants introduced in this unit. When a student’s plants are ready, he/she
should label them with the names of the plants. Display the completed plants in the classroom or
hallway.
• Invite a resource person to make a presentation to the students based on the traditional use of
plants. Actual samples of the necessary plants should be used to enhance the presentation.
• Provide each student with two different leaves, writing paper, rulers and pens. The students
should compare and contrast the two leaves that they have - this should include the dimensions
(measured), shape, etc. Have each student glue his/her two leaves onto a white sheet of art
paper. When the students have completed their comparing/contrasting, collect all of the pages of
leaves and mount them on the chalkboard - number each page. Have each student read his/her
compare/contrast details; the other students should attempt to identify the two leaves for each
student.
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.
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