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Tlingit-Haida-Tsimshian As A Second Language
Lesson 8
Grade 7 - Grade 12
Basic Reading
Decoding/Encoding
• Word Part Bingo
Provide each student with a copy of the Sight Word Bingo page from the back of this Unit. Each student should cut out the syllables from
the words in his/her copy of the stencil. When a student has cut out all of the syllables, he/she should hold all of the syllables in one hand,
placing one syllable on his/her desk. Say a sight word. If a student's syllable (that is on his/her desk) is found in the word you said, he/she
should show it and then place that syllable to the side. The student should then place another syllable on his/her desk. Continue in this
way until a student or students have no syllables left in their hands or on their desks. This activity may be repeated more than once by
collect ing and re-distributing the syllables to the students.
Basic Writing
• 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.
• Word Completion
Before the activity begins, prepare clozure cards for the sight words; omit letters and syllables. Provide each student with a clozure card.
Call upon the students to complete their words on the clozure cards by writing-in the missing parts. Afterwards, re view the students'
responses.
• Dash
Group the students into two teams. Make two sets of dashes on the chalkboard - each set should be the same and should repre sent a
sight word. When you say "Go," the first player in each team must rush to his/her set of dashes on the chalkboard. Each player must then
write a sight word that fits the number of dashes. Accept any sight word that fits the dashes. The first player to do this correctly wins the
round. Repeat with other sets of dashes until all students from each team have had an opportunity to participate.
• Activity Sheet(s)
Refer to the Students’ Activity Sheets for Basic Writing activities.
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