Learning our Tlingit Language Lingít | Cycles B through Advanced C | Beginners Grades 5 & 6 Book 4 UNIT 16 Buildings Teacher’s Notes Vocabulary Cycle B Cycle B introduces the names of xáanás’ drying house nine buildings. The Student atwuskú daakahídi school Support Materials (SSM) include xaay sauna images, mini pictures, vocabulary x’úx’ daakahídi word cards, student activity work- library sheets, and assessments. Ten shoo daakahídi lessons with suggested games theater and activities are included. Listen s’ísaa hít tent to the audio recording of a fluent aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé speaker saying the words, the outhouse unit’s sentence and the unit’s dia- hít tlein tall building log. If students can learn these shaxaawú daakahídi hair terms well and commit them to salon/barbershop their long-term memory, in future cycles they can focus their atten- tion on learning the verb phrases. The theme of “buildings” will con- Unit’s Sentence tinue through Cycles C Advanced C. Use the unit sentence and Wé _______________ dáx yaa substitute each of the vocabulary nxagút. I am coming from words. Practice the dialog with the_______________________. students so that they can hear and speak the vocabulary words Unit’s Dialog in context. Use pictures of build- (a) Goodax sáwé yaa neegút? ings in your community if you Where are you coming from? have them. If students learn the material quickly, move on to (b) Wé_____________dáx yaa Cycle C which will introduce verb nxagút. I’m coming from the phrases to build upon this theme. ______________________. (a) Goodé sá tsú kgeegoot? Where are you going next? (b) Wé _________déi kkwagoot. I will go to the ______________. 960 Teacher’s Notes Vocabulary Cycle C Cycle C introduces verbs to be used Yaa koosgé daakahídidé yaa with the nouns presented in Cycle B. nxagút. The focus is oral language develop- I am walking to the school. ment. The phrases in this lesson are first person, progressive imperfective Yáa x’úx’ áa kawduwachagi tense (in the process of doing it) of yéide yaa nxagút. I am walking the verb “to go somewhere on foot.” to the library. The second example uses the 3rd Yáa áa dultínxh yéide yaa person, perfective of “to go shop- nxagút. ping.” Use the photos from Cycle B I am walking to the theater. SSM as props for each of the sen- Atxá daakahídidé wdlihoon. He tences. Encourage students to listen went shopping at the grocery to the audio recording of a fluent store. speaker saying these sentences. If students learn the material quickly, move forward to the next cycle. The advanced cycles add new phrases which build upon the theme of “build- ings.” Remember to follow the DLP process, spending lots of time on lis- tening activities before asking stu- dents to speak. Teacher’s Notes Vocabulary Cycle A Advanced Questions in this cycle give prac- Aadóo sá wé atx’aan hídiwú? tice using the question words for Who is in the smokehouse? asking about people in certain Aadóo sá wé shaxaawú locations. Students can respond daakahídiwú? Who is at the with the names ax éesh, ax aat, barber shop? and other family terms they Commands learned in Cycle B, Unit 5. The Shoo daakahídi ch’éx’. Point to commands give students more the theater. listening practice to the impera- Hoon daakahídidé nagú. Go to tive tense of the verbs “to walk the store. to” and “to point at.” 961 Teacher’s Notes Vocabulary Cycle B Advanced Four interesting sentences about Aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé tlél yan buildings are presented in this wujaakw. The outhouse is cycle. Use the suggested lessons unsafe. to teach this vocabulary. Listen to Kadánjaa ax’ sitee wé s’ísaa the audio recording to hear a flu- hít. The tent is dusty. ent speaker saying these sen- Wé xaay oowat’áa.The sauna is tences. All of the vocabulary warm words can be substituted in these Aa at du xá yé x’eit four sample sentences which will wuduwataan. This café is give 36 sentences. Use the closed. lessons and games to keep the students interested. Teacher’s Notes Vocabulary Cycle C Advanced By this cycle, most students can Haa hídi altin. S/he is watching write simple sentences using the our house. buildings terms and the simple Hoon daakahídidé has woo.aat verbs they learned in Cycle C. ax séek' hás. My daughters This cycle presents more com- have gone to the store. plex sentence structures. Use the Du hídidáx kaay shoowú yéi suggested writing activities to get kunaaléi hoon daakahídi. The students started writing their own store is a half mile from her Tlingit sentences. house. S'ísaa káas' hoon daakahídidáx aawa.oo. She bought a yard of fabric from the store. 962 See Appendix III for lesson instructions. Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Introduce the new vocabulary. Review the unit’s vocabulary. Basic Listening Basic Listening 1.Mini Pictures 1. Nod and Clap 2. Illustration Sequence 2. Over and Under Basic Speaking Basic Speaking 3. Actions! 3. Right or Wrong? 4. Out of Order 4. Visual Memory 5. Over/Under 5. Under The Bridge Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Review the unit’s vocabulary. Introduce the unit’s sentence. Basic Listening Basic Listening 1. Nod and Clap 1. Let’s Move 2. Over and Under 2. Number My Word Basic Speaking Basic Speaking 3. Right or Wrong? 3. Right or Wrong? 4. Visual Memory 4. Stick of Chance 5. Under The Bridge 5. Under The Bridge Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Review the unit’s sentence. Review the unit’s vocabulary. Basic Listening Basic Reading - Sight 1. Locomotive 2. Whisper 1. Sight Word Bingo 2. Configurations Basic Speaking 3. Funnel Words 3. Hand Tag 4. String Along 4. Illustration Build-Up 5. Use the Student Support Materials 5. Mesh Words 963 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Review the unit’s vocabulary. Review the unit’s vocabulary. Basic Reading - Encoding Basic Writing 1. Overhead Encode 1. Numbered Illustrations 2. Consonant/Vowel Cards 2. Back Writing 3. Mixed-Up Words 3. Yarn Spell 4. Letter Encode 4. Word Completion 5. Use the Student Support Materials 5. Use the Student Support Materials Lesson 9 Lesson 10 Review the unit’s vocabulary. Administer the unit’s assessment. Basic Writing 1.Practice the unit’s dialog with the 1. Alphabet Code students. 2. Wrong! 2. Lay a length of mural paper on the 3. Rubbings floor. Use a felt marker to do a simple 4. Horizontal Completion map of the community, including 5. Use the Student Support Materials main roads. Provide the students with illustrating materials and supplies. They should draw and cut-out build- ings that can be added to the com- munity map. The students should glue the building pictures in their approximate locations on the map. Have the students label the buildings and places in the community map. Display the mural. 3. Give each student a sight word card from any unit covered thus far in the Heritage Language Program (including Cycle A Beginners). Encourage each student to say a Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian sentence of his/her own using the key word. 964 Cycle C Advanced Creative Writing Activities 1. Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences below. ________________________________dé has woo.aat ax séek' hás. My daughters have gone to ___________________________________. 2. Use vocabulary words and phrases from the previous cycles to rewrite this sentence. Include the translation for your new sentence. S'ísaa káas' hoon daakahídidáx aawa.oo. She bought a yard of fabric from the store. 965 3. Tie the sentences together by rewriting a portion of the sentence or by writing sentences between them to connect them to each other. Haa hídi altin. S/he is watching our house. S'ísaa káas' hoon daakahídidáx aawa.oo. She bought a yard of fabric from the store. 4. Use one of the sentences below to write a series of sentences that lead up to the sentence you chose or use the sentence to begin your series. Hoon daakahídidé has woo.aat ax séek' hás. My daughters have gone to the store. Du hídidáx kaay shoowú yéi kunaaléi hoon daakahídi. The store is a half mile from her house. 966 VOCABULARY PICTURES 967 968 969 xáanás’ drying house 970 971 atwuskú daakahídi school 972 973 xaay sauna 974 975 x’úx’ daakahídi library 976 977 shoo daakahídi theater 978 979 s’ísaa hít tent 980 981 aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé outhouse 982 983 hít tlein tall building 984 985 shaxaawú daakahídi hair salon/barbershop 986 BASIC LISTENING 987 988 Cut out the pictures. Show the picture for the vocabulary word given. 989 990 Cut out the pictures. Show the picture for the vocabulary word given. 991 992 Write the number for the vocabulary word under the picture. 993 994 BASIC READING Sight Recognition 995 996 xáanás’ atwuskú daakahídi xaay 997 998 x’úx’ daakahídi shoo daakahídi s’ísaa hít 999 1000 aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé hít tlein shaxaawú daakahídi 1001 1002 Circle the word for each picture. xáanás’ xáanás’ atwuskú daakahídi atwuskú daakahídi xaay xaay x’úx’ daakahídi x’úx’ daakahídi shoo daakahídi shoo daakahídi s’ísaa hít s’ísaa hít aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé hít tlein hít tlein shaxaawú daakahídi shaxaawú daakahídi xáanás’ xáanás’ atwuskú daakahídi atwuskú daakahídi xaay xaay x’úx’ daakahídi x’úx’ daakahídi shoo daakahídi shoo daakahídi s’ísaa hít s’ísaa hít aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé hít tlein hít tlein shaxaawú daakahídi shaxaawú daakahídi xáanás’ xáanás’ atwuskú daakahídi atwuskú daakahídi xaay xaay x’úx’ daakahídi x’úx’ daakahídi shoo daakahídi shoo daakahídi s’ísaa hít s’ísaa hít aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé aadéi yóo aya.atgi yé hít tlein hít tlein shaxaawú daakahídi shaxaawú daakahídi 1003 Circle the word for each picture.