Those Who Were Here Before – Lessons with Final Review Quiz
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1. Where they were: locations of major North American tribes
2. First Impressions: Improvisations based on first encounters
3. Who they were: New World vs. Old World
- Reading comprehension
- Pronunciation Practice through reading
- Vocabulary development
- Grammar check: comparisons writing exercises
4. Painting to inspire literal descriptive writing
- In native language
- Translation into English – teacher corrections
- Edit with corrections
5. Ancient Nature Ritual: Corn Chant, “poetry”
- Pronunciation practice
- Vocabulary in context
- Discussion: What is literature?
6. Ancient Art of Storytelling:
- Grandmother Spider & Why the Leaves Fall
- Pronunciation & reading for fluency
- Reading comprehension
- Vocabulary development
- Grammar Check: comparative adjectives,
- writing questions from answers
- Improvisation/storytelling techniques
- Creative Writing : Children’s book & poetry
7. Navajo flute music of N. Carlos Nakai to inspire descriptive writing
- Write images (word pictures ) music evokes
- Read images aloud, dictate to others
- Read and discuss original poetry of ESL students
8. Play reading : Adaptation of How Men and Women Got Together – Blackfoot
- Pronunciation and reading for fluency
- Reading comprehension
- Grammar Check: writing questions using question words; adjectives/antonymns
- Vocabulary development
9. Review Quiz: Vocabulary, reading, structural exercises based on reading materials
10. Ancient Traditions : The Talking Circle; Totems; The Vision Quest
11. What we Know of our Country’s Native People – Student unit project
12. Native writings and pronunciation exercises
13. Words, Words, Words: Vocabulary, Structure Review