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Learning Yup'ik Names

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Yupiit School District

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Yup'ik Language

Learning Yup'ik Names

Grade

Subject

Unit Title

Students will learn to appreciate their Yup'ik names and who their named after and the meaning of the name.

1week

One-Sentence Summary

Time to Complete

Standard
A. A student should be able to speak and write well for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Detailed Description
Tape Yup'ik names on desks beside their English name. Students will learn how to write and identify their own name. The students will learn who they are named after. Students will identify each others' names and to respect their own names that are namesakes. The students will learn why some namesakes are honored or respected by people.

Task Management Skill
Information: Acquires and uses information

Vocabulary

kinguvartaq atra-namesake
ilat-family
ilaten- your family
ilanka-my family
anenganka/amaqlinka- my older brothers
nayaganka/alaq- older sister(s)
anayuqak-parents

EFG
Primary Domain

Detailed Description
Tape Yup'ik names on desks beside their English name. Students will learn how to write and identify their own name. The students will learn who they are named after. Students will identify each others' names and to respect their own names that are namesakes. The students will learn why some namesakes are honored or respected by people.

Domain Outcomes

P1. Read to Understand
Core Skills: reading, information acquisition and management, annalytical thinking

P2. Complete a Mathematical Analysis
Core skills: analytical thinking, mathematics, relational thinking

P3. Create a Map, Graph, or Chart

P4. Demonstrate Competency in World Languages

P5. Action research project with a team approach:

P6. Utilize one form of technology:

P7. Develop Creative Expression:

P8. Write a report:

P9. Make an Oral Presentation:

Partnerships

Career Investigations

Community Service Options:

Internet Questions:

Grade1

SubjectYup'ik Language

Date Created10/20/1996

Unit TitleLearning Yup'ik Names

Date Modified3/24/2000

Time to Complete1week

Cultural ConceptThe naming of the child is very important to the Yup'ik people, they beleived that to name a child after someone who died, you keep your close contact with the spiritual world.

Outcome Area
Language

State Standard
 A. A student should be able to speak and write well for a variety of purposes and audiences.

District Outcome 1:
5. Be able to print the alphabet, your name, and numbers.

District Outcome 2:

Detailed Description:
Tape Yup'ik names on desks beside their English name. Students will learn how to write and identify their own name. The students will learn who they are named after. Students will identify each others' names and to respect their own names that are namesakes. The students will learn why some namesakes are honored or respected by people.

Specific Grading Critieria:
>The children will learn to write their own names and know the meaning of their names.
>To know where the name came from, and to respect their own and other names.

General Grading Critieria:
>Completeness and accuracy

SCAN Skill
Information: Acquires and uses information

Resources
Teachers, elders and parents can be asked for further information on names.

Specific Grading Critieria>The children will learn to write their own names and know the meaning of their names.
>To know where the name came from, and to respect their own and other names.

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