Course Description:
This course will provide students with a basic introduction to the structure of traditional Crow narratives. The topics covered in this course include the following: reading and understanding sentence structures in narrative contexts, use of colorful and complex sentences in Crow stories, as well as learning Crow writing techniques from these stories.
In the process of understanding Crow narrative structure we will also briefly discuss how texts can be used in Crow language classrooms, personalization and pre-reading strategies for teaching Crow reading, post-reading and follow-up possibilities, as well as the relationship of reading skills to general language acquisition.
Students in this course are expected to develop their own short story in Crow, suitable for use as additional material for level 4, as well as accompanying pre- and post- reading exercises. The students will read/teach their own story in class on the last day.
Course Objectives:
Students will:
1. Examine Reading and Analyzing strategies for Crow
2. Develop a short story and read/teach their story to the class.
Course Textbooks:
New Crow Dictionary