Beginning lessons offer a place for new learners to start. They require no prior knowledge of the language, but as you move through them you will find opportunities to practice what you’ve learned. These lessons support immersion and master-apprentice programs by giving shape to some of the oral information you might be receiving. In an elementary setting these lessons could be adapted for 3rd through 5th grade. In a college or university setting they represent the first year or first two semesters of Anishinaabemowin. If you would like to know more about the assessment tools used in various programs, please contact us.
- The Sound of Our Language
- Introductions
- Words to Use in Class
- Introduction to Verbs & Pronouns
- Verb Type 1 – What Happens
- Verb Type 1 – When Something is Not Happening
- Verb Type 1 – A Second Way to Say Something Is Happening
- Verb Type 2 – How to Say Someone Does Something
- Verb Type 2 – A Second Way to Say Someone is Doing Something
- Verb Type 2 – When Someone is Not Doing Something
- To Be: Aawi Miinawaa Ayaa
- Introduction to Tenses
- Colors
- Weather
- Verb Type 3 – “An” First Endings
- Verb Type 3 – “An” Second Endings
- Verb Type 3 – “An” Second Endings Not Happening
- Verb Type 3 – “Oon” or “in” First Endings
- Election Day
- Veteran’s Day