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Yup'ik RavenStorytelling in the Yup’ik Immersion Classroom

Sample Mini-Stories

7. Nacarraam Aciani Under the Hat

This story would go well with a unit on teaching winter clothing. It would also be good for distinguishing words with singular (aciantenrituq) and dual (aciantenrituk) endings. The students get a thrill in the ending when a plastic bug at the end of the ruler under the hat is flown towards the audience. I liked Anderson and Marsh’s (1998) surprise ending idea in this story in which the students get a thrill.

Una qanemciuguq: Nacarraam Aciani

This is a story: Under the Hat.

Enem iluani nasaurlurtangqertuq.

Inside the house there is a girl.

Enem iluani tan’gaurlurtangqertuq-llu.

Inside the house there is also a boy.

Nasaurluum aptaa tan’gaurluq,

The girl asks the boy,

Nacarraam-qaa aciani igarcuuteka uitauq?

Is my pencil under the hat?

Qang’a, igarcuuten nacarraam aciantenrituq.

No, your pencil is not under the hat.

Aliimategka-qaa nacarraam aciantuk?

Are my mittens under the hat?

Qang’a, aliimategken nacarraam aciantenrituk.

No, your mittens are not under the hat.

Nacarraam-qaa aciani yaquleyagartangqertuq?

Is there a little bird under the hat?

Qang’a, nacarraam aciani yaquleyagartaituq.

No, there is no little bird under the hat.

Catangqerta nacarraam aciani?

What is under the hat?

Tang! Ciissirtangqertuq!

Look! There’s a bug!

Ila-i!

So scary!

Nacarraam-qaa aciani igarcuuteka uitauq?
Nacarraam-qaa aciani igarcuuteka uitauq?
Is my pencil under the hat?
Enem iluani...

Enem iluani...

Inside the house...

Nasaurlurtangqertuq.

Nasaurlurtangqertuq.

There is a girl.

Make a roof shape over your head. Show height of girl about chest level.
Tan’gaurlurtangqer-tuq.

Tan’gaurlurtangqer-tuq.

There is a boy.

Nacarraam aciani...

Nacarraam aciani...

Under the hat.

Show height of boy about shoulder level. Place hand under a hat.
 

Aliimategka-qaa uitauk?

Are my mittens there?

Yaquleyagartangqertuq.

Yaquleyagartangqertuq.

There is a little bird.

  Make wing-flapping motions with arms held in to depict a little bird.
Catangqerta Nacarraam aciani?

Catangqerta Nacarraam aciani?

What is under the hat?

Igarcuuteka-qaa uitauq

Igarcuuteka-qaa uitauq
Make an outline of mitten around hand.

Is my pencil there?

Place hand under a hat. Hold a pencil up and other hand palm open.
Tang!

Tang!

Look!

 

Igarcuuteka-qaa uitauq

Ilai-i!

So scary!

Point to the hat. (Notice the yardstick.) With a scared facial expression, touch your cheeks with the palms of your hands.

 

1. Tuntuvak Taqukaq-llu The Moose and the Bear
2. Piipiq ‘The Baby’
3. Kuskaq Avelngaq-llu Cat and Mouse
4. Kegluneq Maqaruaq-llu Wolf and Rabbit
5. Muluk’uuryulriik The Two That Wanted Milk
6. Piipiq Ellamun Anvailegmi Before Baby Goes Outside
7. Nacarraam Aciani Under the Hat
8. Neryugtuten-qaa? Do You Want to Eat?
9. Aataq Qenertuq Dad is Angry
10. Catangqerta Yaassiicuaraam Iluani? What is Inside the Little Box?

 

 

 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction What is TPR Storytelling?
Total Physical Response The Natural Approach General Steps of TPR Storytelling
My Classroom: First and Second Grade Sample Mini-Stories References
Additional Resources Project (pdf)  
 

 

 

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