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Ontario Curriculum Documents (Kindergarten to Grade 12)
Documents listed below are available online (click on title to access) and also available in print (check title in Omni). Additional Ontario Ministry of Education resource and curriculum documents are also available for both elementary and secondary grades.
Language Textbooks
- Advanced Ojibwe, in Severn dialect : Parts one and two, CD Set byCall Number: Available with audio in various formats (CD; cassette - check locations for available format)
- Intermediate Ojibwe, in Severn dialect: Parts one and two CD Set byCall Number: Available with audio in various formats (USB; CD; cassette - check locations for available format)
- Introductory Ojibwe, in Severn dialect. Parts one and two CD set byCall Number: Available with audio in various formats (USB; CD; cassette - check locations for available format)
Talking Gookom's language : learning Ojibwe by Ojibwe is also known as Saulteaux and Chippewa. It is very similar to Algonquin. The people themselves call it Anishinaabemowin, and it is still spoken in central North America. Using this book, you can learn to speak the language too. Each lesson has vocabulary, dialogues and grammatical explanations. Short stories are added in later lessons. At the back of the book is a two-way glossary which contains useful vocabulary, expressions and placenames from Canada and the United States. --back cover.- Workbook and CD to accompany Talking Gookom's Language: Learning Ojibwe by Accompanied by CD inserted in back pocket.
Workbook contains oral and written exercises for Chapters 1 to 14 of Talking Gookom's Language. Its purpose is to give the student an opportunity to test his or her grasp of the grammar and vocabulary. The taped exercises, including the dictations, will help him or her comprehend the spoken language and to practice speaking.