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Pacing Guide — Dakhotiyapi

This guide shows exactly what to do each week. Follow it in order. Each session is roughly 30–45 minutes.

Key: 📖 = Read/Study · ✏️ = Exercise · 🎮 = Game/Sim · 📋 = Checklist/Quiz · 📝 = Exam


Semester 1 — Chapters 1–4

Chapter 1 — Háu / Haŋ: Greetings & Identity

Week Sessions What to Do
1 1 📖 Read Pronunciation Guide · Read Start Here · Read Chapter 1 Summary & AIS 112 context
2 📖 Study Section 1 — Greetings (read vocabulary table aloud 3×)
3 📖 Study Section 2 — Names & Identity · Read example conversation
4 📖 Study Section 3 — Full Introduction · Read model conversation
2 5 ✏️ Exercise 1 — Greeting Practice
6 ✏️ Exercise 2 — Write Your Introduction
7 ✏️ Exercise 3 — Seven Council Fires Research
8 🎮 Greeting Selector MicroSim · Council Fires Network MicroSim
3 9 🎮 Name Builder MicroSim · Flashcard Drill (Chapter 1 words)
10 🎮 Word Match game · Sentence Scramble
11 📋 Complete Checklist Parts 1–3 · Submit Exit Ticket
12 📖 Review any 🔴 concepts from your checklist
4 13 📋 Chapter 1 Quiz
14 📖 Preview Chapter 2 vocabulary list

Chapter 2 — Otóiyohi: Numbers, Colors & Descriptors

Week Sessions What to Do
5 1 📖 Read Chapter 2 Summary & AIS 112 context
2 📖 Study Section 1 — Numbers 1–10 (say each number aloud)
3 📖 Study Numbers 11–20 compound pattern
4 📖 Study Section 2 — Colors as Stative Verbs
6 5 📖 Study Section 3 — Descriptors and Size Words
6 ✏️ Exercise 1 — Counting Around You
7 ✏️ Exercise 2 — Color the World
8 ✏️ Exercise 3 — Describe and Identify
7 9 🎮 Number Trainer MicroSim (Reveal mode, then Quiz mode)
10 🎮 Color Stative Verbs MicroSim · Number Builder MicroSim
11 🎮 Number Rain game · Flashcard Drill
12 📋 Complete Checklist Parts 1–3 · Submit Exit Ticket
8 13 📖 Review any 🔴 concepts
14 📋 Chapter 2 Quiz

Chapter 3 — Wóuŋsipi: Daily Life & Action Verbs

Week Sessions What to Do
9 1 📖 Read Chapter 3 Summary & AIS 112 context
2 📖 Study Section 1 — Core Action Verbs
3 📖 Study Section 2 — Verb Conjugation (yá and yúta tables)
4 📖 Study Section 3 — Future Tense (-kte) and Negation (-šni)
10 5 📖 Study Section 4 — Daily Life Vocabulary and Time
6 ✏️ Exercise 1 — Reorder into SOV
7 ✏️ Exercise 2 — Conjugate the Verb
8 ✏️ Exercise 3 — Build Complete Sentences
11 9 🎮 Verb Builder game · Sentence Scramble
10 🎮 Flashcard Drill · Tiyóšpaye Defense game
11 📋 Complete Checklist Parts 1–3 · Submit Exit Ticket
12 📖 Review any 🔴 concepts
12 13 📋 Chapter 3 Quiz
14 📖 Preview Chapter 4 vocabulary

Chapter 4 — Čhaŋté: Body, Health & Relationships

Week Sessions What to Do
13 1 📖 Read Chapter 4 Summary & AIS 112 context
2 📖 Study Section 1 — Body Parts (with possessive constructions)
3 📖 Study Section 2 — Health and Wellness
4 📖 Study Section 3 — Kinship Terms
14 5 ✏️ Exercise 1 — Body Map
6 ✏️ Exercise 2 — Health Sentences
7 ✏️ Exercise 3 — Kinship Reflection
8 🎮 Flashcard Drill (Ch 4 words) · Word Match
15 9 🎮 Sentence Scramble · Verb Builder
10 📋 Complete Checklist Parts 1–3 · Submit Exit Ticket
11 📖 Review any 🔴 concepts
12 📋 Chapter 4 Quiz
16 13–14 📋 Mid-Year Exam — Chapters 1–4 · Review & reflect

Semester 2 — Chapters 5–8

Chapter 5 — Wóčhekiye: Prayer, Values & The Sacred

Week Sessions What to Do
17 1 📖 Read Chapter 5 Summary & AIS 112 context
2 📖 Study Section 1 — Sacred Vocabulary (Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka, Mitákuye Oyásʼiŋ)
3 📖 Study Section 2 — The Four Cardinal Virtues
4 📖 Study Section 3 — Ceremony and Material Culture
18 5 ✏️ Exercise 1 — Virtue Sentences
6 ✏️ Exercise 2 — Morpheme Breakdown
7 ✏️ Exercise 3 — Cultural Reflection
8 🎮 Flashcard Drill · Word Match
19 9 🎮 Sentence Scramble
10 📋 Complete Checklist Parts 1–3 · Submit Exit Ticket
11 📖 Review any 🔴 concepts
12 📋 Chapter 5 Quiz

Chapter 6 — Makóčhe: Land, Seasons & Directions

Week Sessions What to Do
20 1 📖 Read Chapter 6 Summary & AIS 112 context
2 📖 Study Section 1 — Land and Landscape
3 📖 Study Section 2 — Four Seasons
4 📖 Study Section 3 — Cardinal Directions
21 5 📖 Study Section 4 — The Lunar Calendar
6 ✏️ Exercise 1 — Seasonal Sentences
7 ✏️ Exercise 2 — Direction and Place
8 ✏️ Exercise 3 — Moon Name Analysis
22 9 🎮 Flashcard Drill · Number Rain
10 📋 Complete Checklist Parts 1–3 · Submit Exit Ticket
11 📖 Review any 🔴 concepts
12 📋 Chapter 6 Quiz

Chapter 7 — Wóoyake: Story, Ceremony & Oral Tradition

Week Sessions What to Do
23 1 📖 Read Chapter 7 Summary & AIS 112 context
2 📖 Study Section 1 — Storytelling Vocabulary
3 📖 Study Section 2 — Narrative Grammar (eyápi, discourse markers)
4 📖 Study Section 3 — An Iktómi Story Fragment
24 5 📖 Study Section 4 — Ceremony and Story
6 ✏️ Exercise 1 — Discourse Markers
7 ✏️ Exercise 2 — Translate the Iktómi Fragment
8 ✏️ Exercise 3 — Create a Short Narrative
25 9 🎮 Flashcard Drill · Tiyóšpaye Defense
10 📋 Complete Checklist Parts 1–3 · Submit Exit Ticket
11 📖 Review any 🔴 concepts
12 📋 Chapter 7 Quiz

Chapter 8 — Oyáte: Nation, Treaties & Sovereignty

Week Sessions What to Do
26 1 📖 Read Chapter 8 Summary & AIS 112 context (read carefully — this is the capstone)
2 📖 Study Section 1 — Nation and People Vocabulary
3 📖 Study Section 2 — Treaty and Historical Vocabulary
4 📖 Study Section 3 — The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
27 5 📖 Study Section 4 — Sovereignty and Revitalization
6 ✏️ Exercise 1 — Historical Sentences
7 ✏️ Exercise 2 — The Seven Fires
8 ✏️ Exercise 3 — Reflection: Language and Sovereignty
28 9 🎮 Flashcard Drill · Verb Builder
10 📋 Complete Checklist Parts 1–3 · Submit Exit Ticket
11 📖 Review any 🔴 concepts
12 📋 Chapter 8 Quiz
29–30 13–14 📋 End-of-Year Exam — Chapters 5–8 · Course reflection

Tips for Independent Study

If you miss a session: Don't try to cram two sessions into one. Just pick up where you left off. The pacing is a guide, not a rule.

If you're confused: 1) Re-read the section. 2) Check the FAQ. 3) Use the Glossary. 4) Use the Exit Ticket to ask your teacher.

If something seems wrong in the language: Use the Exit Ticket. If you have Dakota language background, your correction is especially valuable.

Before every quiz: Make sure your Completion Checklist shows mostly 🟢 and ⭐. If you have mostly 🔴, do not take the quiz yet — go back and practice.