Code Breakers: Ojibwe Syllabics
By Nora Atlookan, Pauline Gagnon & Melinda Rody
Learn code while using directional language to create Ojibwe syllabics that spell a secret Ojibwe word!
How to Play
- Start at the top left corner of the Ojibwe Syllabics chart.
- Follow the code to get to the first syllabic.
- Write down the syllabics and the English phonetics you land on.
- The code continues from the last syllabics you landed on.
*Students can create their own codes to challenge each other.
Related links
Materials
- Ojibwe Syllabics chart in plastic sleeves (Appendix A in Lesson Plan)
- Ojibwe Code Challenge (Appendix B in Lesson Plan)
- Pencil and eraser
- Dry-erase markers and erasers
Language in the Activity
- Right – Aazhowi’I
- Left – Apime’I
- Up – Ishpimiing
- Down – Niisi’I
Languages:
- bezhig
- Niizhin
- Nisso
- Niiwin
- Naanan
- Ngodaasso
- Niizhaasso
- Nishaasso
- Zhaangasso
- Midaasso