BHS ASL GUIDE

● I can recall the vocabulary we learned in the previous level in relation to: ○ Basic High School Vocab ○ High school sports ○ Directionality ○ Iconic vs arbitrary ○ Near/far ○ Signer’s perspective ● I can discuss majors, minors ● I can list jobs ● I can discuss various schooling options for Deaf kids ● I can list the 5 parameters for any given sign ● I can talk about the sub- subjects of a course (biology/physics/etc under “science”) ● I can discuss basic college terminology

Structure: •

Topic-Comment Structure Weak hand as reference

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Locative classifiers Yes/No Questions

Wh-Questions

Signer’s perspective Ordinal Numbers

https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

Skill Building

● Use a variety of visuals to define meaning of words and phrases ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & vocabulary. ● Use Total Physical Response to review new vocabulary ● Pair with partners to practice conversation/group students to allow opportunity for them to practice signing. Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Model conversational sign language. ● Students look at a picture , identify the conversation that is most likely to happen and explain their reasoning. ● Have students provide extended responses/more details ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in ASL aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialog. ● Have students recognize and sign the new vocabulary. ● Make a resource list for fast finishers – sentence frames, sign Language review vocabulary resources. ● Students sign a conversation.

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