BHS American Sign Language Guide

YEAR AT A GLANCE ASL - Level 2

Grade: 9-12

Review

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Suggested Pacing

2 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

Schools and Occupations

Unit

Introduction

Friends & Family

Making Plans

Food/Shopping Community

Vocabulary Review from ASL1 Structure Personal vs. possessive

Vocabulary: Review from ASL1

Vocabulary: Useable Vocabulary List Review from ASL1 Structure: Contrastive Structure Possessive Adjectives Inflected verbs Role shifting Conditional sentences Backchanneling Information sharing

Vocabulary: Cooking Terms (new) Review from ASL1

Vocabulary: Rooms Furniture Review from ASL1 Structure: Locative Classifiers Descriptive Classifiers

Vocabulary: Holidays ( new) Review from ASL1 Structure: Descriptive & Locative Classifiers

Structure: Topic-Comment Structure Weak hand as reference Locative classifiers Yes/No & Wh Questions

Essential Structure and Vocabulary

pronoun Gender distinction Contrastive structure Wh- and yes/no questions

Structure: Descriptive Classifiers

Order in which to describe objects

Testing Window

Pre: Mid. Aug - End Aug

Mid: Beg. Jan - Mid. Jan

Final: Mid. May - End May

WORLD LANGUAGE STANDARD(S) - NOVICE HIGH (NH)

INTERPRETIVE

INTERPERSONAL

PRESENTATIONAL

Receptive Skills

Expressive Skills

Interactive Skills

NH.IL Interpretive Receptive

NH.IC Interpersonal Communication

NH.PS Presentational Signing

INTERCULTURAL Cultural & Historical Eras & Themes Integrated throughout each unit

Cultural Products & Practices N.CPP

Cultural Perspectives N.CP

Cultural Interactions N.CIA

I can identify some products and practices of cultures

I can identify some basic cultural beliefs and values.

I can function at a survival level in an authentic cultural context.