BHS American Sign Language Guide

26. exchange information with other people about what to do, where to go and when to meet 27. tell what happens at a particular kind of event (birthday party, sports event) 28. tell how to do something (ex. play a game, make food, solve a math problem) 29. give simple directions to a location 30. tell about something learned at school or in the community

20. write about something learned at school or in the community 21. write questions to obtain information

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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