HS ASL Guide

GRADE 9-12

YEAR AT A GLANCE ASL LEVEL 1

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

Suggested Pacing

2 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

4-5 weeks

It’s Nice to Meet You!

Describing Others

Class Survival Skills

Unit

Making Plans

School Life

My Family

Vocabulary: Survival Signs Commands Numbers 1 - 10 Manual Alphabet Usable Vocabulary List Structure: WH Questions Number Forms (palm orientation & movement) Commands Requests Difference between ASL and English

Vocabulary: Greetings Hearing Status Identifying People: Cities & States Numbers 20-30 (review) Usable Vocabulary List Structure: Subject pronouns Describing others WH Questions Yes/No 5 Parameters of a Sign

Vocabulary: Family Relationship

Vocabulary: Email, Phone Number Preferences/Opi nions Leisure,Activities , Sports Weather Time/Days/ Week/Months of the Year Usable Vocabulary List Structure: Contrastive Structure Possessive Signs and Dexis Time order Negation Temporal Aspect Spatial Organization

Vocabulary: Schools, Classes and initialization locations and directions Modes of transportation How long (hours/minutes) Numbers 30-66 Usable Vocabulary List Structure: Listing and ordering Signer’s perspective Agent marker Noun-Verb pairs Spatial agreement Numeral incorporation

Vocabulary: Colors Body types, heights Clothing and Accessories Hair Styles Identifying Features Ethnicities Money Sizes Asking for help Usable Vocabulary List descriptions Non-manual signals for sizes and textures Descriptive classi fi ers Future and Past Tense Order of Time Sequencing Structure: Order of

Pets/Living Age, Looks, Numbers 20+ Usable Vocabulary List

Structure: Personal vs. Possessive Pronouns Gender distinction Ranking

Essential Structure and

Prioritized Vocabulary

Incorporation Compounds signs Contrastive Structure Negations Plural Pronouns Mouth Morphemes: oo, mm, cha animals

Real-world orientation