Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- simple tense markers in ASL.
- word order for production of original sentences in ASL.
- forms for basic multi-step directions.
- simple story-telling skills in ASL.
- vocabulary for expressing and supporting an opinion in ASL.
Skills
Students are able to:
- use ASL to share basic events and experiences in past, present and future time frames.
- draw from practiced vocabulary to produce original sentences.
- use ASL to explain a multi-step direction.
- understand a multi-step direction given in ASL.
- tell a simple story.
- express and support an opinion in ASL.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
