Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- rules/strategies to present signs to an audience or a recording device. linguistic rules for instructions/directions.
- classifiers used to describe objects.
- rules/strategies for telling about personal experiences using topic/comment.
- rules/strategies for telling about daily routines using the ASL listing technique.
- ASL phrases, poems, and/or anecdotes.
- rules/strategies to create NMMs to match the phrase, poem, or anecdote.
Skills
Students are able to:
- present simple instructions or directions which can be expressly understood.
- present basic information on familiar objects, personal experiences, and daily routines by using words, lists, and highly practiced, possibly formulaic, language describe familiar objects.
- describe daily routines.
- recite and present a short memorized phrase, poem, or anecdote to an audience or recording device.
- use appropriate formal register and memorized NMMs.
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.
- presenting information requires communication and linguistic knowledge.
- ASL has its own phrases, poems, and anecdotes which are commonly known by the Deaf community.
