WL17.ASL.L3.2

World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - American Sign Language

Students know:

strategies to accurately identify different literary elements within an informative text.
strategies to identify different non-manual markers, facial expressions and other visual cues and understand how they affect the grammatical-structure of the word, sentence, or phrase.

Students are able to:

accurately express and interpret information based on literary elements from an informational text.
accurately identify, and interpret different facial expressions, gestures, non-manual markers and other visual cues used within a conversation.

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.
ASL can be used to engage in conversations to share information.
interpersonal communication requires the knowledge of linguistic elements.
just as in English, American Sign Language has specific ways to identify and express important literary information.
ASL, just as spoken and printed English, has specific grammatical rules that affect meaning, express emotion, and convey important information.