Curriculum
ASL A/B/1
ASL 1 Semester 1 and ASL A
| Unit | Material | Essential ? |
|---|---|---|
| 3: School Days | Master ASL Unit 5 | Why do we go to school? |
| 1: Introductions | Master ASL Unit 1-2 | Who am I? |
| 2: Family and Friends | Master ASL Unit 4 & 8 | How are we connected to others? |
ASL 1 Semester 2 and ASL B
| Unit | Material | Essential ? |
|---|---|---|
| 6: Dream Vacation | Master ASL Unit 1-10 | What is your dream vacation? |
| 4: Sports | Master ASL Unit 6-7 | Why are sports important? |
| 5: Celebrations | Master ASL Unit 3 & 10 | How o cultures celebrations differ? |
Unit Break Down
UNIT BREAKDOWN
UNIT 1- ASL ABC’s
- Numbers 1-100
- Facial Expressions
- How are you feeling?
- Sign Names
- Deaf Norms Introductions
- How to get a Deaf Person's Attention
- Deaf-Blind
- Technology
- CDI
- Interpreter Roles
- Glossing Introduction – Time Topic Comment
- Non-Manual Markers
- SimComming
- How to fix signing mistakes
- 5 hand list classifier
- Shoulder shifting
- Family members
- Family pets
- Who is older/younger
- Describe Family
- Describe relationships
- Discuss characteristics of an individual
- Deaf owned business
- How to fix signing mistakes?
- Holidays that you celebrate with your family?
- Past present future
- Time – Clock, Days, Weeks, Months, Years
- Using 5 hand shape to describe month/weeks
- Discuss when during the week activities occur
- Building vocabulary (office, Library)
- Class schedule (Math, science, ELA)
- Staff and Agent classifier
- Deaf Time
- Deaf Education History RIT, NTID, Gallaudet, and Martha Vineyards
- Where things are located
- ASL 2 – Directions and types of schools (Oral, Mainstream, charter, etc.)
- Iconic signs
- Sports related vocab (Coach, Points)
- Sports/Activities Vocab
- ***PAST PRESENT FUTURE what sports you played and will play****
- Parameters of ASL
- Classifiers (describing food and clothing)
- Food
- Clothing
- Describing People
- Holidays
- Famous Deaf artists DEVIA
- States
- Countries
- Continents
- Weather
- Ways of traveling (Car, train, airplane, etc.)
- Directional signs
ASL 2
Under construction. Please check back in August
ASL 3
Under construction. Please check back in August