ASL 101: American Sign Language 1  Unit 3: Family & Friends  John Jones, Michele Showalter and Nam-Quyen To    Course Information    Course: ASL 101: American Sign Language 1  Level: ASL 1  Unit: 3: Family & Friends  Length of Unit 3: Two weeks containing six classes lasting 50 minutes  Which class/week: 14th class on the 5th week    Course Description    This course is an introduction to American Sign Language (ASL), Deaf culture and United States Deaf communities. Students will learn fundamental language skills and cultural knowledge needed to comprehend, produce, and interact effectively with diverse sign language users. This course will include an introduction to Deaf culture and history to increase sensitivity in cross-cultural interactions.    Lesson Information  Class: Class #14, 5th week  Unit: Unit 3.2  Topics: Siblings  

Listing on the Non-Dominant Hand for Rank Order  Contrastive Structure  Deaf Cultural Information: Deaf Families  

Assessment Tool: Student Video Description:

• Signed video between two and three minutes telling about a family. It can be your family or made-up a family. • Be sure to use ranking on your non-dominant hand. • While telling about how many brothers and/or sisters you have, include yourself. • You want to be sure to have enough light so that the video quality is clear. • Your video must be uploaded on YouTube then share the link with your instructor. • A rubric will be used to assess your skills, see below. • The video assignment will be due before the next class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH5tKm3mhFE&feature=youtu.be

Assessment Alignment to Lesson Outcomes Chart  At the end of the lesson, the student will be able to:    

Lesson Outcome  

Lesson Activity  

Lesson Assessment  

Aligned with

Course Outcomes  

Aligned with

ACTFL Standards  

 Converse about family using basic vocabulary and contrastive structure in ASL  

 Onsite discussion with paired students and interactive activities

 Informal assessment (observation), video assignment (rubric)

   

1, 2, 3

   

1.1, 1.3

 Demonstrate the use of  “ranking” on the non-dominant hand when discussing the chronological order of siblings  (use “ranking” to ask a person with two or more siblings)  

 Paired students will practice the use of ranking  

 Informal assessment (observation)  video assignment (rubric)  

     

1, 2, 5  

     

1.1, 1.3  

   

Video Assignment Rubric    

Assignment  Criteria  

Meets all of the assignment requirements   5 points  

Meets most of the assignment requirements     4 points  

Meets some of the assignment requirements     3 points  

Meets few of the  assignment  requirements   2 points  

Does not meet most of the assignment  requirements  1 point  

No  submission       0 points  

Pts.      

Sign  Production  

Excellent signing,  presented clearly   5 points  

Signs are mostly clear        4 points  

Signs have lapses in clarity and conciseness      3 points  

Signs have frequent lapses in clarity and conciseness  2 points  

Prevalent errors in sign production     1 point  

No  submission     0 points  

Pts.      

Grammar   Grammar is accurate 5 points  

Grammar is mostly correct     4 points  

Some lapses in grammar     3 points  

Frequent errors in grammar    2 points  

Prevalent errors in grammar    1 point  

No  submission     0 points  

Pts.      

Structure   Structure is accurate 5 points  

Structure is mostly correct    4 points  

Some lapses in structure    3 points  

Frequent errors with structure  2 points  

Many errors in structure    1 point  

No  submission   0 points  

Pts.      

Pacing and Fluidity  

Signing flows smoothly throughout   5 points  

Signing mostly flows smoothly     4 points  

Signing has lapses in pacing and fluidity   3 points  

Signing has frequent errors with pacing and fluidity  2 points  

Prevalent errors in pacing and fluidity    1 point  

No  submission     0 points  

Pts.    

Comments:                                                                          Total:  ____/25      

References    

Ashton, G., Cagle, K., Kurz, K. B., Newell, W., Peterson, R., & Zinza, J. E. (2011). Standards for learning American Sign Language: A project of the American sign language teachers association. Task Force on Standards for Learning American Sign Language. Retrieved July 15, 2015 from: https://www.aslta.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/National_ASL_Standards.pdf

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