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
My Deaf Family "Pilot" (2010, May 27). Retrieved July 14, 2015, from https://youtu.be/P-
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