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Content non-manual signals American Sign Language (ASL) 8 No CCG
Keyword: non-manual signals Elaboration: Non-manual signals (NMS) are parts of a sign that are not signed on the hands (e.g., ASL adverbs made by eyes and eyebrows; ASL adjectives made using the mouth, tongue, and lips). For this level, non-manual signals include but are not limited to:facial expression matching the meaning and content of what is signed (e.g., mad, angry, very angry) conveying “tone of voice” while signing mouth morpheme: “cha” (big), “fish” (finish), “diff-diff-diff” (different), “pah” (finally, tends to), “pow” (suddenly) head nod/shake WH-face (eyebrows down for a WH question, shoulders up, head tilted slightly) shoulder shift/contrastive structure/spatial organization eye gaze: must be used with deixis (pointing) mouth open (used to convey length of time)
Curricular Competency Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: ways of knowing Elaboration: e.g., First Nations, Métis, and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive
Curricular Competency Examine personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: cultural lens Elaboration: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions
Curricular Competency Explore ways to engage in Deaf cultural experiences American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: Deaf cultural experiences Elaboration: e.g., blogs, vlogs, school visits (real or virtual), Deaf World conference, plays, social media
Curricular Competency Describe similarities and differences between their own cultural practices and cultural practices of the local Deaf community American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Personal and social awareness
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Curricular Competency Identify, share, and compare information about Deaf communities around the world American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Personal and social awareness
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Curricular Competency Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: presentation format Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, photographs, videos, props, digital media
Curricular Competency Seek clarification and verify meaning American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: Seek clarification and verify Elaboration: e.g., non-manual signals, facial expression, head nod
Curricular Competency Exchange ideas and information using complete ASL sentences American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: ASL sentences Elaboration: there is no written form of an ASL sentence
Curricular Competency Narrate and retell stories American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: Narrate and retell Elaboration: using common expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progressionusing past, present, and future time framesin ASL or written language
Curricular Competency Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce language American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: strategies Elaboration: including context, prior knowledge, compound signs (e.g., breakfast = [eat + morning], parents = [mother + father], agree = [think + same])iconic signs that look like the intended meaning (e.g., eat, drink, sit, stand, sleep, book, door)size, style, location, and position of a signfacial expressioniconic similaritiesmouth morphemes
Curricular Competency Comprehend key information and supporting details in communications American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: key information Elaboration: to answer the questions, “Who?” “What?” “Where?” “When?” “Why?”, and “How?”
Curricular Competency Recognize the relationships between common handshapes, movement, and location of signs and how they can be used to make different meanings American Sign Language (ASL) 8 Thinking and communicating
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Big Ideas Learning about ASL language and Deaf communities helps us to develop cultural awareness of the D/deaf experience. American Sign Language (ASL) 6 No CCG
Keyword: D/deaf Elaboration: “D/deaf” refers to both “Deaf” people who identify with the Deaf culture and “deaf” people who do not. It is often used as a shortcut to describe both groups, who are similar but not exactly the same when it comes to communication.
Big Ideas Stories help us to acquire language and understand the world around us. American Sign Language (ASL) 6 No CCG
Keyword: Stories Elaboration: Stories are a narrative form of text that can be written or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity.
Keyword: understand the world Elaboration: by exploring, for example, thoughts, feelings, knowledge, culture, and identity

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