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Subject
Grade
Content past, present, and future time frames American Sign Language (ASL) 10 No CCG
Keyword: time frames Elaboration: ASL timeline (e.g., mark tenses with signs, as well as location, and indicate short and long time spans)
Content vocabulary and ASL sentence structures, including:
  • types of questions
  • situations, activities, sequence of events
  • degrees of likes or dislikes
  • personal interests, needs and opinions
  • elements and register
American Sign Language (ASL) 10 No CCG
Keyword: ASL sentence structures Elaboration: topic-commentsubject-verb-object (S-V-O)questions - WH; yes/no; rhetorical
Keyword: elements Elaboration: format, context, audience, purpose
Keyword: register Elaboration: communicating with strangers, elders, peers, friends, family
Content non-manual signals American Sign Language (ASL) 10 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) distance signals: eyes open wide, cheek to shoulder, mouth open, teeth/tongue nose twitch
Curricular Competency Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge American Sign Language (ASL) 10 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 Analyze personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: cultural lens Elaboration: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions
Curricular Competency Engage in Deaf cultural experiences American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: Deaf cultural experiences Elaboration: e.g., blogs, vlogs, school visits (real or virtual), exchanges, festivals, films, plays, social media
Curricular Competency Identify the regional variations of ASL American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Personal and social awareness
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Curricular Competency Seek clarification and verify meaning American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: Seek clarification and verify Elaboration: e.g., request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration
Curricular Competency Respond to questions and instructions American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Thinking and communicating
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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) 10 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: presentation format Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, photographs, videos, props, digital media
Curricular Competency Exchange ideas and information using ASL sentences and in writing American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Thinking and communicating
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Curricular Competency Narrate stories in ASL American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: Narrate Elaboration: using expressions of time and transitional signs to show logical progressionusing past, present, and future time frames
Curricular Competency Recognize the relationships between common handshapes, movement, and location of signs to make different meanings American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Thinking and communicating
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Curricular Competency Locate and explore a variety of media in ASL American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: media Elaboration: e.g., articles, blogs/vlogs, poetry, film, drama
Curricular Competency Share meaning derived from a variety of texts American Sign Language (ASL) 10 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: derived Elaboration: comprehend key Information, supporting details, time, and place
Keyword: texts Elaboration: “Text” is a generic term referring to all forms of written, visual, and digital communication. Written and visual elements can also be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).

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