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Subject
Grade
Content elements of common texts American Sign Language (ASL) 9 No CCG
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Content past, present, and future time frames American Sign Language (ASL) 9 No CCG
Keyword: time frames Elaboration: ASL timeline (e.g., mark tenses with signs, as well as location/placement, and indicate short and long time spans)
Content an increasing range of commonly used vocabulary and ASL sentence structures, including:
  • types of questions
  • descriptions of people, objects, locations
  • comparisons
  • sequence of events
  • personal interests, needs, opinions
 American Sign Language (ASL) 9 No CCG
Keyword: ASL sentence structures Elaboration: topic-commentsubject-verb-object (S-V-O)WH signs always go at the end of the sentence (e.g., Your name what?).
Keyword: people Elaboration: including characters in texts
Content non-manual signals American Sign Language (ASL) 9 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) 9 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) 9 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) 9 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: Deaf cultural experiences Elaboration: e.g., blogs, vlogs, school visits (real or virtual), Deaf World and Interpreting conference, plays, social media
Curricular Competency Analyze similarities and differences between their own cultural practices and cultural practices of the local Deaf community American Sign Language (ASL) 9 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: similarities and differences Elaboration: including discussing cultural ways of being, D/deaf education
Curricular Competency Describe cultural practices, traditions, social movements, and attitudes of Deaf communities and their role in cultural identity American Sign Language (ASL) 9 Personal and social awareness
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Curricular Competency Recognize the importance of story in personal, family, and community identity American Sign Language (ASL) 9 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) 9 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) 9 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 and in writing American Sign Language (ASL) 9 Thinking and communicating
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Curricular Competency Participate in short and simple conversations American Sign Language (ASL) 9 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: conversations Elaboration: with peers, teachers, and members of the Deaf community
Curricular Competency Narrate stories American Sign Language (ASL) 9 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: Narrate Elaboration: using common expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progressionusing past, present, and future time frames

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