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Interests and Leisure Activities

Weather and Seasons


ASL 1 > Social Life

Interests and Leisure Activities

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about interests and leisure activities, including likes and dislikes.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Comprehend simple, culturally-authentic announcements and signed advertisements related to leisure activities.
  • Identify activities being described.
  • Determine whether a person likes or dislikes a particular activity.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Tell the degree to which a person likes or dislikes various activities.
  • Tell when and how frequently a person participates in various activities.
  • Tell what leisure activities a person does or does not do.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

  • Identify popular sports and leisure activities within the Deaf community.
  • Identify and discuss prominent Deaf individuals involved in sports and the arts.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss sports practices influenced by signed communication. such as the football huddle and baseball signals.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare extra-curricular activities in the Deaf and hearing communities.
  • Compare typical customs of socializing among Deaf and hearing young people.

Communication Across Communities

  • Describe sports and leisure activities in the Deaf community.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Present tense verbs
  • Question formation and interrogative expressions
  • Adverbs of frequency
  • Negation
  • Vocabulary for likes and dislikes
  • Ranking
  • Cardinal and ordinal numbers
  • Vocabulary related to sports and leisure activities

ASL 1 > Social Life

Weather and Seasons

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about weather and seasons.
  • Ask and respond to questions about activities and weather during different seasons.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Identify weather and seasons based on signed descriptions.
  • Identify weather and seasons as represented by symbols (e.g., picture of sun, cloud, rain).

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Describe a variety of weather conditions and seasons.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

  • Discuss the influence of weather on lifestyles and activities.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss accessing emergency weather information and local updates.

Communication Across Communities

  • Interpret regional signs across America related to weather and seasons.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Seasonal activity vocabulary
  • Weather expressions

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Last Updated
August 25, 2008


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