Cities, Places, Activities and Transportation
Shopping
Restaurants and Food
ASL 1 > Community Life
Cities, Places, Activities, and Transportation
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about a city.
- Ask about and give directions to a site within a town or city.
- Ask and answer questions regarding modes of transportation modes in a city.
- Ask and answer questions about when and where activities and/or celebrations take place.
Understanding Signed Language
- Identify locations on a map based on signed communication.
- Identify locations where activities take place based on signed communication.
- Find a location based on signed communication.
Producing Signed Language
- Give directions to a city location or activity.
- Describe a day’s activities, including locations.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the adaptations for the deaf related to transportation (e.g. flashing lights for the approach of a subway train, etc.).
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare the issues a Deaf person encounters in public transportation to those of a hearing person (e.g. public address system announcements, communicating with bus and taxi drivers, etc.).
Communication Across Communities
- Discuss issues related to deaf drivers.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary for giving directions
- Geography vocabulary
- Prepositions of location
- Question formation and interrogative expressions
- Commands
- Confirmation
- Asking and telling where (topic-comment structure)
- Basic requests
- Spatial referencing
- Noun/verb pairs
- Perspective
ASL 1 > Community Life
Shopping
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about stores and types of merchandise.
- Discuss shopping experiences.
- Ask for or give the description of an item being purchased.
- Ask and answer questions regarding where items can be purchased and how much they cost.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify items for sale in an advertisement.
- Identify locations where specific items can be purchased.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Describe an item for sale in a store.
- Tell about the purchase or sale of an item.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the communication pattern of Deaf persons to be straight-forward, including in buying and selling situations.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare the communication pattern of Deaf persons and hearing persons in buying and selling situations.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Adjective agreement and placement
- Classifiers
- Non-manual markers
- Courtesy expressions
- Direct and indirect object pronouns
- Numbers
ASL 1 > Community Life
Restaurants and Food
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about food.
- Ask and answer questions about a meal or restaurant experience.
- Order or take an order for a meal at a restaurant.
- Ask and answer questions regarding items on a menu.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify grocery and food items in a signed advertisement, menu, recipe, etc.
- Identify locations where specific foods can be purchased.
- Comprehend information about items in a market.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Describe a restaurant meal.
- Present descriptions and opinions about food.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss Deaf manners as related to food and meals.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare behaviors and manners related to food and meals in the Deaf and hearing communities.
Communication Across Communities
- Investigate information on silent dinners in the local area.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Shopping for food
- Expressions for ordering a meal
- Nutrition and food groups
- Interrogative sentences
- Declarative sentences
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