Lesson Plan

Subject: ASL 1
st
year Grade: 9-12 Unit Title:
Vocabulary
Enduring Understanding (Big Idea):
Improved communication. Improved expressive and receptive skills.
Guiding Question:
I I don!t kno" a si#n $o" "ill I communicate t$e "ord "it$out %n#erspellin# it or
voicin# it& 'o" does it eel "$en you are speakin# "it$ someone "$o can!t
communicate "ell "it$ you and t$ey try to speak louder or slo"er to you to make
you understand&
Learning Targets:
I can practice my expressive skills by si#nin# our vocabulary.
I can s$o" $o" "ell I $ave retained t$e vocabulary.
I can practice my receptive skills by "atc$in# my classmates si#n t$e vocabulary.
Standards Addressed:
Mini-Lesson: Sno"ball %#$t(
'ook) Vocabulary revie"
*eac$er Action Student Action
+xplain t$e rules) +ac$ person "rites ,
di-erent vocabulary "ords rom t$eir
vocabulary .ournal and crumples t$e
paper up. *$en "e all #et in a circle and
t$ro" our sno"balls around. Ater a
minute eac$ person #rabs a sno"ball/
opens it and places it on t$e 0oor in
ront o t$em. *$en one person "ill si#n
t$e t$ree "ords on t$e paper "it$out
askin# or $elp. I t$ey can!t do it t$e
circle moves until someone is able to
si#n all t$ree "ords. Ater successul
si#nin# o t$e t$ree "ords t$e next
Students "rite "ords on paper/ crumple
and t$ro"
person si#ns t$eir "ords.
1ive students t$e list o "ords on t$e
po"erpoint i needed
1et a sno"ball and stand in circle
2irections to release to "ork time)
1ive rules and $and out paper and markers
or! Ti"e:
*eac$er Action Student Action
3bserve and let students kno" i t$ey
si#ned correctly or not
Students si#n t$e "ords rom t$eir
sno"ball or move accordin# to t$e "ords
#losing:
S$are 3ut) 'o" do you eel about your vocabulary kno"led#e& 2id you %nd t$ere
"ere "ords you didn!t remember&
2ebrie) 4$at are some t$in#s I can do to $elp mysel improve my vocabulary&
Assess"ent:
Students si#nin# t$e vocabulary.