LESSON

PLAN COM 114 Tim S. Johnston

Date:

Friday, September 25, 2015

Location:

SFH 167

Topic/lesson:

Unit 2: About You Cities and States

Level:

Beginner Level 1

Target
Language:

American Sign Language Second Language Learners

Course
Description:

This course is an introduction to American Sign Language (ASL), Deaf culture and United States Deaf
communities. Students will learn fundamental language skills and cultural knowledge needed to
comprehend, produce, and interact effectively with diverse sign language users. This course will
include an introduction to Deaf culture and history to increase sensitivity in cross-cultural interactions.

At the end of the course, ASL 1 students will be able to:

1. Apply accurate production, grammar and structural rules in sentences.
2. Demonstrate comprehension and production skills in order to participate in conversations and
produce narratives.

Course
Outcomes:

3. Perform language and social behaviors that are acceptable within United States Deaf
communities.
4. Examine, compare and contrast diverse Deaf Culture and history with their own cultures.
5. Produce and document emerging language skills using digital media and tools.

Lesson Outcomes Chart
At the end of the lesson, the student will be able to:

Lesson Outcomes
1. Demonstrate
comprehension and production
skills by sharing biographies in
ASL.
2. Recognize signs and
grammatical structure in ASL
related to states and cities.
3. Identify at least one key
aspect of Deaf culture.

Teaching
Methods:

Lesson Activity
Paired, group, and class
dialogue practice.
Paired, group, and class
dialogue practice.

Lesson 2.3
Presentation

Lesson Assessment
Assignment 2.3:
Biography
Presentation rubric.

Assignment 2.3: Biography
Presentation rubric.
Unit 2 Quiz: Multiple Choices.
Unit 2 Quiz: Multiple Choices.
Assignment 2.4:
A comparative paper on
Gallaudet University and two
other universities.

Aligned with
Course Outcomes
1, 2, 3, 5

1, 2, 3, 5

1, 3, 4

Communicative Language Teaching:
The focus will be learner-centric in which learners will develop communicative competency through sharing
their biographies and interests with each other. The teacher and learners will use the target language so that
students will experience authentic language while sharing and interacting with each other. Deaf culture,
history, norms and tendencies will be introduced through in-class demonstration and activities.

Tim S. Johnston 2015

Materials &
Equipment:

Interactive Learning:
Students will engage in interactive learning opportunities through partner and group activities and to apply
their target language skills to real-world situations. They will discuss topics such as, where they are from, where
they currently reside, and leisure activities that they enjoy.

Whole Language:
Students will have opportunities to experience authentic, target language use by engaging in dialogue as
opposed to memorizing lists of detached words and grammatical structures. There will be in-class activities
geared toward allowing students to exchange their backgrounds and interests so that they can develop their
comprehension and production skills in the target language.

Signing Naturally Units 1-6 Teachers Curriculum
LCD projector
Computer and iPad
Digital presentation: Unit 2, Lesson Plan 2.3

Vocabulary
List:

TELL WHERE
BEEN-THERE HERE

FAR IX-loc

FROM LIVE

GROW-UP NEAR

GO-TO
MOVE
NORTH,
EAST,
SOUTH
WEST
STRUCTURE:

t
ME LIVE FAR
t
ME LIVE NEAR
whq
YOU LIVE WHERE
whq
YOU FROM WHERE
t whq
YOU GROW-UP WHERE

STATES
ALASKA
NEW YORK
ARIZONIA
OREGON
CALIFORNIA TEXAS
HAWAII
WASHINTON

CITIES
ATLANTA MIAMI
AUSTIN NEW YORK CITY
CHICAGO ROCHESTER
HOLLYWOOD WASHINGTON DC

GRAMMAR:

t whq
YOU BORN WHERE
q
BEEN-THERE FINISH
t whq
IX-person LIVE WHERE

ME BORN (CITY/STATE), NOW
LIVE (CITY/STATE)
*contrastive structure*

yes/no questions

wh-question: WHAT, WHERE

topic-comment structure

affirm/negate

real world orientation using IX-loc

th

Procedure: Lesson 2.3 Plan (9 class): Cities and States

Slide #1 (5 minutes)

Roll Call: The instructor will direct students to sign in using PhotoBooth App on
iPad by fingerspelling their first name. The students will be seated in semi circle
classroom to maintain a clear sightline.

The instructor will wave both her/his hands in the air quickly to get everyones
attention and ask students if they have any questions from Assignment 2.2
(previous class assignment.)

Tim S. Johnston 2015