Grade 7: Acquiring Information

PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES

• extract specific information from age-appropriate ASL resources in order to complete authentic tasks
• convey acquired information expressively

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Invite a guest who is fluent in ASL to give the class a short presentation on his or her occupation. Students can then prepare posters for the school based on the presentation.
• Have students use the Internet to search for information on Deaf culture and ASL. Ask them to present the information, including the Internet addresses, using ASL in their presentations where applicable.
• Ask students to obtain information from family members about their school days, using only ASL, mime, and gesture to ask questons. Have students report back to the class on any difficulties they had.

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• When students represent or report on information they have acquired, note the extent to which they are able to:
  • identify and recount key ideas or impressions
  • include relevant and accurate detail
  • reproduce some ASL signs, phrases, and patterns in understandable forms
  • organize and sequence their information appropriately (e.g., when giving instructions)
• Provide or develop with students a list of criteria to be used for self- and teacher assessment when students are working with ASL resources. For example:
  • recognizes familiar signs in new contexts
  • uses signs to help acquire meaning (when appropriate)
  • uses an ASL dictionary, ASL videos, or CD-ROMs appropriately (e.g., to confirm and locate the meanings of selected key words)
  • uses non-verbal clues (e.g., context, gesture, graphics, pictures) to support meaning
  • uses knowledge of common patterns to make predictions and inferences
• When students are working on assigned tasks, note the extent to which they:
  • approach tasks with confidence
  • persevere, trying different approaches or strategies when having difficulty
  • tolerate ambiguity, using the information they understand without being frustrated by gaps in their knowledge

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