(Brad Hardin)

(Monday November 23, 2015)

LESSON
SCHOOL
School Name
Subject
Level
Students
Time

University of North Carolina Greensboro

American Sign Language 101
ASL I College Level
25 students
11:00 am to 12:15 pm

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 crosscultural interactions.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, 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.
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
Unit
Topic
Goal
Objectives

Outcomes

Welcome to ASL 101 ASL Unit I

Introduction to ASL
The goal for the class is to discuss the syllabus, the purposes of ASL, start on
some introduction and play activities related to Deaf Culture.
The students will:
Discuss the syllabus with professor
Understand the purposes of ASL
Introductions
Play Kahoot.it (An activity related to Deaf Culture)
1) Demonstrate comprehension and production skills by sharing
biographies in the target language (ASL).
- (ACTFL 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1, 5.1)

(Brad Hardin)
(Monday November 23, 2015)

Vocabulary
Materials

2) Learn new signs and grammatical structure in the target language

(ASL) related to introductions.
- (ACTFL 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
3) Identify at least one key aspect of Deaf Culture.
- (ACTFL 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.2, 4.2)
The lesson meets the following methods:
Interactive Learning (Students will interact with others during the
introduction activity)
Communicative Language Teaching (Students will practice
Introductions with five people)
Purposes of ASL, Introductions
Course Syllabus, PowerPoint, Kahoot.it Activity

PROCEDURE
Open/Review

Description
Start with roll call then class will go over the course syllabus

Activating
Strategy
Teacher
Directed
Guided
Practices
Independent
Practices
Closure/
Summarizing
Strategy
Activating
Strategy
Teacher
Directed
Guided
Practices
Independent
Practices
Closure/
Summarizing
Strategy
Assessment

Move on to Introduction

Differentiation

N/A until I get to know the students better and come to

Explain the purpose of ASL then introduction

Time
15
minutes
2 minutes

Practice the introduction with a student

10
minutes
5 minutes

Students will do the introductions with a partner then meet up to

5 people to do introductions
See if the students have any questions or comments about the
introductions

15
minutes
2-3
minutes

Move on to the new activity related to Deaf Culture on Kahoot.it

2 minutes

Explain what Kahoot.it is and what the students will be doing.

5 minutes

Give them an example of how to do Kahoot.it and show them one

of the questions before they start the activity
Students play the activity on Kahoot.it while the teacher goes
over the questions
Ask the students if they have any questions related to anything
including the syllabus

3 minutes

Syllabus, Introductions, Kahoot.it Activity

Class
Period
Class

15
minutes
5 minutes

(Brad Hardin)
(Monday November 23, 2015)
conclusions regarding the students.

Period