Get Ready! Soar - PROGRAM SAMPLER

Unit 1 | 29 UNIT 1 / CONNECT TO MEDIA FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Use ASL to develop English vocabulary. Have students work with a classmate they have not worked with before. Have one student sign one of the ten ASL signs. Have his or her classmate say the word or phrase in English. Amplify Have students who easily learned the signs model the signs for others. Have one student make the sign and another student say the English word or phrase. Some vocabulary taught in the video has not been formally taught in the unit. Model pronunciation for How are you? and I’m great; I’m fine . Write the expressions on the board, and model a brief conversation with a volunteer. Then have pairs use the expressions in English and in ASL. Have students respond to the video by asking them to talk or write about being multilingual. Provide the sentence frame: I speak ____ and ____. I want to learn ____. Provide a word bank of home languages if needed. Instructional Routine p. Txxxii VIEWING STRATEGY: Watch for key words Say : Today we are going to learn new words. The words are not English . Ask : What words in English are very important? Lead a discussion. Write students’ ideas on the board under the heading Important words . Say : We will watch for these important words . Top 10 Basic ASL Signs In this video, a man teaches ten important signs in ASL. They are: hello ; good-bye ; My name is ; Nice to meet you ; How are you? ; I’m great ; I’m fine ; yes ; no ; and thank you . Before you watch • Pre-teach Students may or may not be familiar with sign language. Some students may know some letters, but may not understand the concept of deafness. Gesture deafness by cupping your ears. Say : I put my hands on my ears, and I cannot hear. There are some people who cannot hear at all. Someone who is deaf cannot hear any sounds. How does that person talk to others? (They use their hands.) Gesture using your hands to say hello or thumbs up. Say : In fact, a person who is deaf in the United States learns a language called American Sign Language, or ASL . Write it on the board. Say : We can learn some ASL signs today . • Culture note Sign language, like other languages, is different in different countries. Within the United States, sign language—like American English—has regionalisms. While you watch 1 Play the video. Say : Today we will learn important words in American Sign Language . 2 First, ask students to identify words they know from the video. Upon a second viewing, see how many more words students know. Then, have students work in pairs to answer the question. Ask volunteers to share their responses. They may say the man is communicating in American Sign Language, or ASL. He is a teacher. After you watch 3 Group students based on signs they want to learn. Replay the video as needed. 4 Once students master two signs, challenge them to learn more signs. Respond to media Explain that some people are multilingual . They speak many languages. Ask : Are you multilingual? Do you want to be multilingual? Point out that if students know their home language, English, and ASL, they are multilingual. EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE COMMUNICATE Unit 1 | twenty-nine 29 PUT IT ALL TOGETHER CONNECT TO Media Top 10 Basic ASL Signs 1 Watch the video about American Sign Language (ASL). 2 Write the answers. Share with the class. 1. Write three words you know from the video. 2. What does the man do in the video? 3 Watch the video again. Learn two ASL signs. 4 Watch the video again. Use the two ASL signs along with the man. ELL22_G4-6_SE_U1_028-029_PM_CP.indd 29 1/6/21 10:54 AM