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Giving Assistance
Role play! It's time for learners to interact and practice their vocabulary in context. American Sign Language learners are given different scenarios and are encouraged to converse with others utilizing their new vocabulary. Great...
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ASL Sign Time Test
What were you doing yesterday evening? What time did you go to sleep? Use this time test to quiz your ASL class with time and schedule vocabulary.
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Master ASL Unit Two: Directionality
What is directionality? Pronouns are imbedded in many signs used in American Sign Language. Teach your class some of the most common directional verbs and give them opportunities for practice. End this short day with a brief...
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Greetings in American Sign Language
What is your name? Run through the slides to acquaint your learners with greeting others in ASL. Your pupils will then practice introducing themselves to others around the classroom, and they will end the day by creating a poster...
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How to Speak Without a Voice
Some babies are learning sign language before learning to speak. Given the scenarios in this quiz, can you identify what each sign means? Multiple-choice answers are provided for each question. Use this resource in a psychology or sign...
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Sign Language: a History
Did you know that umpires first adopted hand signals when baseball's first deaf Major League player, William "Dummy" Hoy, started playing in the late 1800's? Discuss some of the historical impacts the Deaf population had on the 16th...
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Cultural Notes: A Look at Deaf Culture
How do people become deaf? Can deaf people do the same things as those who aren't deaf? There are a lot of questions that surround us when we are unfamiliar with something. Help your class be more culturally sensitive with this...
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Body Language
The power of signs and signals. Viewers use various body parts to illustrate how gestures convey meaning and how the meaning of these gestures may differ among racial and cultural groups, between men and women, or have meaning to...
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ASL Crossword
Give your ASL students this crossword puzzle to fill time or review basic vocabulary terms. The clues are creatively done using visual images of the hand signs. How clever!
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Classifiers
Classifiers help describe things in American Sign Language. Provide your class with a visual image for each classifier, and then use this presentation as a review tool. Finally have learners put their knowledge to use by selecting...
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Practice Fingerspelling
An extensive list of vocabulary is provided, one word per slide, but make sure you stop after each slide to ensure your learners are practicing the correct sign. Also, organize slides in a more manageable chunk to retain your learners'...
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American Sign Language History and Practice
Is fingerspelling a popular way to communicate in American Sign Language? Actually, only about 15% of a conversation between Deaf people uses fingerspelling! Learn more about Deaf history and review a variety of general strategies for...
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American Sign Language
Provide your ASL learners with lots of historical and cultural information on the Deaf community. As the slides are text heavy and extensive, select certain slides to cover based on your day's agenda.
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What is Language?
Intended to be used along with the first chapter of An Introduction to Language textbook, this PowerPoint is full of linguistic terminology that is not necessarily explained. This tool can be used to complement a lecture or a text, but...
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Give Me a Little Sign
Students watch an episode of the PBS show "Maya & Miguel," and demonstrate various letters and words in American Sign Language. They create a message using a comic strip, spell their name using ASL, and answer discussion questions...
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Deaf and Diverse
Students examine deaf culture and the role that American Sign Language plays in forging a sense of community.
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ASL III: Classifiers
Classifiers show movement, location, and appearance. This basic presentation will introduce ASL learners to how classifiers are formed and what their functions are. Pair with practice opportunities to engage all learners!
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Science for Technology
Learners discuss sign language and learn how to spell some words. In this investigative lesson students work with a partner to write and perform sign language on a given topic.
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Letter Xx Practice
In this letter X printing practice worksheet, students trace the uppercase letter. Students then practice printing the uppercase letter independently on the lines provided. Students may also color the American Sign Language picture.
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Letter Gg Practice
For this letter Gg printing practice worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letters. Students then practice printing the uppercase and lowercase letters independently on the lines provided. Students may also color the...
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American Sign Language Cards
In this American Sign Language worksheet, students cut out and study six illustrated cards. Students follow the written directions and picture clues to learn to sign these words: animal, tree, bag, wind, rain, bird.
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A (American Sign Language Graphic)
For this printing letter A worksheet, students trace dotted examples of upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter Aa. Students then use the blank primary lines to practice forming their own letters.
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C is for C: American Sign Language
In this early childhood letter Cc worksheet, students practice tracing the uppercase C and lowercase c lines before they form the same letters independently on the lines provided. A picture of the symbol C in American Sign Language is...
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American Sign Language Poster
In this American sign language worksheet, students learn the alphabet by analyzing this poster that has each letter with a picture of the hand in the correct position. There are no questions to answer.