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American Sign Language 1

ASL 1 Scope and Sequence

 

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Flashcards

Assignment

Signing Assignment

asl.ms

asl.bz

Lesson 4

Culture

Assignment

Unit Test

Unit 1

Finger-spelling 

A-J and Tips

Finger-spelling

K-Z

Correcting Fingerspelling Errors

A-Z

Learn How to Use asl.bz

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

What is

Deaf Culture?

Elements of Deaf Culture Essay

Unit 1

Test

Unit 2

Making Yes/No Questions

Making Information Questions

Dominant vs. Non-Dominant Hand Usage

Introductions,

Question Words

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

What is ASL?

Joseph Wheeler Video Questions

Unit 2

Test

Unit 3

Numbers 0-20

Pronouns vs. Possession

The Pesky Mirror Image

Family, School and Commands

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

How the Deaf See Themselves

Deaf K-12 Education

Nyle DiMarco Video Questions

Unit 3

Test

Unit 4

Asking For Help

Making Negative Statements

Studying Vocabulary

School, Likes and Dislikes

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

Getting Attention

Making a Video on Getting Attention

Unit 4

Test

Unit 5

Facial Expressions with Emotions

Present Tense

Getting Started with Facial Expressions

Emotions, Days of the Week, Daily Activities

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Eye Contact and how not to interrupt signers

Watch a signing video and write an essay on eye contact

Unit 5

Test

Midterm

 

 

 

 

Project: Family Tree

 

 

Project: Book Report/Speech

 

Unit 6

Inflection and More Present Tense

Combining Numbers with Time Increments, 

“Deaf” vs. “deaf”

Daily Routine, Colors and Clothing

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms Spend 30 minutes

Helen Keller

“Helen Keller Speaks Out” video Questions

Unit 6

Test

Unit 7

Introduction to Classifiers and Non-Manual Markers

Pluralizing

Feeling Overwhelmed

Describing People and Things Around the House

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Deaf Gadgets

“How Tech Is Improving Lives in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community” Video Questions

Unit 7

Test

Unit 8

Numbers 20 and Up

Ordinal Numbers

The Importance of Review

Math and Books of the Bible

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

Deaf Children in Hearing Families

Deaf Children in Hearing Families Video Questions

Unit 8

Test

Unit 9

Dates

Telling Time

Deaf Sports

Holidays and Sports

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Name Signs

International Deaf Celebrations video questions, Historical Deaf Sports Contributors

Unit 9

Test

Unit 10

Agreement/

Directional Verbs

Signing Songs

ASL Interpreting

More Food and Worship

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

Deaf Holidays

Musician Evelyn Glennie and Dancer Shaheem video questions

Unit 10

Test

Final

 

 

 

 

Project: Favorite Holiday Experience

 

 

Project: Lead a Family Discussion

Final Exam

 

 

American Sign Language II

ASL 2 Scope and Sequence

 

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Flashcards

Assignment

Signing Assignment

asl.ms

asl.bz

Lesson 4

Culture

Assignment

Unit Test

Unit 1

Bodyshifting

Listing

Getting Started in 2nd year ASL

Jobs and Illness

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

In The Workplace

Audism

Unit 1

Test

Unit 2

Past Tense

Uses of FINISH

CODAs

Growing Up and Law and Order

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

The Deaf in Prison

CODAs and The Deaf and Law Enforcement

Unit 2

Test

Unit 3

Future Tense

Making Suppositions

The History of Hearing Devices

Future and Opinion

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Hearing Devices

The Cochlear Implant Debate

Unit 3

Test

Unit 4

Body Classifiers

Element Classifiers

Koko, the Signing Gorilla

Animals and Nature 

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

The Dangers of Being Deaf During a Natural Disaster

Koko, the Signing Gorilla and the Dangers for the Deaf During and After Natural Disasters

Unit 4

Test

Unit 5

Semantic Classifiers

The Conjunction, WRONG

The Value of Clarity

At the Office and Caring for Baby

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Deaf Spaces 

The Value of Clarity and Deaf Spaces

Unit 5

Test

Midterm

 

 

 

 

Project: Create Your Own Emergency Preparedness Videos

 

 

Project: Create Your Own Classifier Handshape Story

 

Unit 6

Giving Directions Outdoors

Giving Directions Indoors and Describing Objects

Gossip in the Deaf Community

Places Around Town, Materials and Shapes

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms Spend 30 minutes

High vs. Low Context Cultures

Deaf Jokes

Unit 6

Test

Unit 7

Describing Land Shapes

Role Shifting

The Deaf and Driving

Countries/Languages,

Travel

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Deaf Travel

Famous Deaf Drivers and Travel Options

Unit 7

Test

Unit 8

The Conjunctions FIND and HIT

The Conjunctions UNDERSTAND and DOESN’T-MATTER

Online ASL News

War and News

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

Deaf in the Military

The Daily Moth and Keith Nolan 

Unit 8

Test

Unit 9

Storytelling

Rhetorical Questions

ASL Gloss

Literature, Jewelry and Poetry

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Poetry and Deaf Slams and Jams

Analyzing Poems and a Slam

Unit 9

Test

Unit 10

Showing Intensity

Conjunctions: ONE and THINK

Deaf Church

Religions Around the World and Testimony 

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

Giving One’s Testimony

Deaf Church and Deaf Testimonies

Unit 10

Test

Final

 

 

 

 

Project: Giving Your Testimony

 

 

 

Final Exam

 

American Sign Language III

ASL 3 Scope and Sequence 

 

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Flashcards

Assignment

Signing Assignment

asl.ms

asl.bz

Lesson 4

Culture

Assignment

Conversation Assignment

Unit Test

Unit 1

Contrastive Structure

Com-

paratives

About This Class

States and

 Discussing

 US History

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

History of 

ASL

The History of ASL, PISL and BASL

Impromptu

Signing, “My

State”

Unit 1

Test

Unit 2

Faceting

Expressing Concepts

“More” and

“Less”, WORSE

Changes

In ASL

Over the

Years

Aging and

 In the 

Hospital

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

Aging and the

Deaf In

Hospitals

The Deaf in Hospitals and Caring for Deaf Seniors

Debate: Should ASL be a Required Class?

Unit 2

Test

Unit 3

Reiteration

The Superlative

Lipreading

Advanced Adjectives

 and 

Adverbs

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Oralism 

Vs.

Manualism

The Oralism vs. Manualism Debate and Lipreading Challenges

Out in the Deaf Community Experience #1

Unit 3

Test

Unit 4

Explaining 

By 

Examples

State 

Ab-

breviations

Deaf Universities

 University

 and Protest/

Debate Vocabulary

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

The DPN Movement Introduction

The Deaf President Now Movement

Impromptu Signing “Gallaudet University”

Unit 4

Test

Unit 5

Couching/

Nesting

The Con-

junctions

DO-DO and

HAPPEN

The Spectrum Art Colony and Deaf Museums

Art and

 Home Improvement

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

DE’VIA Artists

Deaf Artists and the De’VIA Movement

Debate: Should Separation of Church and State Remain in Law?

Unit 5

Test

Midterm

 

 

 

 

Signing Project: Christian Conference Guest Presenter

 

 

Culture Project: Documentary Filmmaker

 

 

Unit 6

Describe

Then

Do

The Con-

junctions 

Frustrate and 

Reason

Jury Duty

Parts of a Car and Cities

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms Spend 30 minutes

Andrew Foster and Deaf Missions

Jury Duty, Andrew Foster and Deaf Missions

Out in the Deaf Community Experience #2

Unit 6

Test

Unit 7

Using

 Finger-

Spelling

for Clarifi-

cation

Expansion Techniques and

Con-

junctions Summary 

Deaflympics

Food and Cooking

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

Deaf Persecution 

Deaflympics, Deaf Persecution, and Refugees

Impromptu Signing: Cooking Show

Unit 7

Test

Unit 8

Combining Numbers

With 

Money

The Five

Parameters

Of a Sign

How to Use a Reverse Sign Dictionary/

The History

Long-distance

Commun-

ication 

 

Finances 

and 

Online Vocabulary

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

Deaf-Owned Businesses

TTY/Captioned Telephone Demon-strations, Deaf

Business Owners

And Services

Debate:

Interest-free Business Loans for the Deaf

Unit 8

Test

Unit 9

Idioms

Iconic vs. 

Arbitrary

Signs

 

Social Norms at Gatherings

Idiomatic Phrases and Gatherings

Signing Dialogues

asl.bz

Spend 30 minutes

The Deaf in Film and Tinnitus

The Deaf in Film and Tinnitus

Impromptu Signing: The Good Samaritan and Feeling Through Comparison

Unit 9

Test

Unit 10

Interpreting Techniques and Working with Synonyms

Language Registers

Improving Your Interpreting Game

Homonyms and Interpreting Practice

Signing Dialogues

asl.ms

Spend 30 minutes

Causes of Deafness

 

Out in the Community Experience

Unit 10

Test

Final

 

 

 

 

Project: Planning a Deaf Mission Trip

 

 

 

 

Final Exam