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Unit 12 – SMILE Smile!
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Achievement objectives
Curriculum link: levels 1 and 2 of The New Zealand Curriculum
In this unit, your students will ask about, express, and respond to feelings, needs, and emotions.
Learning outcomes
Students will:
- ask about feelings, needs, and emotions
- express feelings, needs, and emotions
- tell a story.
Success criteria
The assessment criteria are based on the curriculum achievement objectives for learning languages at levels 1 and 2. These criteria measure the students’ ability to communicate in NZSL.
Language knowledge
Vocabulary
ALRIGHT, ANGRY, COLD, COME-ON, CRY, FEEL, HAPPY, HOT (feeling hot), HURT, INTERESTING, NERVOUS, SCARED, SICK, SMILE, STORY, SURPRISED, UPSET, AH
Grammar
Wh-questions: WHAT and WHY; adverbial inflection; non-manual signals
Sentence patterns
| I'm excited. [Gloss: IX-me EXCITED IX-me; Non-manual signal: nod] | I feel unhappy. [Gloss: IX-me HAPPY; Non-manual signal: neg] |
| What's wrong? [Gloss: IX-you ALRIGHT IX-you; Non-manual signal: y/n q] | |
| My friend Zoe is excited. MY FRIEND fs-ZOE IX-she EXCITED (jump-for-joy) | Why? [Gloss: WHY; Non-manual signal: whq] |
| Why is Sam angry? [Gloss: fs-SAM ANGRY, WHY IX-he; Non-manual signal: whq] | I don't know. [Gloss: IX-me DON'T-KNOW IX-me; Non-manual signal: neg] |
| What's happened? [Gloss: HAPPEN WHAT; Non-manual signal: whq] | Her sister is sad. She's crying. HER SISTER SAD, CRY++ |
| That's awesome! [Gloss: AWESOME; Non-manual signal: nod] | Wow! WOW |
| That's a great story! [Gloss: IX-it STORY GREAT; Non-manual signal: nod] | Cheer up! COME-ON, POSITIVE |
Video clips
Clip 12.1a Vocabulary (words to describe feelings)
Clip 12.1b Vocabulary (short responses)
Clip 12.2a Sentence patterns (How are you feeling?)
Clip 12.2b Sentence patterns (That's a great story!)
Clip 6.1a Vocabulary (What do you need?)
Activities
Activity 12.1 Learning vocabulary and aspects of Deaf culture
Activity 12.2 Storytelling
Activity 12.3 Communicating feelings, emotions, and needs
Activity 12.4 Assessing progress
Support material
Worksheet 12.1 Words to describe feelings Vocabulary A
Worksheet 12.2 Storytelling Vocabulary B
Worksheet 12.3 Communicating feelings, needs, and emotions
Worksheet 6.1 Vocabulary (describing conditions, needs, and wants)