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Unit 14 – WEATHER WHAT Weather report
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Achievement objectives
Curriculum link: levels 1 and 2 of The New Zealand Curriculum
In this unit, your students will discuss and comment on the weather, including how it affects them and their plans.
Learning outcomes
Students will:
- communicate about plans
- ask about and describe the weather
- express feeling, emotions, and needs.
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
AUTUMN, AWFUL, BOTHER, CLOUDY, FOG, LIGHTNING, RAIN, SAFE, SPRING, SUMMER, SUNNY (FINE, HOT), SNOW, TEMPERATURE, WEATHER, WEEKEND, WINDY, WINTER
Grammar
Non-manual signals; conditionals
Sentence patterns
| What will you do today? [Gloss: TODAY; Non-manual signal: t][Gloss: IX-you DO WHAT; Non-manual signal: whq] | I'm going to play soccer. [Gloss: IX-me PLAY SOCCER; Non-manual signal: nod] |
| What's the weather like? [Gloss: WEATHER COLD HOT WHICH; Non-manual signal: whq] | It's horrible weather. WEATHER IX-it AWFUL |
| Oh! We can't go on our picnic! [Gloss: "oh" CAN'T GO PICNIC; Non-manual signal: neg] | What a pity! BOTHER |
| I hate winter because it's too cold. [Gloss: WINTER; Non-manual signal: t], [Gloss: IX-me DON'T-LIKE; Non-manual signal: neg], COLD++ | |
| In summer, I swim a lot. [Gloss: SUMMER; Non-manual signal: t] IX-me SWIM+++ | It's not safe to go swimming. [Gloss: SWIM SAFE "wave no"; Non-manual signal: neg] |
| The temperature is 32° in Nelson. NELSON TEMPERATURE-up 32 !HOT! | Argh! That's so hot! !WOW! !HOT! |
| Will it be fine tomorrow? [Gloss: TOMORROW SUN; Non-manual signal: y/n q] | I'm going skateboarding tomorrow if it's not raining. [Gloss: TOMORROW RAIN NOTHING; Non-manual signal: cond] IX-me SKATEBOARD |
| I have to stay home. (sigh) IX-me HAVE-TO STAY HOME |
Video clips
Clip 14.1a: Weather words Vocabulary
Clip 14.1b: Seasons Vocabulary
Clip 14.2a: What will you do today? Sentence patterns
Clip 14.2b: About the weather Sentence patterns
Activities
Activity 14.1 Learning vocabulary and aspects of Deaf culture
Activity 14.2 Describing the weather
Activity 14.3 Communicating about the weather
Activity 14.4 Assessing progress
Support material
Worksheet 14.1 Weather vocabulary
Worksheet 14.2 Describing the weather
Worksheet 14.3 Information gap task on the weather