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Unit 17 – WE GO WHERE Where are we going?
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Achievement objectives
Curriculum link: levels 1 and 2 of The New Zealand Curriculum
In this unit, your students will give and respond to directions and instructions and will locate places on a map.
Learning outcomes
Students will:
- give directions and instructions
- respond to directions and instructions.
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
AFTER, AROUND, ASSEMBLY, BOTTOM, BUILDING, DOOR, DOWN, FIRST, GO-TO, GYM, HALL, HALLWAY, LIBRARY, MAP, MIDDLE, NEAR, OVER, PAST, SECOND, STRAIGHT, TECHNOLOGY ROOM, TREE, TURN-LEFT, TURN-RIGHT, UP, WALK, OPPOSITE, STAIRS, GO-BACK
Grammar
Real-world orientation indexing; non-manual markers; spatial referencing; ordinal numbers from FIRST to FIFTH
Sentence patterns
| How do I get to the library? [Gloss: IX-me GO-TO LIBRARY HOW; Non-manual signal: whq] | The library is ahead on the left. [Gloss: LIBRARY IX-loc; Non-manual signal: t] IX-you STRAIGHT TURN-LEFT |
| Where's the library? [Gloss: LIBRARY WHERE; Non-manual signal: whq] | Turn right and then keep going straight. TURN-RIGHT, STRAIGHT+++ |
| Where's the toilet? [Gloss: TOILET WHERE; Non-manual signal: whq] | The toilet is in the corridor on the right. [Gloss: HALLWAY TURN-RIGHT; Non-manual signal: t][Gloss: TOILET IX-loc; Non-manual signal: nod] |
| Go to the technology room next to the hall. [Gloss: HALL IX-loc; Non-manual signal: t] NEXT IX-loc TECHNOLOGY ROOM | Let's check the map. Maybe there's a quicker way. MAP LOOK, [Gloss: HAVE QUICK DIRECTION; Non-manual signal: y/n q] |
| That's right. RIGHT++ |
Video clips
Clip 0.2: Often-used classroom instructions Grammar
Clip 7.1b: Prepositions Vocabulary
Clip 17.1a: Naming places and objects Vocabulary
Clip 17.1b: Prepositions Vocabulary
Clip 17.2a: Where's the library? Sentence patterns
Clip 17.2b: First, second, third ... Sentence patterns
Scene Q – Where are the girls?
Activities
Activity 17.1 Naming places
Activity 17.2 Where am I going?
Activity 17.3 Where am I?
Activity 17.4 Assessing progress
Support material
Worksheet 17.1 Vocabulary Places
Worksheet 17.2 Vocabulary Directions
Worksheet 17.3 A map of a school