Unit 4 – TIME WHAT Telling the time

Achievement objectives

Curriculum link: levels 1 and 2 of The New Zealand Curriculum

In this unit, your students will learn how to sign the months of the year and use number combinations that will enable them to communicate about time and dates.

Learning outcomes

Students will:

• tell the time
• sign and identify the months
• ask about and express dates
• count the numbers up to 31.

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

DATE, MONTH, NOT-YET, TIME, WEEK, YEAR

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER

NUMBERS 21–31

Grammar

Time signs for the past, present, and future; clock time

Sentence patterns

What is the date today? [Gloss: TODAY DATE WHAT; Non-manual signal: whq]	Today is Monday the 23rd of March. TODAY MONDAY 23 MARCH
	Tomorrow is Thursday the 22nd of November. TOMORROW THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER
	Yesterday was Sunday the 5th of December. YESTERDAY SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER
What’s the time? [Gloss: TIME WHAT; Non-manual signal: whq]	It’s one o’clock. ONE-O’CLOCK
	It’s half past six. HALF-past SIX
	It’s 6.30. SIX THIRTY
	It’s 3.15. THREE FIFTEEN
My birthday is on the 23rd of May. MY BIRTHDAY 23 MAY	My birthday’s a long way off. MY BIRTHDAY FAR

Video clips

Clip 0.5: The concepts Grammar

Clip 4.1a: Time one o'clock to twelve o'clock Vocabulary

Clip 4.1b: Numbers 21 to 31 Vocabulary

Clip 4.1c: Months of the year Vocabulary

Clip 4.2: Dates and months Sentence patterns 

Scene D – Making plans 

Scene E – Join our team

Activities

Activity 4.1 Expressing the time

Activity 4.2 The numbers up to 31

Activity 4.3 The months of the year

Activity 4.4 Communicating the date 

Support material

Worksheet 4.1: The numbers from 21 to 31 Vocabulary

Worksheet 4.2: The months of the year Vocabulary

Worksheet 4.3: Unit 4 Birthday survey

Scene D transcript

Scene E transcript

NZSL guidelines 2006 (NZSLiNZC) levels 1 and 2 (page 52)