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Unit 6 – IX-you NEED WHAT What do you need?
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- Overview
- Activity 6.1
- Activity 6.2
- Activity 6.3
- Activity 6.4
Achievement objectives
Curriculum link: levels 1 and 2 of The New Zealand Curriculum
In this unit, your students will learn to express their feelings, needs, and wants and to respond appropriately to the feelings, needs, and wants of others.
Learning outcomes
Students will:
- express feelings, needs, and wants
- ask about and respond to the feelings, needs, and wants of others.
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
BEAT, BORED, CONFUSED, CONGRATULATIONS, DRINK, EXCITED, FOOD, GO, GREAT, HOMEWORK, HOPE, HUG, HUNGRY, NEED, SAD, SLEEP, THIRSTY, TIRED, TRY, WANT, WIN, WORRIED
Grammar
Topic comment structure; assertion; yes/no questions; use of space; contrastive structure
Sentence patterns
| I want my team to win. [Gloss: IX-me WANT MY TEAM WIN; Non-manual signal: nod] | We must beat them today. [Gloss: TODAY; Non-manual signal: t][Gloss: MUST BEAT-them; Non-manual signal: nod] |
| We won! I’m excited! [Gloss: IX-we WIN, IX-me EXCITED; Non-manual signal: nod] | I’m happy we won! [Gloss: IX-me HAPPY WIN; Non-manual signal: nod] |
| Congratulations! Well done! CONGRATULATIONS "thumbs up" | |
| What do you need? [Gloss: IX-you NEED WHAT; Non-manual signal: whq] | I don’t need anything. [Gloss: IX-me NEED NOTHING; Non-manual signal: neg] |
| I’m tired. I want to sleep. [Gloss: IX-me TIRED, IX-me WANT SLEEP; Non-manual signal: nod] | I’m confused. I need to learn. [Gloss: IX-me CONFUSED; Non-manual signal: nod], IX-me NEED LEARN |
| My homework is piling up. [Gloss: HOMEWORK IX-it; Non-manual signal: t] CL: pile-up | I’m bored. I want to go and play. [Gloss: IX-me BORED; Non-manual signal: nod], IX-me WANT PLAY |
Video clips
Clip 0.6: Topic-Comment sentences Grammar
Clip 6.1a: What do you need? Vocabulary
Clip 6.1b: What do you need? Vocabulary
Clip 6.2a: Congratulations Sentence Patterns
Clip 6.2b: What do you need? Sentence Patterns
Clip 6.2c: Topic-Comment sentences Sentence Patterns
Activities
Activity 6.1 Vocabulary
Activity 6.2 Making comparisons and connections between languages
Activity 6.3 Communicating needs and wants
Activity 6.4 Assessing progress
Support material
Worksheet 6.1 Vocabulary a
Worksheet 6.2 Vocabulary b
Worksheet 6.3 Communicating needs and wants