Ontario Grade 9 LASBO American Sign Language as a Second Language (Grade 9, Open)
Chapters: 4
1. A. ASL Conversational Discourse
A1 Understanding Ideas and Information in ASL Conversational Discourse · A2 Responding to Ideas and Information in ASL Conversational Discourse · A3 Reflecting on ASL Conversational Discourse
- Anthropology and Culture – Anthropology is the study of human beings as a whole: our bodies, our past, our languages and our ways of life. Culture is the shared, learned way of life of a group: what people make, do, say and believe. Culture is learned, shared, symbolic, connected and always changing. Anthropologists study it by living with people (participant observation) and try to understand each culture on its own terms (cultural relativism) instead of judging it by their own (ethnocentrism).
2. B. Comprehending ASL Construction and Content
B1 Demonstrating Understanding of ASL Content · B2 Purpose, ASL Form, and Style · B3 Reflecting on Comprehension in ASL
- Anthropology and Culture – Anthropology is the study of human beings as a whole: our bodies, our past, our languages and our ways of life. Culture is the shared, learned way of life of a group: what people make, do, say and believe. Culture is learned, shared, symbolic, connected and always changing. Anthropologists study it by living with people (participant observation) and try to understand each culture on its own terms (cultural relativism) instead of judging it by their own (ethnocentrism).
3. C. Constructing ASL Content and Usage of ASL Grammatical Structures
C1 Purpose, Audience, and ASL Forms · C2 Using the ASL Constructing Process · C3 Reflecting on the ASL Constructing Process
- Anthropology and Culture – Anthropology is the study of human beings as a whole: our bodies, our past, our languages and our ways of life. Culture is the shared, learned way of life of a group: what people make, do, say and believe. Culture is learned, shared, symbolic, connected and always changing. Anthropologists study it by living with people (participant observation) and try to understand each culture on its own terms (cultural relativism) instead of judging it by their own (ethnocentrism).
4. D. Understanding the Connections Between ASL Language, Culture, Identity, and Community
D1 ASL Language, Culture, Identity, and Community · D2 Equity and Social Justice Issues
- Anthropology and Culture – Anthropology is the study of human beings as a whole: our bodies, our past, our languages and our ways of life. Culture is the shared, learned way of life of a group: what people make, do, say and believe. Culture is learned, shared, symbolic, connected and always changing. Anthropologists study it by living with people (participant observation) and try to understand each culture on its own terms (cultural relativism) instead of judging it by their own (ethnocentrism).