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ASL Delivering a Presentation

Twelfth graders bring their ASL together in the capstone skill — delivering a signed presentation. Plan your points, open by getting attention, sign clearly with expression, engage your audience, and close strong.

Grade 12Delivering a Presentation55 minutes1 class periodACTFL / Visual LanguageExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Plan a presentation.
  • ✓Engage an audience.
  • ✓Order the steps.
  • ✓Present with confidence.
Essential Question

Your ASL journey ends with a real skill: giving a signed presentation. What are the steps to deliver one well?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Presentation Steps

Project this and have students put the steps of delivering an ASL presentation in order.

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The Lesson · Visual-Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Sign · Reflect)

55 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — A Capstone Skill

6 min

Your ASL journey ends with giving a signed presentation — what are the steps?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about giving a talk.
  • Ask how to start.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Delivering a Presentation

13 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present the steps.
  • Note clarity & eye contact.
  • Have students copy.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Note it.
  • Copy.
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Practice — Order It

15 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Presentation Steps.
  • Put it in order.
  • Practice.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
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Sign — Sign

15 min

Students sign.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Give a short presentation.
  • Use good expression.
  • Sign to a group.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sign it.
  • Use it.
  • Present.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a step.
  • Say why it matters.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Advanced).

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: deliver a talk.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: engage an audience.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare presentation styles.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to public speaking.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Step cards.
  • Model each step.
  • Practice in small groups.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with plan and conclusion.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Practice together.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Deliver a full presentation.
  • Add visual aids.
  • Give peer feedback.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🎤Step cards
  • 💻Order the Presentation Steps
  • 🪩A mirror (optional)
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

presentationa signed talk to an audienceplanprepare your points firstattentionopen by getting itclaritysign clearlyeye contactengage the audienceconclusionclose strongconfidencesigning with assurancediscourseextended signing
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is a good FIRST step in preparing a presentation?
Plan your topic and main points.
QUESTION 2
Why keep eye contact during a presentation?
It engages the audience and checks that they understand.
QUESTION 3
What is the LAST step of a presentation?
Sign a strong conclusion.

Reflect: delivering a presentation.

Have students plan and deliver a short signed presentation, opening with attention and closing strong. A printable ASL presentation sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: attention, clarity, conclusion, confidence, discourse, eye contact, plan, presentation
  1. prepare your points first
  2. sign clearly
  3. signing with assurance
  4. a signed talk to an audience
  5. open by getting it
  6. close strong
  7. extended signing
  8. engage the audience

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is a good FIRST step in preparing a presentation?
  2. Why keep eye contact during a presentation?
  3. What is the LAST step of a presentation?
Answer key — Part A: 1) plan · 2) clarity · 3) confidence · 4) presentation · 5) attention · 6) conclusion · 7) discourse · 8) eye contact
Part B: 1) Plan your topic and main points. 2) It engages the audience and checks that they understand. 3) Sign a strong conclusion.