Auslan: First Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Communicating / Creating
Content description
Participate in a range of imaginative experiences and respond through drawing, telling with familiar signs and written words or enacting with constructed action
Elaborations
viewing fairytales or stories from sources such as National Simultaneous Storytime books, demonstrating understanding through retelling or enacting
engaging in imaginative play that involves the creation of mood or momentum through repeated use of signs, handshapes and facial expressions to modify manner or intensify adjectives
responding to forms of Deaf art such as handshape creations, for example by reproducing key elements in their own artwork and indicating emotional response using lexical signs such as LOVE, LIKE, LOOK GOOD, NOT BAD, UGLY
responding to performances of Deaf poetry that evoke emotions such as sadness, fear or excitement, for example by indicating enjoyment or personal feelings
interacting with a signing puppet or doll in a fantasy context or situation, for example by asking questions such as WHAT YOUR NAME? or YOU HUNGRY G:WELL?
participating in indoor and outdoor games that use signs, handshapes and body movements in creative ways and focus on all Auslan parameters, for example, ‘Simon Says’
participating in Auslan games that use simple clauses in creative ways, for example, playing the improvisation game ‘Space Jump’
drawing a personal interpretation of a ‘visual vernacular’ description of a character’s appearance
viewing short Auslan stories and responding by identifying and comparing favourite elements, characters and events
