Empowering Deaf learners through literacy and language development

Intermediate Phase

Grade 6

A Tiny Seed

This story is about a young girl from a small village in Africa, who becomes a woman with a great dream for Africa. The remarkable story of Wangari Maathai will resonate with learners because it touches on universal themes: hardship, discrimination, empathy, vision and environmental awareness. The story provides learners with the opportunity to reflect on their own dreams while being exposed to the genre of (child-friendly) biography.
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Ambassador for SASL

In this drama, a Deaf boy is asked by his hearing cousin to visit the cousin’s class to tell the hearing children about Sign Language and about being Deaf. The Deaf boy’s classmates provide him with information on what they think the salient points are that he should convey to the hearing children.
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The New Restaurant

This comedy is about what happens when a no-nonsense type of family visits a pretentious new restaurant in their small town. They quickly figure out that the owner regards the people of their town as simpletons, but they are not prepared to be accept this…
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