Auslan (Language) Teaching Guide: Volume 3

This section contains all handout material referenced within the LOTE teaching Guide Volume 3 for

• Grade 5 and 6
  OR
• Years 9 and 10

Re-write/Updated in 2026 This guide was origianally released as Year 1 only (in a folder). In May 2026 it was updated to be a two year teaching guide with modifications for

• The national curriculum
• No prior learning students
• Advanced and First language learners

Revision and catch up is catered for in the teaching notes for new students, however if this is the first time teaching Auslan at the school start with the Volume 2 material if you can instead.

What will you find here?

Within the book you will find reference to handout material and digital activities and example videos. These are found here under the same section headings used within the teaching guide.

Why isn't everything here?

I need to make money. In the past content on SignPlanet, and supplied in other digital mediums, has found its way onto other peoples sites as both paid for and free content.

This site is not government or charity funded, so we need to protect out IP. So at least for now you will need to purchase the printed teaching guide and only handouts and digital material (like the interactive teaching content, stories, songs and other performed works, will be located here.


Chapters refer to 2026 edition book chapters
Theory content and teching notes exclusive to book available at Bilby.store

Year 1 - Grade 5 and Year 9 Authors note: 7 May 2026 - these sections have been updated to match the 2026 book release.
	Chapter 2: Introductions and Admin Covers the years aims and objectivesfor Grade 5 and for year 9 seperately and the National curriculum areas each part achieves. Content exclusive to book
	Weeks 1-2 (and in between other lessons) Chapter 3: Part 1: Greetings & Chit Chat Main topics / theories and vocab covered Fingerspelling—through peoples names Basic greetings Days of the week Basic weather words When? Time marker signs
	Term 1-2 Chapter 4: Part 2: Animals as a path to understanding and modifying Auslan Main topics / theories and vocab covered What is a MIME sign—explored through animal nouns Basic descriptors with mime elements Basic descriptors with mime elements Auslan modifiers : Emphasis, Extent/exaggeration, Enthusiasm and facial expressions What is a linguistic Radical? The Bird Radical Vocab building : Horns & Tusks; Colours; Size; About the Animal (personality and ability traits) Negative & Reversal signs Role shifting
	Term 3 Chapter 5: Part 3: History and understanding This is a theory topic, not specifically one that is designed to “learn Auslan” signs. We are going to look at : A brief history of Sign Language in Australia and how distance effected sign evolution. We will also look at some personal recounts of life growing up in Australia from our Deaf community. one handed vs two handed sign languages around the world and why some of their signs are found in our language. With this new understanding of our history we look again at state variations. Why don’t we just adopt more international signs? We look at lexicology between ASL, BSL and Auslan and how it differs.
	Term 3-4 Chapter 6: Part 4: Family as a path to complex story telling Vocab groups and learning path Emotions as radicals vs mime vs loan Family revision—with deeper understanding of why a sign is what it is Number revision, and numbers as a radical Finger spelling names practice Grammer with nouns and adjectives

Year 2 - Grade 6 and Year 10 Writers note: 7 May 2026 - All material now online except 2 videos for linguistics section going up later this month
	Chapter 7 : Introductions and Admin Covers the years aims and objectivesfor Grade 6 and for year 10 seperately and the National curriculum areas each part achieves. Content exclusive to book
	Weeks 1-2 (and in between other lessons) Chapter 8: Part 1: About Today Introduction to fingerspelling Auslan borrowed words from English (Compared to borrowed words in English from other languages) Today's weather Story time (optional) Dress for the weather Deaf etiquette
	Term 1 Chapter 9: Part 2:Animals as a path to understanding Auslan structure Introducing Zoo Animals Includes radicals , Zoo animal lexicology; and Year 10 extender topic : International influences in Signs for countries Descriptors in Auslan- Sign modifiers (Emphasis,/REpetition, Extent/Exageration, Ethusiasm and facial expressions, Enactment (modified movement), Speed, reversal movement, head shake Watch and learn story : The very cranky bear More animal descriptors Interpreting Texts (with optional extenders) Interacting in and creating texts in Auslan Creating bi-linguial presentations Watch and learn story : Who is at the zoo
	Term 2 and 3 Chapter 10: Part 3: Linguistics In Practice HOLME Radicals NMF's (Non-Manual-Features) Classifiers In Auslan Construct Actions Signing Space and Time Line The transition of time in Auslan The FINISHED past suffix Borrowing words from other languages Gesture in Culture Gestures anf "filter words" in Auslan
	Term 4 Chapter 11: Part 4: The interrelationship of Language, Culture and Identity Auslan as part of cultural identity First Nations sign language Auslan evolution and roots People of influence and role models