Unit 21: ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

• Accommodate
• Asperger's syndrome
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Combined type
• Concentrate
• Coordination
• Distracted
• Drawn away from
• Executive functioning
• Fidgety
• Implied
• Impulsive
• Literal
• Mood
• Peers
• Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type
• Predominantly inattentive type
• Share many similarities
• Tantrum
• Task switching

Students will be able to correctly answer true/false questions after reading and listening to topical short articles and dialogs featuring topical vocabulary.

It’s not uncommon for people to wonder whether someone they know has either Asperger's Syndrome (AS) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivy Disorder-->attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The two share many similarities, and even for a trained professional it is not always easy to tell them apart.  What makes AS and ADHD appear so much alike is the fact that both conditions involve a… Continue

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.