ASL–English Sandwiching Checklist, High School

Sandwiching' is a teaching move that presents an idea in one language, then the other, then compares them. Use this checklist at the high school level, where sandwiching becomes strategic and increasingly student-led. It helps you decide when the move is truly needed, for complex syntax, rhetorical devices, or technical vocabulary, invite students to generate the language parallels themselves, and embed the work in real academic tasks like analysis, debate, and writing. Quick checks help you see whether students can move between ASL and English accurately, judge translation choices, and work independently as bilingual thinkers.