ASL 12.14.11

Junior/Senior Texting & Driving Assembly

12.14.11 English

1. The Daily Review

Pick one character from one of the following stories: The Hunger Games, Twilight, The Wizard of Oz. Tell whether the character is…

1.Antagonist or protagonist

2.Round or flat

3.Static or dynamic

Explain your answer. Example: The wicked witch is _______ because…

2. Short Story Element Notes

3. SSR

12.12 ASL

1. The Daily Focus

Watch “Merry Christmas to the Deaf Children”.

http://deaftv.com/film/Merry-Christmas-to-the-Deaf-Children

2. Good News

3. Christmas Signs

4. If $$ Were No Object - finish presentations

5. Christmas Projects - practice

English 12.12

1. The Daily Focus -

1.List 5 characters in Gilligan’s Island. 2.What was the inciting event in the Gilligan episode we watched?

2. Go over Friday quizzes

3. SSR

KCTC meeting for sophomores and juniors

English - 12.7.11

1. The Daily Review -
Use these new spelling words to write your own sentence:
knowledge
annual
restaurant

2. Spelling practice reminder

3. Word of the Day - skedaddle

4. DOL - Hamburger Halpin

English 12.8.11

1. The Daily Review -
Use "skedaddle" in a sentence.

2. Spelling practice reminder

3. Short Story Parts - Gilligan's Island

12.7.11

1. The Daily Focus - CSI: Silent Night

2. Voice Off - Hot Topics: Youtube video -- Smile

3. If $$ Were No Object presentations

4. Christmas Project practice

ASL III - 12.8.11

1. The Daily Focus - CSI: Silent Night

2. Voice Off - Hot Topics: Pitbulls

3. If $$ Were No Object presentations

4. Christmas Project practice

ASL III - 12.6.11

1. The Daily Focus

Watch CSI New York: Silent Night – Part 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO1tDFBjb_Q&feature=related

2. Voice Off - Hot Topics

3. If $$ Were No Object

4. Christmas Projects

English 12.6.11

1. The Daily Review -

Use the word physique to write your own sentence.

2. New Spelling Words

3. SSR

English - 12.5.11

1. Finish the Friday Quiz

2. Word of the Day: physique

3. Hamburger Halpin

ASL - 12.5.11

1. Voice Off Time - Good News! (Which morphed into a discussion of tattoos and body piercings)

2. Daily Focus - CSI New York: Silent Night

Reminders:
DHH TC Christmas Party - Next Wed, 12/14 -- ASL III students invited to help with little ones

Field trip this Friday - Bring $$ for lunch. We will be leaving about 8 a.m. from the front entrance of the high school.

Practice your signed Christmas song!

English - 12.2.11

1. Daily Focus - Watch Harrison Bergeron & answer the following questions

Answer the following questions about Harrison Bergeron. Use the Insights book (pgs. 182-187) if necessary.

1. How has equality been brought about in the year 2081?

2. How have George and Hazel been made equal in intelligence?

3. How are the ballerinas handicapped?

4. Why had Harrison Bergeron been taken from his parents and put in jail? How was he handicapped?

5. What three kinds of laws did Harrison and the ballerina disobey when they danced?

6. In your opinion, is this statement true or false: Because complete inequality is impossible, people should stop thinking and talking about equality.

2. The Friday Quiz

ASL III - 12.2.11

1. The Daily Focus

Watch this video about job discrimination. Write 3 things that you learned while watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqI1d4rLWSM&feature=related

2. Voice Off Time - Card Games

3. Christmas Songs! Extra credit

4. If $$ Were No Object - Dom

ASL III - 12.2.11

1. The Daily Focus

Watch this video about babies using ASL. Write 3 things that you learned while watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV69iJuXwP4

2. Voice Off - Music

3. Unit 9 Test - Review & record grades

English 12.1.11

1. The Daily Review -

Use the word dashing to write your own sentence.

2. Spelling Pretest - Test tomorrow!

3. Finish reading "Harrison Bergeron".

English - 11.29.11

1. The Daily Review

1.

Write a topic sentence about Christmas. 2.List three “transitional” words for a paragraph. 3.What is the last sentence in a paragraph – or essay – called? 4.Write the last sentence of the paragraph that matches your topic sentence from #1 above.

2. Short Story Elements -
Types of conflict: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society

English - 11.28.11

1. The Daily Review

Write a 8-sentence paragraph with the following topic sentence: My family celebrates Thanksgiving in several different ways.

2. Good News

3. Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin

ASL III - 11.28.11

1. The Daily Focus

http://deaftv.com/film/ideafnews-030110/

Watch this news segment about happenings in the Deaf world. List three things that the newscaster talks about. Take note of new signs/idioms.

2. Voice Off - Good News

3. Senior Meeting - If $$ Were No Object presentations

ASL III - 11.29.11

1. The Daily Focus

HTTP://DEAFTV.COM/FILM/200-YEARS-200-COUNTRIES/

OUR NEXT UNIT WILL BE ABOUT CONTINENT AND COUNTRY SIGNS. WATCH THIS VIDEO ABOUT HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE PAST 200 YEARS. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE INTERPRETER. WRITE DOWN AT LEAST 5 NEW SIGN CONCEPTS THAT YOU NOTICE DURING THE VIDEO.

2. Hot Topics: Jobs

3. Unit 9 Test Review - Test tomorrow!

English - 11.21.11

1. The Daily Focus -

WRITE A PARAGRAPH WITH THE FOLLOWING TOPIC SENTENCE: THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF FOOD SERVED ON THANKSGIVING.

2. Good News

3. Word of the Day - admonish

4. Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin - The class is going on a field trip to a coal mine. Ghosts??

ASL III - 11.21.11

1. The Daily Focus -- Giving directions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMFDPQPiE4

2. Good News

3. Giving Directions practice - pgs. 356-357

English - 11.18.11

1. The Daily Review - commas practice

2. The Friday Quiz

ASL III - 11.18.11

1. The Daily Focus - Hero as signed by Sean Berdy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gutI5qnjxo

2. The Friday Quiz - 16 idioms & 6 words

English - 11.17.11

1. The Daily Focus - Write a descriptive paragraph about varieties of cereal

2. Word of the Day - miscreant

3. SSR

ASL III - 11.17.11

1. The Daily Focus -

Watch CODA Brothers: Mayhem in Milwaukee

http://deaftv.com/film/CODA-Brothers-Mayhem-in-Milwaukee/

Describe the two viewpoints conveyed in this video.

2. My Commute DVD - p. 355

3. Hot Topics - Phobias

4. If Money Were No Object assignment - practice

English - 11.16.11

1. The Daily Review -

What does compare mean?

What does contrast mean? What does compare mean?

Write a paragraph about music genres. Your topic sentence is: There are many different kinds of music. Your conclusion is: In conclusion, there are a variety of music genres.

2. Grammar Lesson: Using commas in a series

3. Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin: Hamburger goes to the cafeteria

ASL III - 11.16.11

1. The Daily Review
List 4 words/phrases that can be conveyed with the CL: Bent V classifier.

2. Hot Topics - Christmas before Thanksgiving??

3. Idioms - Review and 2 new

4. If Money Were No Object - assignment -- Start presenting tomorrow!

If Money Were No Object – Expressive Assignment

If money were no object, what three things would you buy? Explain each purchase, its price, and why you want it.

You will be graded based on the following:

1. Did you include three things? 9 points

2. Did you tell why you would buy each? 9 points

3. Did you include an approximate purchase price for each? 9 points

4. Were your signs clear? 10 points

5. Did you include facial expressions and body language? 10 points

6. Did you start signing with the phrase,

“Suppose me rich, me buy what?” 3 points

50 points

List 4 words/phrases that can be conveyed with the CL: Bent V classifier.

ASL III - 11.14.11

1. The Daily Focus - collectivism vs. individualism

2. Good News

3. Last 2 books!

English - 11.14.11

1. The Daily Review - List and describe 3 different music genres.

2. Word of the Day - seduce

3. Hamburger Halpin

English - 11.10.11

Half day - P/T Conferences

Music Genres - punk, country, and rap

ASL III - 11.10.11

Half Day - P/T Conferences

Finish all children's books

English - 11.9.11

1. The Daily Review - What was your favorite part of Bandslam? What was the main idea of the movie?

2. Music Genres - Compare/contrast -- rock and roll vs. disco

ASL III - 11.9.11

1. Daily Focus -- New D-Pan video

2. Hot Topics - Xochi

3. New Idioms
to be fresh/rude
to give in/alright, already!
right on time
perceptive/quick to notice

4. Books

ASL III - 11.8.11

1. Word of Day Review

2. Finish Bandslam

3. Begin Music Genre Study

English - 11.8.11

1. Fingerspelling Quiz - 5 words

2. Hot Topics - signed song

3. Stories - Bri, Noelle

English - 11.7.11

1. Good News

2. Bandslam

ASL III - 11.7.11

1. Good News!

2. Hot Topics - Bri

3. Children's Books

11.3.11 - English

1. Friday Quizzes handed back and discussed
When you write sentences, remember:
Grammar
Punctuation
Spelling
Capitalization
Meaning

2. Brain Gym - Handshake

3. Daily Oral Language - Hamburger Halpin - chapter 1 -- Hamburger's first day of school. He meets the principal and some crazy characters on the bus.

ASL III - 11.3.11

1. Voice Off Time - Weekend plans -- Tessa

2. Stories - Tessa, Shelly

ASL III 11.1.11

1. Hot Topics - How was your Halloween? (Shelly)

2. Stories -
One Fish Two Fish - Marissa
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Hannah
It's Hard to be Five - Madi
If You Take Mouse to School - Shane

English - 11.1.11

1. The Daily Review - Use "eradicate" in a sentence.

2. Story Elements - Types of conflict - man vs. man, man vs. nature

3. Read Aloud vote - Hamburger Halpin wins!

ASL III - 10.31.11

Happy Halloween!

1. Good News - Voice Off! Marissa rescued a cat and it's Kate's sweet 16th!

2. Stories - Dom and "Happy Birthday, Moon"

Be ready to present!

English - 10.28.11

1. The Daily Review -
There is not story without __________________.
Give an example for each short story element: - conflict
-resolution

2. The Friday Quiz

3. SSR

ASL III - 10.28.11

1. Daily Focus - Deaf in the Military 7:00-12:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtKTcPq7XBs

1. What percentage of US Military jobs are non-combat? 2. What branch of the army is Keith Nolan involved in? 3. What was Keith told about physical training? 4. Why did Keith want to be in the second line of the formation? 5. Why was Keith finally allowed to wear an army uniform? 6. Why was Keith not going to be allowed to board the Chinook helicopter?

2. The Friday Quiz

3. Stories - Taylor and "I Hate My Bow"

English - 10.27.11

1. The Daily Review - Talk about a time when you received a reprieve from a punishment.

2. Short Story Elements

3. Divergent

ASL III - 10.27.11

1. Review - Unit 9 Signs - Old & new

2. Voice Off Time - Halloween!

3. Stories - Brooke and "The Gruffalo"

Friday Quiz tomorrow!

English - 10.26.11

1. The Daily Review -
Choose one book or movie and fill in the following information about it:
-Is it fiction or non-fiction?
-What is the setting?
-What is the inciting event?
-Describe the climax.
-Describe the falling action.

2. Word of the Day - reprieve

A postponement of penalty, esp. that of a death.
The death row inmate received a reprieve at the last minute.

3. SSR

ASL III - 10.26.11

1. Daily Focus - Deaf in the military

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtKTcPq7XBs

Describe Keith Nolan’s first experience with trying to join the military.
Describe Keith’s interaction with his student who wanted to join the military.
Has America ever had deaf people in the military?
What are some of the jobs deaf soldiers can do in the military?
Are there soldiers with other disabilities in the military?

2. Hot Topics - What do you want to be when you grow up?
Signs: detective, investigate

3. Stories - Brandi with "The Monster at the End of this Book"

Don't forget active listening behaviors!

English 10.25.11

1. The Daily Review

Write about the inciting event from a book or movie.

2. Short Story Elements -
rising action
climax
falling action

3. Divergent - Beatrice joins her fellow Dauntless factions for initiation.

ASL III - 10.25.11

1. Daily Focus
Watch

http://www.mtvu.com/shows/shows-featured-content/quiet-campus-episode-1/

Answer:

1. Why was going to a mainstream school the worst decision Michel ever made? 2. How does Taylor feel about being hard of hearing? 3. How do you think going to college at Gallaudet compares to going to school at another college?

2. Children's Books - Practice and perform

English - 10.24.11

1. The Daily Review

READ THE MODEL SENTENCE, THEN WRITE YOUR OWN SENTENCE REPLACING THE BOLD WORDS: THE CONVICT MADE MANY FURTIVE ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON.

2. Good News!

3. Short Story Elements - inciting events!

ASL III - 10.24.11

1. Daily Focus - Interpreting

http://deaftv.com/film/the-Life-of-a-Sign-Language-Interpreter/

1.

-What are at least 3 misconceptions he had about the Deaf student?
-.What are at least 3 misconceptions he had about the interpreter?
-How did she handle his ignorance?
-What could you do in real life?
-What do you think the Deaf student will think, feel or say when she meets her new bio prof.?

2. Q & A with Mrs. Thompson

Have stories ready for tomorrow!

English - 10.12.11

1. The Daily Review - Why are human traffickers duplicitous?

2. Word of the Day - chide

3. SSR

ASL III - 10.12.11

1. The Daily Review - Is there such a thing as Deaf and Hearing Worlds?
Conversation

2. Four Story Strategies for Reading to Deaf Children

3. Book Translating Work

ASL III 10.10.11

1. The Daily Review - Lipreading...see Mrs. Rollo for clarification

2. Voice Off - Good News

3. Choose a children's book, begin translation

English 10.10.11

1. The Daily Review - What is something that really bugs you? Why?

2. Word of the Day - duplicity

3. SSR

ASL III - 10.7.11

1. The Daily Review - What is the sign "pow" used for?

2. The Friday Quiz

English 10.7.11

1. The Daily Review - How are you divergent?

2. The Friday Quiz

ASL III - 10.5.11

1. The Daily Review

List 3 ASL Turn-Taking Strategies

2. Finish "Hear & Now"

3. Voice Off - Cochlear Implants

4. Idiom Review

English 10.5.11

1. The Daily Review

Finish the sentence: Divergent thinking has lead…

2. Read Aloud: Divergent

3. Short Story Essential Questions: Journal

ASL III - 10.5.11

1. The Daily Review

Practice signing the phrases below with a partner:

1.She likes to run.

2.The elevator isn’t running.

3.The water is running.

4.The children are running after the dog.

5.She is running for president.

6.He ran over my foot.

7.The car ran over a nail.

8.The run a business.

9.We ran overtime.

10.I need to run some errands.

11.They are front-runners to win.

12.I ran into her.

13.The river ran dry.

14.She ran out of money.

15.The children are running amok.

16.I don’t know how to run the software.

17.She runs a tight ship.

18.The producer runs the show.

2. Hear & Now - A deaf couple gets cochlear implants at the age of 65

English 10.5.11

1. The Daily Review

Make your own sentence using the model sentence: _______ demonstrated a great aptitude for _______.

2. Word of the Day - divergent
Is being divergent always a bad thing?

3. SSR

ASL III - 10.3.11

1. Watch story from 1001 ASL Stories - Are You My Mother, first half
What makes ASL storytelling different from conversational ASL?

2. The Daily Review -

Talk about the difference in movement between some noun and verb pairs. Ex. Airplane/fly, chair/sit

3. Voice Off - Good News

4. Unit 9 Vocabulary Review

**Bring your book tomorrow for storytelling project!!

English 10.3.11

1. The Daily Review -

Why is it important to read and study stories? List 3 reasons.

2. Good New

3. Word of the Day - aptitude

4. SSR

ASL III - 9.30.11

1. The Daily Review -

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act and what did it do for deaf people?

2. Voice Off -- Topic: Teen Driving

3. Voice Unit 9 DVD - What is your area like?

4. What's Your Story assignment - Bring in story ideas by next week Monday, Oct. 3

Homework: Spend some time online looking for NHS ASL Program t-shirt ideas!

English 9/30/11

1. The Daily Review - Use "faction" in a sentence.

2. SSR

3. What's Your Story?

9.29.11 - ASL III

1. The Daily Review -

What is the sign “for-for” used for? Give 2 examples.

2. Voice Off - Favorite and least favorite subjects in school

3. Unit 9 Intro - What is your city like?

4. Black Out Meeting at 9:30

ASL - 9.28.11

1. The Daily Review -

How do you communicate “every” signs?

Ex: Every Monday, every week, every year, every month, every weekend?

2. Voice Off - Facebook!
3. Idioms: Yes! Strong

English 9.29.11

1. The Daily Review -

Talk about your favorite and least favorite subjects in school.

2. Divergent

3. Word of the Day - factions

English 9.28.11

1. The Daily Review

Read the sample sentence below:

The senator’s candor earned him both friends and enemies.

Now create your own sentence with “candor” using the model.

Ex. The _______’s candor earned him/her both friends and enemies.
2. SSR

English - 9.27.11

1. The Daily Review - Use the word abnegation to write your own sentence.

2. WOD - "candor", review "abnegation"
http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/the-pursuit-of-happyness/internship-interview

3. Divergent

4. Review Friday Quiz from last week -- How did you do?

5. Why study stories?

ASL III - 9.27.11

1. The Daily Review - What is the "Rule of 9"?

2. Voice Off - houses and neighborhoods

3. Seniors - picture on the field

4. The rest of us -- Head Moose game

English - 9.26.11

1. Writing Assessment - Cell phone use in school

2. Good News

3. SSR

4. Word of the Day - abenegation

Abnegation – (noun) – To be self-sacrificing; to deny one’s own rights or conveniences

The lawyer was known for her abnegation when she gave up her successful practice in order to become a missionary.

ASL III - 9.26.11

1. The Daily Review - Where are tense markers in ASL sentences. Write an ASL-gloss example.

2. Voice Off - Good News

3. Fire Drill

4. Givers Keepers - Unit 6

5. Kung Fu ASL

ASL III - 9.23.11

1. The Daily Review - Can you list the 5 parameters of ASL?

2. Voice Off - topics -- things I love, things I hate, a time I had to roll with the punches, my family and pets

3. Unit 9 Pre-assessment

English - 9/23/11

1. The Daily Review -

Use the word “dauntless” to create your own sentence.

2. SSR

3. Word of the Day - dauntless review

4. The Friday Quiz

1.

1.1. List the 3 main rules in Mrs. Rollandini’s classroom.

2.2. What should you do if you miss a day of class?

3.3. What do we do every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in class?

4.4. What word of the day means “scholarly, learned”?

5.5. What is the title of the book we are reading together in class?

6.6. What word of the day means “peace, friendship, harmony”?

7.7. What word of the day means “fearless, brave”?

8.8. How many sentences = 1 paragraph?

9.9. Correct and rewrite this sentence: Me and my brother went to the fair.

English 9/22/11

1. The Daily Review - Use the word "amity" in a sentence.

2. Divergent

3. Activity: What group are you? amity, dauntless, candor, abnegation, eruidite

4. Word of the Day: Dauntless

ASL - Thurs, 9/22

1. The Daily Review:

What two signs are commonly used in ASL to ask questions about whether someone has or has not done something?

2. Voice Off - Experience, finish

3, Givers-Keepers Unit 5 Review Game

4. Pre-assessment - unit 9

English - Wed, 9/21

We went to the IMC today to do SRI testing.

English - Tues, 9/20

1. The Daily Review - Please summarize the movie you watched yesterday and rate it on a scale of 1-10. Tell why you rated it as you did.

2. Divergent - 15 minutes

3. Word of the Day - amity

4. B-Me Boxes

English - 9/19/11

We had a sub today and watched "This Emotional Life".

ASL III 9/21/11

1. The Daily Review
Where is the "time spot"?

What are the conceptually accurate signs for:
to take a break
to break a pencil
to take a test
to take something away from someone

2. Voice Off -- routines

3. "S" Handshape Idioms -- "understand" and "roll with the punches"

4. Unit 5 vocab review for Givers Keepers game

ASL III - 9/20/11

1. The Daily Review - Where in ASL phrases do gtime signs occur?

2. Voice Off - weekend

3. Fingerspelling Quiz

4. B-Me Boxes

5. Deaf Trivia - Answers & winners

ASL III - 9/19/11

We had a sub today and watched Switched at Birth, the end of episode 1 and episode 2.

ASL 9/16/11

1. The Daily Review - What is a classifier story? youtube classifier stories

2. Voice Off -- weekend plans

3. B-Me Boxes

4. ASL Game - Sign Language telephone

English - 9.15.11

1. The Daily Review - List one thing you learned about each classmate that presented their B-Me Boxes yesterday.

2. DOL - Divergent

3. Word of the Day - erudite

4. B-Me Boxes

ASL III - 9.15.11

1. The Daily Review - What are classifiers? Describe 2 and their uses.

2. Voice Off Time - favorite TV shows

3. B-Me Boxes

English - Sept 14, 2011

1. The Daily Review - What should you do if you are absent and how do you make up participation points?

2. SSR - 15 minutes

3. B-Me Boxes

ASL III - Wed, Sept 14

1. The Daily Review - What and where is Gallaudet University? What makes it so special and how did it become well known to the hearing world?

2. Voice Off - What did you do last night?

3. B-Me Boxes

English - 9.13.11

1. The Daily Review - Describe the "attention getting" and "beginning of class" procedures.

2. B-Me assignment reminder - Be ready to present tomorrow!

3. Handbook - Rules #7-13

4. Schedule/plan for the year

5. September Pre-assessment

ASL III - 9.13.11

1. The Daily Review - What are initialized signs? List 5.

2. A visit to Mrs. Rollo's blog - Use it!

3. B-Me presentations

4. ASL III Course Syllabus & upcoming events

English - Monday, 9.12.11

1. The Daily Review
Tell about something you are good at.  Write at least 5 sentences.

2. Contracts - Due!

3. Good News

4. Mrs. Rollandini's Handbook - Rules #1-6

5. B-Me Boxes - Be ready to present this Wednesday, Sept 13

6. Dog passes

ASL III - 9.12.11

1. The Daily Review -

What is the difference between the signs "busy" and "business"?

List some educational options for deaf students.

2. Let's Get Reaquainted

3. Rules #7 - #13

4. B-Me Boxes -- Be to present this Wednesday, 9/14

5. Deaf Trivia -- How much do you know?

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