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?