ASL IB - 12.13.12

1. The Daily Reflection -

1.What non-manual signal is used to emphasize distance in ASL?

2.If you could create your own descriptive name sign for yourself (and you can’t), what would it be?

 

 2. Unit 3 Signs - review & new

3. Game: ASL Telephone

4. Question to ponder:  Which sign language is ASL most similar to?

ASL IA - 12.13.12

1. The Daily Reflection -

List and describe the two types of question faces in ASL.

2. Voice Off - Are you deaf?  Are you hearing?

Manual Alphabet - Letters V, E, Z, J, L

 3. Things to Know - Part II - Complete and discuss

Download and print here

12.12.12 ASL IA

Happy Dozens Day!

1. The Daily Reflection

Is deafness a disability or just a different way of life?  Support your answer.

What is signing without facial expressions compared to in English?

2.  New signs -
fingerspell
slow
sign again please
deaf
hearing
understand

3. Manual alphabet and initialized signs - H, F, I, Q, A

4. Things to Know - Part I
Whole group discussion

5. Vocab review game - ASL Telephone  

12.12.12 ASL IB

Happy Dozens Day!

1. The Daily Reflection -

Watch this video from MTVs True Life:  I’m Deaf

MTV True Life: I'm Deaf

Did the cochlear implant help or hurt Chris?  Did Amanda’s deafness play a role in her not making the Baltimore Ravens dance team?

2. Unit 3 Signs - slides  24-61

3. Guided Reading - pgs. 73-85

Group discussion - Watch this link on Name Signs (7:30-8:17 of video)

Name Signs  

ASL IA - 12.10.12

1. The Daily Reflection -

List & review 10 signs we learned last week.

T/F  Using ASL means matching signs to each English word in a sentence. 

2. Voice Off - How are you?  Fine, good, so-so, tired

Initialized Signs K, B, N, D, W

3. iM ME presentations - 

4. Things to Know - part I  

ASL IB - Dec 10, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection -
Watch segments 2 & 3 of MTVs True Life: I'm Deaf

http://www.mtv.com/videos/true-life-im-deaf/1590956/playlist.jhtml

Then respond to this question:

What is Chris' main motivation for getting an implant?  What would your main motivation be if you were in his shoes?

2. Voice Off -Review & new signs plus discussion of weekend

3. Idiom of the Day - YES!

4. Guided Reading - Where are you from pgs. 73-85

Edmodo unit 3 folder

12.7.12 ASL IB

1. The Daily Reflection

http://www.mtv.com/videos/true-life-im-deaf/1590956/playlist.jhtml

 How would your life be different if you were walking in Christopher or Amanda's shoes?

2. Idiom of the Day

3. Voice Off - practice with unit 3 signs

4. Guided Reading - Unit 3

ASL IA - 12.7.12

1. The Daily Reflection -
What procedure should you follow if you are absent?

2. Voice Off - Review and new (#s 1-20)

3. Finish Student Intro guided reading

4. iM Me presentations

ASL IB - 12.4.12

1. The Daily Reflection - What would you like to learn in ASL this year?

2. The Elephant Game

3. Vocabulary review game:  bluff

4. Fingerspelling practice - Quizme - ASLpro.com

ASL IA - 12.4.12

1. The Daily Reflection -
What is our mission?

List one thing you learned about Mrs. Rollandini yesterday.

2. New signs -
floor, wall, who, what, book, read, think, light, think about, name

3. Rules & procedures - 3 rules, procedures 1-6

4. The Name Game

ASL IB - 12.3.12

1. Seating chart - Receptive fingerspelling activity

2. FACES - Icebreaker

3. Rules/iPad protocol

4. Unit 1 vocabulary review

5. Fingerspelling activity - places & words with O'

ASL IA - 12.3.2012

1. All About Me sheets

2. 10 new classroom signs

3. iM Me Animoto video

4. iM Me assignment

5. Itunes U - Course enrollment

6. Group Icebreaker - All About Me

7. Class Rules

Nov 19, 2012

Its FINGERSPELLING WEEK!

1. The Daily Reflection -

Fingerspelling Quiz #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZF7KqvhDd8

2. Fingersplling DVD - Expressive & Receptive Fluency
Word Configuration

Nov 16 - ASL IA

1. The Daily Reflection

Watch this video segment about “The World of Deaf Culture” and list 3 observations/questions you have after watching.

 The World of Deaf Culture - part II

2. Personas - Unit 3 Sign practice 

ASL IA - 11.15.12

1. The Daily Reflection -

List 2 things deaf people will want to know about you, as a hearing person, when you first meet. (see page 74 – Edmodo unit 3 materials)

2. Dialogues - deaf and hearing person meeting for the first time

3. Visual Vocab Review

4. Game - Where are you from?

Spend some time on youtube!

Unit 3 Signs - countries, states, and cities 

ASL IA - Nov 14, 2012

1. Daily Reflection:

Exam Review:

-Name 2 other sign systems used in the US.

-Why does ASL not use little words like is, to, and are?

 

2. Voice Off -  New signs through slide 20

3.   Where are you from? – Kelley - DVD segment – Watch & voice

 

4.   Where are you from? – Sean & Kelley – DVD

  

5.  Where are you from - partner activity – pg. 75 Ex. A-1

  

6.   Comprehension – Where Are you from Q & A – based on DVD – pg. 75 – Ex. A2 Create a dialogue – partner activity – about a deaf and a hearing person meeting for the first time.  What will they talk about?  Perform for another partner group

ASL IA - Nov 13

1. The Daily Reflection

In what areas of ASL do you need to be more challenged?  In what areas do you need more practice?

 

2. Unit Two Test
Review & Reflect

3. Begin unit 3!  "Where are you from" signs - 1-21 -- See youtube for review

Newsflash:  There are A LOT of signs in unit 3.  If you are absent, it is your responsibility to to visit my youtube channel and learn the signs that you missed.  

If you are not absent, I highly recommend that you spend some time reviewing signs on my youtube channel as there are SO MANY signs in this unit.

Mrs. Rollo's Youtube Channel

November 12

1. The Daily Reflection -
What do people with hearing loss prefer to be called?  Why?
  
2. Unit Two Test

ASL IA - Nov 9, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection -
What is the WH-face?

2. Edmodo Practice Quiz -
Find it here

3. Ninja ASL game

Please please PLEASE spend some time with our unit 2 material so you can ace the test on Monday.  How do you do this?

A.  Go to my youtube channel and review signs:

Mrs. Rollo's youtube channel

B. Spend time reviewing your wrong answers on the Edmodo quiz and comparing them to the right answers.  Make sure you understand the material.

ASL IA - 11.8.12

1. The Daily Reflection

What visual signals in public places are required by law?

2. Vocabulary Review Activity

3. Voice Off conversation practice - pgs. 65-67

4. Partner art anaylsis - A Century of Difference  - pg. 68

5. Unit Two Review - pgs. 69-70   

UNIT TWO TEST ON MONDAY! 

ASL I - Nov 7

1. The Daily Reflection -
What are 3 sentences that can be conveyed using the "do-do" sign?

2. T-shirt voting

3. Circle vocab review activity

4. Guided reading - # 37-40

5. ASL practice - pgs. 64-65 - partner dialogues - Using WH questions

**The Unit Two Test is coming up on Monday, Nov 12th!  Spend some time brushing up on your signs on
Mrs. Rollo's youtube channel

ASL IA - 11.6.12

1. The Daily Reflection -

Children of a Lesser God is a play about a deaf woman, Sarah, falling in love with a hearing speech teacher.  James.  In the play, Sarah tries to describe deafness to James by saying, “Deafness isn’t the opposite of hearing.  It’s a silence full of sound.”  What does this mean to you?  What message was Sarah trying to convey to James?

2. Turn in 5-paragraph essays

3. T-shirt designs - Vote

4. Vocabulary Review game -

See youtube for review of all unit 2 signs 

Unit 2 Sign Review

5. Voice Off Time - What did you do this weekend?  Partner Activity - pgs. 61-62  

Monday, Nov 5 - ASL I

1. The Daily Reflection -

When do time signs – like Monday, today, yesterday, etc. --  occur in ASL sentences?

List 3 visual signals used by deaf people.

2. Finish 5-paragraph essays - due Tues, Nov 6 -- beginning of the hour!

3. Eyes On ASL - #5-6 -- Using When Signs, Signing About Routines

4. Partner practice - What are you doing this weekend?  

 

ASL IA - Nov 2, 2012

1. Writing Assessment - Educational Choices for Deaf Children - persuasive writing prompt

Nov 1, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection -

Watch this ASL handshape story.

What is it about?  List 5 different words conveyed by the one handshape used in the story.

Thanksgiving Handshape Story 

2. New signs - 

#51-60 

#s 51-60 

3. Guided Reading - #s 30-36

4. Marc & Kelly's week - pg. 58 Ex. K-1 - Using a calendar to tell about activities

5. Activities - pg. 58 Ex. K-2 - Use the vocabulary given to ask a partner what he/she does on a particular day 

ASL IA - 10.30.12

1. The Daily Reflection -
Write 3 questions in English that you could use the “signed question mark”.

2. Videolicious Dialogue assignment - Finish by tomorrow!

ASL IA - Oct 26, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection -

A. When should the “signed question mark” be used?

B. T/F -- The signed question mark is used for questions such as who, what, when, why, where, which, and how.

 2. Videolicious Dialogue assignment - You can see Edmodo for handouts.  Go to "Library" -- "ASL IA"  -- "Shared with Me"  

*Video dialogues will be shared on Wednesday, Oct 31

 

ASL IA - 10.25.12

1. The Daily Reflection -
What are the 4 main causes of hearing loss?

2. Voice Off Vocabulary Review & pg 55 Ex1-2 - Using the directional verb "to ask"

3. Guided Reading - pgs. 54-56 -- complete #23-29

4. More "Ask" practice - pg. 55 Ex. I-3 and pg. 56 J-2

ASL IA - Oct 24, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection -

1.What is the pathological/medical view of deafness? 

2.What is the cultural view of deafness?

3.What is your view?

 

2. Guided Reading - #s 17-22

Pathological/medical view  of deafness versus the Cultural view of deafness

 

3. Vocabulary Review Game - Around the World

 

4. Analyze a piece of Deaf art - "Road Signs"

 

5. Video: The World of Deaf Culture - part 1  

ASL IA - 10.23.12

1. The Daily Reflection -
List 3 labels given to deaf people over the years.

2. Voice Off - Review & new - "to ask" through "with"

3. Voice Off practice - pgs. 47-51

4. Guided Reading - complete #17-22 -- Different views of deafness

ASL IA - Oct 22, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection

List 3 iconic and 3 non-iconic signs.  Why are your examples iconic?  Non-iconic?

Define “hard of hearing” (refer to page 48 in your unit 2 packet).

 

2. Good News

3. Speed Dial Partners

 4. Voice Off - Using  sign vocabulary in sentences

5. Yes or  No - pg. 47 Ex. E - partner Q & A

6. What Are They Doing - pg. 49 Ex. F1 - Whole Group 

October 19, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection

Write the following English sentences in ASL gloss.

1.Can you help me?

2.Are you unclear about something?

3.Can I meet you tomorrow?

2. Voice Off - Directional Verbs Practice - New signs -- slides 29-44

 3. Guided Reading - 1-16 -- 25 points

 4. Asking Questions - - pg. 46 Exercise - whole group/partners  

ASL IA - Oct 18, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection -

Write three different sentences that you could use the WH-face with.  Remember the phrases we learned yesterday.  See pg. 42 if you need to refresh your memory.

2. Game - ASL Telephone Relay

3. Watch and perform a dialogue - pg. 44 

ASL IA - Oct 17, 2012

1. The Daily Reflection -

List 3 directional verbs.  Write an ASL-gloss sentence using each one plus the sign vocabulary we know.  Sign your sentences to a friend.  Remember OSV!

2.  The WH-Face - DVD - watch, read, and practice

3.  Unit Two Guided Reading - Complete first 2 sections