Good MorningGood MorningWeek # 1 Week # 1

8-20-12 / 8-24-128-20-12 / 8-24-12

Good MorningGood MorningWeek # 1 Week # 1

8-20-12 / 8-24-128-20-12 / 8-24-12

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Monday8-20-12Good Morning!

Welcome to American Sign Language Class!

Please take your seat-you will find your name on the desk

where you are to sit.

Agenda: Monday 8-20-12

i. Introductionii. 10 day countiii. Expectations / Rulesiv. Course syllabusv. Personal Peevesvi. Handouts –blue card, etc.vii. Importance of finger spellingviii.Pre-test if time permits

Bell Work:8-20-12

How did you feel when you walked into class?

Did you understand what was going on?

Good Morning!Agenda: Tuesday 8-21-12

i. attendanceii. Brief lecture on sign language etiquetteiii. Learn the alphabetiv. Numbers 1-10v. Work on fingerspelling

Bell Work:In your notebook please copy down the SAT word

and the meaning. You need to write a complete sentence.

abdicate v.- to give up (royal power or the like).

ASL: Rules of Etiquette

• Eye Contact• Signing Space• Which hand do I use?• Facial Expressions• ASL Is not English• Fingerspelling• Precision is Important• 5 Parameters of Sign

Eye Contact

• In Deaf culture not maintaining eye contact is considered rude.

• If you don’t maintain eye contact it can mean several things to deaf people:

you are not paying attentionyou are day-dreaming

you don’t want to participate in the conversationYou are not interested in conversation

*Remember your eyes are your ears.

The Signing Space

• The area where most signs are made in normal conversation. Signing outside

the sign space is uncomfortable on you and the person watching.

*Most signs are:Centered on your right or left of

your middle torso.

Which Hand do I use?

• The hand that feels comfortable to you: most of the time it is the hand you write with.

• (marriage ceremony)• That hand is called your: dominate hand• The other hand is the :non-dominate

handDON’T SWITCH!!

Facial Expressions

• When people talk in a monotone you become bored. That same truth holds for signing without

facial expression : IT IS BORING for me and other deaf people.

ASL is not English

• ASL is not English

• You must learn to think in ASL not English

Fingerspelling

• We talked about this yesterday

• Try to communicate in other ways before you fingerspell.

• It is not an easy task to master. It takes time and that’s fine.

Precision is Important

• Signing clearly is the same as speaking clearly

• Sloppy signing is exactly like mumbling

• This can lead to misunderstandings.

The 5 parameters of sign

1. handshape2. Palm orientation3. Location4. Movement5. Non-manual signals/ facial

expressions

Good Morning!Agenda: Wednesday 8-22-

12i. Attendanceii. Review #’s 1-10iii. Review ABC’siv. Video to review what I talked about.

Bell Work:In your notebook please copy down the

SAT word and the meaning. You need to write a complete sentence.

abrogate v. to abolish, repeal.

Good Morning!Agenda: Thursday 8-23-

12• Attendance• Go over any questions that you have• Quiz # 1

Bell Work:In your notebook please copy down the

SAT word and the meaning. You need to write a complete sentence.

abrupt adj.-beginning, ending, or changing suddenly.

Good Morning!Agenda: Friday 8-24-12 • Attendance• Chapter # 1-vocabuluary• Greetings-exercise

Bell Work:In your notebook please copy down the

SAT word and the meaning. You need to write a complete sentence.

• abstruse Adj.- dealing with matters difficult to be understood.