Class: American Sign Language Instructor: Sarah Macedo Grade Level: 9 th -12 th Email: macedo_sarah@yahoo.com Location: Murrieta Learning Center Day/Time: Wednesday 2:00-3:00 (NOTE: we do not meet the last Wednesday class of each month to allow students to take the Technology class) Learning Period 3: 10/28-11/22 THEME: Getting to Know You & Friends and Family California World Language Content Standards: 1.0/2.0: Students acquire information, recognize distinctive viewpoints, and further their knowledge of other disciplines 1.1: Students address discrete elements of daily life 2.1: Students address topics related to self and the immediate environment Dates Theme Topics Covered in Class 10/30 Getting to Know You *NO ASL CLASS TODAY. TECHNOLOGY OFFERED INSTEAD.* 11/6 Getting to Know You SINCE THERE IS NO ASL CLASS TODAY, the students will be responsible for covering the following pages on their own: 88-102 Calendar Holidays Weather 11/13 Family & Friends Family Pets Homework to be Completed Before Next Wednesday s Class (Remember, you should spend an hour a day on ASL.) Review pgs. 88-102 in Master ASL! Book Complete Homework Exercise 3 part B on pg. 91 ASL I students need to write an 8 sentence dialog in ASL gloss while ASL II students need a dialog with at least 12 sentences FN&G Book: Complete Unit 8 Review pgs. 103-118 in Master ASL! Book Complete Homework Exercise 6 part A on pg. 108. Your presentation must be at least four sentences long Complete Review Exercise B on pg. 116. Be sure to write down your answers in ASL gloss so you can turn them in. FN&G Book: Complete Unit 9 Review pgs. 119-136 in Master ASL!
11/20 Family & Friends *NO ASL CLASS TODAY. TECHNOLOGY OFFERED INSTEAD.* Ages Book Complete Homework Exercise 1 parts A & C on pg. 125 Complete Classroom Exercise I part 3 on pg. 137 FN&G Book: Complete Unit 10 SINCE THERE IS NO ASL CLASS TODAY, the students will be responsible for covering the following pages on their own: Pgs. 137-151 Review pgs. 137-151 in Master ASL! Book Complete Classroom Exercise O part 1 on pg. 145. Be sure to write down the translations in ASL gloss. Complete Homework Exercise 5 part A on pg. 149. Your narrative should be at least six sentences long and be written in ASL gloss. FN&G Book: Complete Unit 11
Learning Period 2: 9/30-10/25 THEME: Getting Started & Getting to Know You California World Language Content Standards: 1.0/2.0: Students acquire information, recognize distinctive viewpoints, and further their knowledge of other disciplines 1.1: Students address discrete elements of daily life 2.1: Students address topics related to self and the immediate environment Dates Theme Topics Covered in Class 10/2 Getting Started Asking for Help Directional Verbs Deaf Culture and labels 10/9 Getting Started Classroom Vocabulary Beginning Glossing What is deafness? Days of the Week Activities Homework to be Completed Before Next Wednesday s Class (Remember, you should spend an hour a day on ASL.) Review pgs. 39-48 in Master ASL! Book Write a dialog in ASL on any topic using vocabulary from pgs. 1-48 in the book. ASL I students need four sentences and ASL II students need six sentences Complete Classroom Exercise D #1 on pg. 46 on paper. Write the sentences in ASL word order. ASL II students need to write answers as well. ASL I students be prepared to sign the questions and ASL II students be prepared to sign the answers. FN&G Book: Complete Unit 4 pgs. 18-24 Review pgs. 49-58 in Master ASL! Book Write out the commands in Classroom Exercise F on pg. 49 in ASL word order. Be prepared to sign the commands to the class. ASL II students need to make up an additional 4 commands and write them in ASL word order using vocabulary from chapters 1-2 in the book. Read What is deafness on pgs. 52-53 and write three notes from the reading Complete Classroom Exercise J on pg. 56. ASL I students need to be ready to sign exercises 1 & 2. ASL II students also need to write a six sentence dialogue on
10/16 Getting Started Routines vocabulary Asking wh questions 10/23 Getting to Know You States Travel Types of Sign Language your own or with a partner and be ready to sign it in class. FN&G Book: Complete Unit 5 pgs. 24-29 Review pgs. 59-70 in Master ASL! Book Complete Classroom Exercise M #2 on pg. 61. Write your sentences using ASL gloss and be prepared to sign them to the class Complete Classroom Exercise R #2 on pg. 67 on your own or with a partner. Write your sentences using ASL gloss and be prepared to sign them to the class. ASL I students need 5 questions and ASL II students need 7 questions in the dialog. ASL II students also need to complete Homework Exercise 5 part A on pg. 67 FN&G Book: Complete Unit 6 pgs. 30-34 Review pgs. 73-87 in Master ASL! Book Homework Exercise 1 part B on pg. 80. ASL I students need to sign a minimum of 6 sentences and ASL II students need to sign a minimum of 10 sentences. Be prepared to sign your presentation to the class. The goal is to be able to sign it by memory in class next week, although you will need to turn in a copy of your presentation written in ASL gloss. FN&G Book: Complete Unit 7 pgs. 35-40
Class: American Sign Language Instructor: Sarah Macedo Grade Level: 9 th -12 th Email: macedo_sarah@yahoo.com Location: Murrieta Learning Center Day/Time: Wednesday 2:00-3:00 (NOTE: we do not meet the last Wednesday of each month to allow students to take the Technology class) THEME: ASL Welcome! Learning Period 1: 9/9-9/27 California World Language Content Standards: 1.0/2.0: Students acquire information, recognize distinctive viewpoints, and further their knowledge of other disciplines 1.1: Students address discrete elements of daily life 2.1: Students address topics related to self and the immediate environment Dates Theme Topics Covered in Class 9/11 ASL Welcome! Alphabet Introduction to ASL ASL Greetings 9/18 ASL Welcome! Eye Contact Names Introductions Making Conversation Homework to be Completed Before Next Wednesday s Class (Remember, you should spend an hour a day on ASL.) Review pgs. XV-7 in Master ASL! Book Be prepared to introduce yourself to the class next week Classroom Exercise B on pg. 6: write the 8 sentences using proper ASL grammar. For example, number 1 would be written, They busy they. FN&G Book: Complete Unit 1 pgs. 1-7 ASL II Students Also Complete: Your introduction to the class needs to be at least two sentences long Be ready to sign the sentences from Exercise B on pg. 6 to the class Review pgs. 8-18 in Master ASL! Book Write out an introduction dialog using the one on pg. 11 as an example. ASL I students need to have at least four lines and ASL II students needs to have at least seven lines.
9/25 ASL Welcome! *NO ASL CLASS TODAY. TECHNOLOGY OFFERED INSTEAD.* (Students can either e-mail me their homework or hand it in to me during an earlier Learning Center period that day) SINCE THERE IS NO ASL CLASS TODAY, these concepts will be covered via on-line video lectures: Signing Goodbye Farewells Signing with Facial Expressions Using Non- Manual Signals Classroom Exercise H #1 on pg. 13 Classroom Exercise J #2 on pg. 16 FN&G Book: Complete Unit 2 pg. 7-11 ASL II Students Also Complete: Classroom Exercise L #3 on pg. 18 (you will complete it by yourself and not with a partner) Review pgs. 19-35 in Master ASL! Book Homework Exercise 3 part B on pg. 21 and be prepared to sign your incorrect and corrected sentences to the class (ASL I students only need 3 sentences and ASL II students need 5 sentences) Read Focus: How do People Learn? on pg. 22 and write three things you learned from the passage Classroom Exercise R #2 on pg. 27 FN&G Book: Complete Unit 3 pg. 12-18 ASL II Students Also Complete: Create a 10 sentence dialogue or monologue on any topic. Be prepared to sign it to the class.