 Classroom Roles  Mr. Lee-Teacher, ASL Club Sponsor  Mrs. Young-Certified Interpreter  Mrs. Lira-Anderson- Teacher, ASL Club Sponsor  Mrs. Johnson- Interpreter ( Pending Certification Interpreter)

Be sure that you have a spiral notebook and a pen or pencil with you daily. (If you forget yours, do not ask your friends or Mr. Lee or Mrs. Lira-Anderson for paper and pencil! We will call your parents to bring them for you. ) Books, bags, purses, etc. under your designed chair. We’ll sign the pledges of allegiance. (If this is against your religion, see me after class. I’ll give you an alternative.) Daily journals at the end of class. LEAVE YOUR SPIRAL IN CLASS!

This is my third years here at Atascocita. Before this I taught at various High Schools and community college.

In the hearing world I’m called Mr. Lee. In the Deaf world my name is “KrazieLee.” (or Tyran Lee)

Since you’re in here to learn about my language and my culture, you can call me Tyran or Krazielee.

In the Deaf world we give each other name-signs (much like your parents give you a name).

Name-signs are “names” in the Deaf world. Some name-signs are descriptive (such as mine) that represent something about you – physical appearance, personality, etc.

As the school year progresses, you’ll understand why I have that name-sign. Basically I’m a crazy kinda guy. I drive my friends CRAZY!

Like any other class, I have rules you will follow. I cover them in- depth on my teacher’s website and on your syllabus, but for now I’ll just mention the FOUR CAB RULES.

CAB means Culturally Appropriate Behavior. They’re important in this class because you need to learn how to show proper respect for the people and culture that use ASL.

There’s only four of them: Voices off Eye contact with who is signing Participation Respect

In your other classes you’re used to being able to talk (even while the teacher is teaching). However, in this class you use your eyes instead of your ears to learn.

That’s not something most of you are used to. So when someone talks (or you’re talking) it is VERY distracting!! Please, be respectful and turn your voices off in class.

In your other classes, you’re used to using your ears to learn. In here, we use our eyes for ALL learning situations.

So, get used to paying attention (using your eyes) at all times. At first this might be tiring, but you’ll get used to it.

How do you (and I) know you’re learning things correctly? By participating of course!

Get in the habit of SIGNING EVERYTHING back to me. By doing this, you reinforce what you learn and I can observe you and correct any mistakes.

The MOST IMPORTANT rule. I require that you respect yourself, each other, and me. RESPECT is NOT a GIFT. YOU HAVE to EARN IT! Respect is part of life. RESPECT is NOT a GIFT. YOU HAVE to EARN IT!

Respect includes being mindful of others, obeying rules, and basically treat others the same way you want to be treated.

It’s quite simple – Follow CAB. If don’t follow CAB, then you’re not going to learn and I’ll get on your case for disrupting my class.

It’s quite simple – Disrespect CAB. If don’t follow CAB, then you’re disrespecting me, my culture, and this class.

These four rules are also very important in the Deaf world for cultural reasons. Why? Well, we will cover this on the ASL Video Journal as part of your homework.

Yep. We use ASL Video Journal instead of writing in class. We will set you’re your account as soon as we get the Ipad cart.

This is where all homework, assignments, reviews, discussions, etc. are all posted. We’ll create accounts in a little bit and I want you guys to check it out often!

Because cell phones are against school rules and also against CAB rule #2, if I even SEE your phone (using it or not) I’ll take it. You will only use your phone when I request you to use it for class instruction/video.

If you’re tempted to use your phone or are worried I might see it and take it, you can put it in the Safe Zone Box at the beginning of class.

If I catch students hiding their phones and/or using them during class instead of putting them in the Safe Zone Box then it will go into my RED box and you will have to pay a $15 fine to get it back.

This rule applies to: cell phones iPods cameras calculators any other electrical devices

If I even SEE your phone, iPod, camera, calculator, or any other type of electronic device, I will take it. (It does not matter if you are using it or not.)

Let’s take a moment and walk through it together…

4 – Did not talk AT ALL 3 – Talked maybe once or twice 2 – Talked some of the time 1 – Talked often 0 – Talked all the time

4 – Paid FULL attention at all times 3 – Paid attention most the time 2 – Paid attention sometimes 1 – Paid attention rarely 0 – Did not pay attention

4 – Signed EVERYTHING 3 – Signed most everything 2 – Signed often 1 – Signed a little bit 0 – Didn’t sign at all

This is calculated based on the other THREE rules. This may also drop further if there are “incidences” in class.

Voices Off3 Eye Contact3 Participation+__4__ Total 10

(Your name and today's Date ) Self-rating Today in class we learned about 1- 3 how to introduce ourselves to a 2- 3 Deaf person. I kept getting the signs 3- 4 mixed up at first but after we practiced for a bit I think I did pretty good! I'm not too sure about how to do the eyebrows though. Can we go over that again in class? Hey! Guess What?! I made the soccer team. Woo Hoo!

Formative homework that is graded: On time: full credit 1 day late: max of 75 2 days late: max of 60 3 days late: max of 50 4 days late: 0 Summative Projects/Major Papers and Essays/Major Labs: On time: full credit 1 day late: max of 75 2 days late: max of 60 3 days late: max of 50 4 days late: 0