Telling Locations of Things in a Room Unit 13 Notes

Using Classifiers to Tell Locations  Flat objects  Cylindrical objects  Their location (on the wall, on a shelf)  Their number (often including how things are arranged: many things stacked, several things in a row).

-Pictures on wall (palm out) -Cabinets doors (palm out)

Refrigerator, dishwasher, dresser (palm out)

Kitchen island, counter top, sink, cabinet, sofa (palm down and slide)

Chair (double x on one hand palm down)

Window, mirror (palm in)

Table, bed (palm down)

Long, thin windows, built-in oven, grandfather clock (palm out and slide)

Vase, potted plant, table lamp (“A” on top of “B” palm down)

Describing rooms  Identify the room and begin your description from the perspective of the doorway.  Describe the shape of the room.  Identify the furniture or features in the room, starting with the most noticeable.  After identify each feature or piece of furniture, indicate its location by using classifiers or pointing.  Do same for each part of room using orderly or logical sequence, i.e., from left to right, from near to far, or area by area.

Mrs. Cleveland’s room (A217)  WALK-IN  DCL:C “Cabinets: Left” CABINETS  DCL:B “Upper Cabinets” CABINETS  DCL:B “Lower Cabinets” CABINETS  DCL:BB “Board”  DCL:(2h)XX “Students desks” fs-DESK

Continue  DCL:B “Desk” fs-DESK  DCL:C “2 File Cabinets” FILE DRAWERS  DCL:B “Desk” fs-DESK TEACHER  DCL:BB “Board”  DCL:(2h)B “4 shelves”

Room Project!!!  You will design your bedroom (the way it is or your dream room).  Use manilla paper, construction paper, computer designs, etc. BE CREATIVE!  Be detailed with patterns and shapes.  On the back of your room paper:  Put your name and period #  Write the gloss for how you would describe your room using the grammar rules you learned for describing a room.

Include:  3 pieces of furniture  3 classifiers  6 signs from the house vocabulary  1 opinion signs from the vocabulary

When is it due???  Picture of room (daily grade) – January 23, 2013  GLOSS of room (daily grade) – January 23, 2013  Presentation of room (Major grade) – January 23, 2013

 This project is done mostly at home!  I’m here to help you with your glossing before or after school everyday, unless noted otherwise.  Do not ask me how to sign this or that the day of the presentation.